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Author: Tony Watts

Urgent need to “ramp up dementia diagnosis and support”

A new report from ILC UK says that more than half of people with dementia are either undiagnosed or have no care plan. Improving dementia care and support, they say, could dramatically boost health, wellbeing – and even the economy. The new publication by the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC), supported by the Alzheimer’s Society…

May 1, 2025
LGBTQ+ older Londoners in crisis – new report exposes hidden hardship

A new report, “Precarious Lives”, explores financial hardship among older LGBTQ+ Londoners. Here, its author Mark Sladen sets out how a lifetime of discrimination faced by older LGBTQ+ people can have a long-term impact on their financial wellbeing.

May 1, 2025
TV’s Rose Ayling-Ellis discusses teaching ExtraCare residents BSL

The BBC’s Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks, which recently aired was filmed at ExtraCare Trust’s Hughenden Gardens Retirement Village in High Wycombe. Making the programme not only made a big impact with the residents and the viewing public… but with Rose too.

May 1, 2025
How a BBC Documentary sparked a Sign Language Movement in a retirement village

What started as a six-week experiment has become a heart-warming legacy of transformation at ExtraCare Trust’s Hughenden Gardens Retirement Village in High Wycombe. By Charlotte Millions.

May 1, 2025
The “Move it or Lose it” Annual Healthy Ageing Conference

If healthy ageing is what ticks your boxes why not join Move it or Lose it’s annual healthy ageing conference Please join us on Friday 19th September at The Studio in Birmingham with guest speakers including Tony Watts OBE.

May 1, 2025
New group set up to bring people together to tackle ageism

A new British Society of Gerontology Special Interest Group (SIG) on Ageism has been set up – and here Heléna Herklots CBE sets out the challenges.

May 1, 2025
Stroke-affected people to benefit from “life changing” funding boost

Bristol After Stroke has received a major funding boost to provide life-changing counselling and emotional support for local people.

April 25, 2025
Age-friendly initiative launched in Bournemouth town centre

An age-friendly initiative aims to make Bournemouth town centre more welcoming to older people alongside a microgrant scheme to help businesses make age-friendly improvements.

April 25, 2025
Report reveals health and finance struggles of older private renters in energy-inefficient homes 

A new report from the charity Independent Age has revealed the difficult experience of older private renters in cold, energy in-efficient homes and the barriers in making the necessary property improvements.  

April 25, 2025
Call on Government to get older people back to work

The government needs to show greater ambition for the working lives of older people if it is to meet its manifesto pledge of an 80% employment rate for the country, a collective of expert organisations is warning.

April 16, 2025

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