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Category: Health and Care

London needs a new policy narrative for older people

As the capital’s average age increases, there is a lack of focus in London government on how to address and benefit from it, writes Tim Whitaker of Wise Age and the London Age Friendly Forum.

April 3, 2026
Six ways to look after your brain after 50

Is there anything you can do to stop getting dementia? It’s a fair question, writes Professor June Andrews.

August 11, 2025
NCF responds to the government’s NHS 10 Year Plan

July 2025 saw the launch of the NHS 10-year plan. Vic Rayner, CEO of The National Care Forum (NCF) – the leading association for not-for-profit social care – argues that, while welcoming the plan, “adult social care needs to be at the heart of this new world”.

August 8, 2025
Meet Peggy: the AI concierge working for staff and residents in a later-living community

Vicky Carne, Founder of 3A-AI Ltd, on how a new voice-enabled AI chatbot can keep residents safe and independent.

August 4, 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
Why are we waiting?

Procrastination isn’t just the thief of time. It can also be a thief of lives… as well as public money, writes Tony Watts OBE

March 20, 2025
Unpaid care is a feminist issue. Am I being unreasonable?

Yes, lots of men are carers,” writes June Andrews OBE. “But what I am saying is still true. The burden of unpaid care of older relatives is not carried equally.”

February 6, 2025
I’m over 50. So, when it comes to health, when is it worth going private?

What are the benefits of taking out Private Medical Insurance – especially as you get into your 50s and beyond? The Age Action Alliance has got together with leading health insurance comparison website Usay Compare to provide you with the facts you need to know… and offer two months’ free insurance*.

November 23, 2024
Making older people’s voices heard… where it matters

Tony Watts OBE is a partner of the NHS Older People’s Sounding Board, which AAA founding members NDTi facilitate on behalf of NHS England. Here he writes about how the Sounding Board is helping to ensure that users themselves can shape the design and delivery of services that affect their lives.

November 23, 2024

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