Educational Resources for Ageing

'Not enough over-50s' taking aspirin to prevent heart disease

‘It was a case of heat or eat’: Seven women explain why they want pension age dropped to 60

‘It’s like family’: the Swedish housing experiment designed to cure loneliness

“Super-agers” may provide the secret to stopping memory loss in old age

“Why we need to make elder abuse an imprisonable offence”

“Work till you drop” warning on pensions

10 facts on ageing and the life course

Information from the World Health Organisation

75 is the new 65, so we should all keep working for longer

A million elderly people skipping meals because they find eating alone too lonely, charity reveals

A turbulent history of British pensions, since 1874

About loneliness

Information from Campaign to End Loneliness.

Age discrimination

Information from the Equality and Human Rights Commission

Age discrimination

Age-related illnesses

Doctor Chris Browne gives a brief description of some of the illnesses that can affect people as they get older.

Ageing and health

People worldwide are living longer. Today most people can expect to live into their sixties and beyond. Every country in the world is experiencing growth in both the size and the proportion of older persons in the population.

Ageism is crippling Britain’s economy. We are doomed with no plan to fix it

This bizarre bias serves as a reminder that our backwards society remains obsessed with youth.

By Lucy Burton, Employment Editor

Aim high, save low

Poll reveals regional gaps in young people’s plans and funds for later life

Alzheimer's disease to quadruple by 2050

More than 26 million now estimated to have the disease worldwide

Are you ready? What you need to know about ageing

Our world is changing.

Are you worried about dementia?

63% of UK adults are worried about the condition.