We are only a week into 2012, but there has already been a lot of media coverage on topics affecting older people. Read on for proposed shake-ups of health and social care in England, the re-kindled debate on assisted dying and the world’s oldest married couple.
Money
- EU pension plan will cost Britain £1 trillion – Daily Express
- Government reveals ‘alarming’ pensions shortfall – Telegraph
Health
- Scientists discover age-related deafness gene – Daily Mail
- Early test for dementia – Daily Express
- Campaign encourages simple CPR to save lives – STV News
- Scottish pensioners sent home from hospital too soon – Daily Express
Social
- Dramatic demographic changes raise questions of how Scotland will care for its elderly – The Courier
- Self-Directed Support given £700K boost – Age Scotland
- Open letter to political parties asking to address England’s failing social care system – Guardian
- Nurse repeatedly slapped elderly patient at care home – STV News
- Assisted suicide moves up on the political agenda – Age Scotland
Weather
- Clean up goes on after Scottish storm – BBC News
Something for the weekend
- Meet the world’s oldest tri-athlete, aged 90 – Daily Mail
- World scotch pie champion crowned – BBC News
- Double joy for sisters aged 102 – Daily Express
- The world’s oldest couple celebrate their 75th anniversary – Daily Mail
