SAATI and UK adult immunisation reports launched
ILC-UK has been a member of the Support Active Ageing Through Immunisation (SAATI) coalition since its formation in late 2011. SAATI is a voluntary working body, established with the intention of...
View ArticleCall for action: Hydration for older people
‘More than 1,000 care home residents have died of thirst or while suffering severe dehydration over the past decade’ reports The Daily Telegraph. The article also mentions that the figure could be...
View ArticleGuest blog: Ben Spencer and Tim Jones – Cycling for healthy ageing in the UK
Cycling could play a significant role in maintaining health and wellbeing among older people but the UK is not seizing this opportunity argue Ben Spencer and Tim Jones of Oxford Brookes University....
View ArticleHealthy Ageing: A public health perspective
This blog was written by Baroness Sally Greengross as forward to the report ‘Healthy Ageing: A public health perspective. A collection of short essays from leading experts’ which can be accessed here....
View ArticleRaising awareness of constipation in the older population – new website launch
Today ILC-UK are launching a new website, www.burdenofconstipation.com which highlights the impact of constipation on the older population, including case studies, policy and guidance recommendations...
View Article‘Making our Communities Ready for Ageing’ – a response
I found ‘Making our Communities Ready for Ageing’ a comprehensive, compassionate and optimistic document; optimistic in that it assumes government is willing to fund the items and allow departments to...
View ArticleAre we killing with kindness?
Our places of work and play are encouraging inactivity, risking our future health argued Public Health England (PHE) (everybody active, everyday) earlier this month. “The design of schools, public...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Doctor Tony Rao – Older people and alcohol: Our hidden generation
In March 2013, The General Lifestyle Survey showed that between 2005 and 2013, the percentage of men drinking 8 or more units of alcohol (the equivalent of 4 or more pints of normal strength beer) on...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Jill Walton and Tim Shakespeare, Alzheimer’s Research UK –...
Today we’ll be visiting the House of Lords to raise awareness of young-onset dementia. Along with our colleagues at University College London, we’re very excited to be involved in organising this event...
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Opportunity Knocks
Innovation and technological advance offer enormous opportunities in an ageing society. It is crucial that we seize them – OBR forecasts show that without significant improvements to productivity...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Prof Neil Pendleton, Salford Royal NHS Trust – The future...
This blog is one in a series of blogs on the Future of Ageing, published in the lead up to the ILC-UK Future of Ageing conference on the 24th November. To register to attend this conference, click...
View ArticleWorld Diabetes Day Special Guest Blog
Malcolm Bigg, 69, was diagnosed in 2001 with Type 2 diabetes. Ahead of World Diabetes Day on Saturday, Malcolm explains how he turned his life around with the help of an education course. “I was...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Rochelle Amour, Ageing Consultant and Writer – The Future of...
This blog is one in a series of blogs on the Future of Ageing, published in the lead up to the ILC-UK Future of Ageing conference on the 24th November. To register to attend this conference, click...
View ArticleSelf care week: Dr Google will see you now?
This week (16th-22nd November) is the NHS’s Self Care Week. It is a yearly campaign to give advice about how individuals can make informed choices to take better care of their own health, with the...
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Guest Blog: Dr Claire Sexton – The Future of Public Health: How can magnetic...
This blog is one in a series of blogs on the Future of Ageing, published in the lead up to the ILC-UK Future of Ageing conference on the 24th November. To register to attend this conference, click...
View ArticlePerson-centred care – what does it really stand for, and why do we need it...
Ageing populations across the world have resulted in health and social care services coming under increasing pressure as they attempt to treat and look after greater numbers of older people. In...
View ArticleILC-UK in the news: March 2015
This is the first of a new monthly blog highlighting significant press coverage ILC-UK has received for our research, reports and events. Over the past month we have published 4 major reports: Decision...
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Guest blog: David Metz – New website launched to help families face...
A new campaign aimed at helping families cope with heartbreaking life-or-death decisions about relatives struck down by stroke and other incapacitating illness has been launched by senior health...
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An ILC-UK Valentine’s Day Special: Finding love in later life
In the first blog, we investigated sexual desire and sexual activities among English people aged 65+ and revealed how, even though they both decreased with age, they still matter for a significant...
View ArticleGuest blog: Jennifer Noel, Compassion in Dying – New website launched to help...
At Compassion in Dying we have found that while 82% of people have strong feelings about their end-of-life care, only 4% of them have completed an Advance Decision or Lasting Power of Attorney for...
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