Almost a million older people feel lonelier at Christmas
New research for Age UK shows that nearly a million (928,000) older people feel lonelier at Christmas time.
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Poverty of ageing Japanese population fuelling “silver crime” wave
Nearly one in four elderly Japanese convicts is reoffending and ending up back behind bars within two years of being released, according to new government figures.
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Read the guest column of Hiroyuki MURATA, President of Murata Associates, Inc
Read SilverEco.org Hiroyuki MURATA’s guest column, published in the latest issue of “L’Annuaire National de la Silver Economie”. Hiroyuki MURATA is the President of Murata Associates, Inc. and a Professor in Tohoku University.
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60 for 60+ Challenge: raise money to improve the livelihoods of older people
Join HelpAge in its first ever crowdsourcing fundraiser! The 60 for 60+ Challenge is a grassroots campaign that harnesses the collective power of our friends, family, and social networks to raise $45,000 or more for HelpAge!
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Population ageing and rising inequality will hit younger generations hard
Younger generations will face greater risks of inequality in old age than current retirees and for generations born since the 1960s, their experience of old age will change dramatically. Moreover, with family sizes falling, higher inequality over working lives and reforms that have cut pension incomes, some groups will face a high risk of poverty,
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