In 2024, healthcare systems in the UK and worldwide faced the perfect storm of ageing, demand, and burnout. As we enter 2025, these trends are likely to persist.
The International Longevity Centre is the UK’s leading authority on the impact of healthy ageing. Here, the ILC’s Emily Evans explains how research can enable Japan’s citizens to live longer in good health and what others can learn from this.
Colin Capper, Associate Director of Evidence and Involvement at Alzheimer’s Society, argues that we need improved dementia care and further innovations for people living with dementia today while we wait for the breakthroughs of tomorrow
Older adults are among the most frequent users of emergency care; Open Access Government explains why this is and the suggested measures to improve and diversify care delivery and support the recovery of health and social care systems.
Half the British public does not believe care homes are capable of providing their loved ones with adequate care, and yet social care reform continues to lose out.
Florida Atlantic University and CINVESTAV, Mexico City, conducted a ground-breaking study exploring the effects of long-term running on a network of adult-born neurons.
The Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) at Monash University suggests that muscle wasting, known as sarcopenia, may be reversed in late-life.
University of Queensland research led by Professor Julie Henry suggests that normal age-related cognitive changes may increase the risk of internalised ageism in older people.
