• The Commissioner would strengthen older people's voices and act as an independent champion ensuring they're considered in decisions made right across Government. (ageuk.org.uk)
  • July 12, 2021 A new study sheds light on how the specter of dementia and chronic pain reduce people's desire to live into older ages. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A new report on Estonia by the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, shows just how important it is to monitor older people's enjoyment of their rights. (hrw.org)
  • Older people's political concerns include national superannuation (their pension), housing, mobility, future care, elder neglect and age discrimination. (teara.govt.nz)
  • In particular, the Commissioner highlighted the failure to cater for older people's dietary needs. (youdao.com)
  • During this webinar, we heard from the chair of the government's Older People's Housing Taskforce and discussed development solutions. (housing.org.uk)
  • The government has appointed an independent Older People's Housing Taskforce to look at options for the provision of greater choice, quality and security of housing for older people. (housing.org.uk)
  • We heard from Julienne Meyer, chair of the taskforce as well as NHF members involved with the delivery of older people's housing. (housing.org.uk)
  • Chicago encourages residents to check on older relatives and neighbors on hot days and city workers visit people's home. (ktar.com)
  • Cite this: An Older Person's Sense of Smell Can Predict Health Issues - Medscape - Mar 29, 2023. (medscape.com)
  • The international community's work on intergenerational solidarity has shown that intergenerational solutions - guided by the human rights principles of participation, responsibility, non-discrimination and equality, empowerment and legality - can contribute to revitalising the legacy, relevance and activism of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which in 2023 will be 75 years old. (telefonica.com)
  • The start of 2022 marks the second year of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing , a global collaboration to "improve the lives of older people, their families, and the communities in which they live. (psychologytoday.com)
  • The Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Dr. Claudia Mahler, will focus her next report to the General Assembly in 2022 on older persons and the right to adequate housing. (ohchr.org)
  • In section 1.1, older people are people aged 65 years and older. (nice.org.uk)
  • The study, published today in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, also found that older people tended to be more easily distracted than younger adults. (cam.ac.uk)
  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- A new study published in the latest issue of Neurobiology of Aging showed that the older people get, the less apt they may be to recognize that they're made an error. (xinhuanet.com)
  • The world's oldest known living man is 114-year-old Juan Vicente Pérez of Venezuela, born 27 May 1909. (wikipedia.org)
  • This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living person from 1954 to present, according to GRG research and LongeviQuest. (wikipedia.org)
  • This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1973 to present. (wikipedia.org)
  • Between 28 May 2020 and 27 June 2020, Guinness World Records recognized Dumitru Comănescu from Romania as the world's oldest living man. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kane Tanaka was considered the world's oldest living person. (ktnv.com)
  • TOKYO - The world's oldest person, a 118-year-old Japanese woman, has decided not to take part in the torch relay for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics over pandemic fears, an official at her nursing home said on Wednesday (May 5). (asiaone.com)
  • To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of old age, names here are restricted to those people whose ages have been validated by an international body dealing in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) or Guinness World Records (GWR), and others who have otherwise been reliably sourced. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tanaka was the oldest living person starting July 2018 after the passing of Chiyo Miyako, according to Guinness World Records. (ktnv.com)
  • Older people have lower average incomes than other age groups because many live on a pension - paid by the government - as their main income. (teara.govt.nz)
  • University of Bath psychology research from Dr Leda Blackwood and Rebecca Hurwitz reveals high levels of food insecurity for older people on low incomes. (bath.ac.uk)
  • New research commissioned by Bath & North East Somerset Council has revealed high levels of food insecurity for older people who are on low incomes. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Alongside people on low incomes with children and those with disabilities, some older people are managing a complex set of challenges including low income, health and mobility issues and a lack of social connection affecting their ability to access, cook and eat affordable healthy food. (bath.ac.uk)
  • However, comparing older adults (age 55-84) with younger adults (age 18-36), we strikingly found that older people were relatively more willing to put in the physical effort to help others than the younger participants. (psychologytoday.com)
  • As well as the impact on the people we are helping, these behaviors strengthen social relationships and improve mental and physical health, key factors in healthy aging. (psychologytoday.com)
  • They would have scope to focus on a range of issues that are important to older people - for example highlighting ageism and age discrimination, ensuring access to services including health and social care, tackling poverty, and challenging digital exclusion. (ageuk.org.uk)
  • According to the study anxiety, memory impairment, and poor physical health among older adults may also increase the risk of developing widespread pain. (sciencedaily.com)
  • According to the study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology (formerly Arthritis & Rheumatism), a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), anxiety, memory impairment, and poor physical health among older adults may also increase the risk of developing widespread pain. (sciencedaily.com)
  • People now live longer than ever and remain active because of improved health. (unescap.org)
  • This can have dire consequences for products meant to help people with their health. (technologyreview.com)
  • The adverse health effects of the coronavirus are higher for people with disabilities and older workers and many fall under stricter shielding categories regarding countries' containment measures, limiting access to employment. (ebrd.com)
  • The number of people over the age of 65 in the United States is on the rise, meaning the public health burden of thinking and memory problems will likely grow," said study author Clinton B. Wright, MD, MS, of the University of Miami in Miami, Fla., and member of the American Academy of Neurology. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Particularly relevant in areas such as health or security, the advance of technology and digitalisation helps older people in their daily lives thanks to smart bracelets or pill dispensers, lights that are activated by movement or the famous emergency buttons. (telefonica.com)
  • Older people are more likely than younger people to suffer from ill health, with conditions such as arthritis, osteoporosis, dementia or cancer. (teara.govt.nz)
  • This perspective can help policymakers, health care providers, and planners identify and implement strategies that better meet the care needs of older Americans and improve the lives of the family members who care for them. (prb.org)
  • Transforming health and care for older people is complex and demanding. (rand.org)
  • From the Pacific Northwest to Chicago to North Carolina, health clinics, utilities and local governments are being tested to keep older people safe when temperatures soar. (ktar.com)
  • But many older people need personalized attention, said Dr. Aaron Bernstein, who directs the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (ktar.com)
  • People in their 70s and 80s are less depressed and feel better about their lives than people of the same age felt 30 years ago, according to study conducted at the Gerontology Research Center at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä in Finland. (medscape.com)
  • A second study, which carried out in-depth interviews with a smaller sample of older residents and health and care workers across B&NES, also highlighted social connection as protective against food insecurity. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Alongside the rising cost of food and fuel, older people talked of tasks such as shopping, food preparation, and socialising as becoming increasingly difficult due to health and mobility issues, including access to suitable transport. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Rebecca Reynolds, Director of Public Health and Prevention at Bath & North East Somerset Council, said: "We commissioned this research to shed new light on the issue of food insecurity in B&NES as we knew from previous local research that older people were much less likely to use our food banks or food pantries. (bath.ac.uk)
  • While our rights do not change as we grow older, older persons often face negative attitudes and age discrimination in particular in access to health care, employment, goods and services, information and education. (age-platform.eu)
  • In 2009 the Treaty of Lisbon gave binding force to the Charter of Fundamental Rights , which dedicates an article (Art.25) on the rights of the elderly and sets out a whole range of civil, political, economic and social rights relevant for older people, such as the rights to non-discrimination, social security, health care and education. (age-platform.eu)
  • The need for accessible mental health services and support groups tailored to the specific needs of older individuals living with HIV is crucial to ensure their overall quality of life. (who.int)
  • Many older adults are at risk for mental health problems. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Despite the fact that current health care has prolonged the life expectancy of people with HIV+ and improved their sexual life during this period of life, these participants still associate AIDS with death and prejudice experiences, as well as with limitations to experience intimate relationships. (bvsalud.org)
  • Most deaths in European and other developed countries occur in people aged over 65, but relatively little health policy concerns their needs in the last years of life. (who.int)
  • The series of reports on Aging trends was developed with · The leading causes of death support from the National Institute on Aging and its purpose among older persons ages 65 is to monitor the health of the aging population. (cdc.gov)
  • The study found a link between loneliness in older adults and less brain volume, especially in the areas that are affected by dementia. (webmd.com)
  • The research was performed on almost 9,000 people in Japan without dementia. (webmd.com)
  • In addition, depressive symptoms partially explained the association in community-dwelling older people without dementia in Japan. (webmd.com)
  • Neurology: "Association Between Frequency of Social Contact and Brain Atrophy in Community-Dwelling Older People Without Dementia: The JPSC-AD Study. (webmd.com)
  • As the older share of the population increases and people live longer with chronic disabling conditions, particularly dementia, meeting the care needs of older Americans will become more challenging for families. (prb.org)
  • Isolated and vulnerable, the heat victims last year during Maricopa County's deadliest summer on record included a couple in their 80s without known relatives, an 83-year-old woman with dementia living alone after her husband entered hospice care and a 62-year-old Rwandan refugee whose air conditioner broke down. (ktar.com)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic crisis disproportionately affects the lives and livelihoods of people with disabilities and older workers. (ebrd.com)
  • Since the EBRD identified people with disabilities and older workers as new target groups to be explored in 2017, it has developed an operational approach, which has fostered multiple investments and initiatives. (ebrd.com)
  • As a result, the EBRD has an active and valuable role to play in supporting its clients and policy-level partners to secure a genuinely inclusive crisis recovery for people with disabilities and older workers under the ongoing pandemic emergency. (ebrd.com)
  • Building on its approach and in order to address the clear and pressing needs of people with disabilities and older workers in this time of crisis, EBRD's decided to support the development of knowledge products, highlighting clear entry-points for its counterparties in order to promote impact that is both timely and sustainable. (ebrd.com)
  • Provide targeted support to the efforts of the EBRD and its partners to improve access to employment and skills, access to finance and entrepreneurship, and access to services to people with disabilities and older workers. (ebrd.com)
  • Report: Economic inclusion for People with disabilities b. (ebrd.com)
  • Statistical Report: Older workers and people with disabilities b. (ebrd.com)
  • Good practices: Economic inclusion for people with disabilities and older workers b. (ebrd.com)
  • Belarus Country Brief - People with disabilities and Older Workers c. (ebrd.com)
  • North Macedonia Country Brief - People with disabilities and Older Workers h. (ebrd.com)
  • The truth is that the baby-boom generation is aging, and that older people have more disabilities. (youdao.com)
  • The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is the first international human rights convention to be ratified by the EU in 2011, which will have to take into account the needs of the ageing population in its application. (age-platform.eu)
  • This supports previous research which shows that older adults respond to and better remember materials with emotional content. (cam.ac.uk)
  • Gogo Mareva is one of many people struggling with a double burden of HIV, and non-communicable diseases NCDs exacerbated with ageing. (who.int)
  • Firstly, older individuals with HIV often face a higher risk of developing age-related comorbidities like Gogo Mareva, such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and certain cancers. (who.int)
  • Compared with years past, older adults today are more likely to be considered for transplantation, receive aggressive regimens of chemotherapy, or take immunosuppressive drugs for rheumatologic or autoimmune diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • This study in 2009 determined the prevalence of thyroid diseases in older people in Mamak district, Ankara after iodization to ascertain if salt iodization alone is sufficient to reach adequate iodine levels in the older population. (who.int)
  • The aim was to investigate the influence of age and gender on quality of life (QoL), complaints, and the presence and nature of self-reported diseases in persons aged 75 and older with cancer (n = 150), compared to a matched group without cancer (n = 138). (lu.se)
  • Services are struggling to cope with demand, the finances of older people are increasingly stretched, and many older people continue to experience age discrimination and fail to have their rights safeguarded. (ageuk.org.uk)
  • This increasingly vociferous and obnoxious group of elderly people seem to feel that they deserve to retire to a life of endless golf and travel and restaurant meals and cruises and card games and all the other symbols of the good life. (freethoughtblogs.com)
  • Older adults comprise an increasingly large proportion of those living with HIV. (who.int)
  • Presented with products that are "brown, beige, and boring," many older people will forgo convenience for dignity. (technologyreview.com)
  • Not only is that about putting dignity, fairness and respect in the system, but it plays a part in ensuring that people are aware of the benefits that are available, and that they are encouraged to apply for what they are eligible for. (theyworkforyou.com)
  • Many U.S. cities, including Phoenix, have plans to protect people during heat waves, opening cooling centers and distributing bottled water. (ktar.com)
  • Combined interventions that treat both site-specific and widespread pain are needed for older adults. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Six people who helped with the torch relay were diagnosed with Covid-19, the Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases involved in the event to eight. (asiaone.com)
  • Finally, addressing age-based discrimination and barriers will be crucial to allow the full participation of older persons in economies and societies. (unescap.org)
  • But Dr. Kanapuru points to multiple barriers to enrolling patients aged 75 and older in clinical trials. (prnewswire.com)
  • In this report, the Independent Expert will aim at examining the existing international and regional legal standards applicable to older persons' right to adequate housing, as well as, analysing the challenges and barriers faced by older persons in accessing adequate and affordable housing. (ohchr.org)
  • Older people also face increasing barriers to their participation, become more dependent on others and lose some or all of their personal autonomy. (age-platform.eu)
  • Dr Carole Farrell is developing research aimed at improving the treatment experience for our older patients, giving them the specialist support they need to cope with cancer. (christie.nhs.uk)
  • We weren't surprised to see that, overall, adults aged 75 years and older were under-represented in clinical trials, as this is common across cancer trials," said Dr. Kanapuru. (prnewswire.com)
  • Older people have traditionally received less palliative care than younger people and services have focused on cancer. (who.int)
  • Quality of life in old people with and without cancer. (lu.se)
  • In the youngest old, the cancer group had significantly more complaints than the comparison group. (lu.se)
  • Thus, caregivers should be aware that the most vulnerable cancer patients are women, and that the complaints by cancer patients have implications for QoL especially among the youngest old. (lu.se)
  • Today, as the world marks the international day of older persons, Human Rights Watch is joining with older people and other groups to support the launch of the Ageing Equal campaign to raise global awareness of the human rights of older people and to call out ageism, a form of systematic discrimination that will affect anyone who hopes to grow old. (hrw.org)
  • This October 1st is the International Day of Older Persons, with the aim of resolving numerous challenges related to ageism or the fact that in crises such as the AIDS pandemic, poverty or climate emergencies, older persons are among the first victims. (telefonica.com)
  • Did you know that the number of people aged 65 and over in the world will rise from 761 million in 2021 to 1.6 billion in 2050? (telefonica.com)
  • The number of people aged 65 and over worldwide is expected to double from 761 million in 2021 to 1.6 billion in 2050. (telefonica.com)
  • Finally, the number of working-age people aged 55-64 is projected to increase from 723 million in 2021 to 1075 million in 2050, and to 1218 million at the beginning of the 22nd century. (telefonica.com)
  • An undetermined number of older people died during the summer of 2021 when an unexpected heat wave swept across the U.S. Pacific Northwest. (ktar.com)
  • Older people are all individuals with differing levels of frailty, mental attitude, and support. (youdao.com)
  • Promoting the provision of opportunities for, and the elimination of discrimination against, older people in Scotland. (ageuk.org.uk)
  • Care Services Minister Phil Hope said any unfair discrimination against older people was unacceptable. (youdao.com)
  • The same can be said for nations: luck, in the form of prosperity, gives rise to older populations as surely as a good growing season leads to an ample harvest. (aarp.org)
  • Academics have hypothesized the existence of a number of blue zones around the world where people live longer than average. (wikipedia.org)
  • This rant is targeted at those well-off old people, who have done well financially and can live comfortably in their old age and yet are constantly on their guard to protect their own standard of living and fight off any changes that might affect them negatively in the slightest, even if those changes might benefit others in much greater need. (freethoughtblogs.com)
  • Following her June visit to Estonia, Mijatović called on the Estonian government to "enable older persons to live independently and in the community as long as possible or as long as they wish. (hrw.org)
  • Older people should not be forced to live in an institution because a government fails to create necessary services in the community. (hrw.org)
  • Women tend to live longer than men and thus represent the majority of the older population. (telefonica.com)
  • The majority of older people live in their own homes in urban areas. (teara.govt.nz)
  • Some older people live in retirement villages or granny flats. (teara.govt.nz)
  • In the United States, the vast majority of care that allows older people to live in their own homes is provided by family members who do not receive pay for their services. (prb.org)
  • Another way to meet older adults' care needs is to better involve grown children who live at a distance from their parents, proposes Piette and colleagues (2010). (prb.org)
  • In addition to being the oldest living person for nearly four years, she was the second-oldest verified person to ever live. (ktnv.com)
  • Older people are more prone to live alone," he said, "and they are the most likely to die. (ktar.com)
  • Would you want to live to be over 100 years old? (ranker.com)
  • Other research has also found older people donate more to charity , are more motivated to earn money for charities , and are more benevolent than young people . (psychologytoday.com)
  • In addition to the evidence that older people are more prosocial, other research has shown older people are more likely to endorse racial stereotypes and show higher levels of some negative social behaviors . (psychologytoday.com)
  • Led by Dr. John McBeth from the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University in Staffordshire, this newly published population-based prospective study identified factors that increase the risk of the development of widespread pain in older adults. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Smell tests may be able to enhance clinical and research efforts in improving care for older adults, especially with COVID-19 affecting many patients' sense of smell. (medscape.com)
  • Very little research has been done on older people so we may be mistaken in thinking that these limits apply to everyone. (rcpsych.ac.uk)
  • To better meet the treatment needs of older patients with diabetes and comorbidities, more research is needed to determine the risks and benefits of intensifying, maintaining, or de-intensifying treatments in this population. (bmj.com)
  • Our results suggest that moderate to intense exercise may help older people delay aging of the brain, but more research from randomized clinical trials comparing exercise programs to more sedentary activity is needed to confirm these results. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Dr Leda Blackwood , Department of Psychology at the University of Bath, said: "Our research found that amidst the wealth of Bath and surrounding towns and villages, many people have been struggling for some time with food insecurity. (bath.ac.uk)
  • In a week in which research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed that the number of people who are living in very deep poverty has increased significantly in the past two decades, does the cabinet secretary at least acknowledge that removal of those subjects from ministerial briefs sends a concerning message about the Government's commitment in those spaces? (theyworkforyou.com)
  • The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and treatment of airflow limitation in a cohort of well-functioning older people. (nih.gov)
  • This section describes some of the survey instruments most widely used to measure the prevalence of abuse of older people. (who.int)
  • Smell tests may become an integral part to clinical care for aging people who may be cognitively impaired. (medscape.com)
  • Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease of aging that affects more than 20% of people over 65. (bmj.com)
  • Exercise in older people is associated with a slower rate of decline in thinking skills that occurs with aging. (sciencedaily.com)
  • People who reported light to no exercise experienced a decline equal to 10 more years of aging as compared to people who reported moderate to intense exercise, according to a population-based observational study. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A variety of trends have contributed to a widening gap between older Americans' need for care and the availability of family members to provide that care, raising the potential for growing unmet needs, a heavier burden on individual caregivers, and increased demand for paid care. (prb.org)
  • Would she also recognise that, although she is a very talented member of the Government, she has a brief that is huge and very varied, and that having a minister who is responsible for older people and social security would be of great help to everyone who is involved in tackling poverty? (theyworkforyou.com)
  • He received the B.S. degree in computer engineering from Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, in 2016. (odu.edu)
  • If you are elderly and sick you are unlikely to get into an Uber or bus to get to a cooling center," said Bernstein, who vividly recalls a 1995 heat wave that killed 739 mostly older people in Chicago, his hometown. (ktar.com)
  • It finds older people in emerging, high-growth economies are much more positive about their retirement. (youdao.com)
  • While Guinness has not confirmed a new oldest living person, it is believed to be Lucile Randon of France who is 118 years old. (ktnv.com)
  • The oldest person who ever lived was over 120 years old when she died. (ranker.com)
  • She even met Vincent Van Gogh when she was 12 or 13 years old. (ranker.com)
  • Four of his five siblings lived to be older than 90 years old. (ranker.com)
  • Misao Okawa of Japan was born on March 5, 1898 making her 116 years old. (ranker.com)
  • Life with HIV/AIDS for 50-years old patients is caracterized by vicissitudes that bring prejudice and psychological suffering to their sexual-affective life. (bvsalud.org)
  • Ten individuals - 6 men and 4 women - between 51 and 72 years old - who are seropositive to HIV/AIDS participated in this study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Caro, at 63, is one of the youngest people in the room: the average age of the 11 women and five men gathered here is somewhere in the mid-70s. (technologyreview.com)
  • In both groups, oldest old persons had more complaints than the youngest old. (lu.se)
  • Major opportunistic infections in older adults include the endemic mycoses histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and coccidioidomycosis. (cdc.gov)
  • Scotland's population is ageing, and we know for too many older people in Scotland things are getting worse. (ageuk.org.uk)
  • The magnitude of the disparity is particularly concerning given that the number of adults aged 75 and older who are diagnosed with blood cancers is only expected to rise as the population ages. (prnewswire.com)
  • Despite their good functional status, airflow limitation was present, and underrecognized, in a considerable proportion of our older population. (nih.gov)
  • With advancements in medical treatments, more individuals are now living longer with HIV, leading to a growing population of older individuals who require specialized care and support. (who.int)
  • An estimated 3.6 million people aged 50 years and older are living with HIV globally and for the first time since the start of the HIV epidemic, 10% of the adult population living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries is aged 50 or older. (who.int)
  • Widowhood is a common experience among older people, along with the death of old friends. (teara.govt.nz)
  • Additional contemporary data regarding endemic mycoses among older persons in the United States are needed and would be helpful for identifying disease patterns and the geographic distribution of infection and for targeting areas for focused disease prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Divorce also has implications for whether older adults will receive care from their children. (prb.org)
  • The team recruited 38 younger adults (average age of 22) and 39 older adults (average age of 68) to take a series of tests that involved looking away from a circle appearing in a box on one side of a computer screen. (xinhuanet.com)
  • While older adults performed just as well as younger adults in looking away from an object appearing on the screen, younger adults acknowledged more often than older adults when they failed to look away from the object. (xinhuanet.com)
  • The good news is older adults perform the tasks we assigned them just as well as younger adults, albeit more slowly," said the study's corresponding author Jan Wessel, assistant professor in the university's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. (xinhuanet.com)
  • The reason for this is because, from an insurers point of view, older travellers are more likely to have pre-existing conditions or be more at risk of illness and injury. (theaa.com)
  • Influenza (flu) can be a serious illness, especially for older adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Flu vaccination has been shown to reduce the risk of flu illness and more serious flu outcomes that can result in hospitalization or even death in older people. (cdc.gov)
  • While some people who get vaccinated may still get sick, flu vaccination has been shown in several studies to reduce severity of illness in those people. (cdc.gov)
  • Moreover, 53.1 per cent of all older persons are women, a share that increases with age. (unescap.org)
  • As life expectancy increases, the number of people living to older ages is also increasing in many countries. (who.int)
  • Older people tend to drink less alcohol than younger people, but even so 1 in 5 older men and 1 in 10 older women are drinking enough to harm themselves. (rcpsych.ac.uk)
  • This age group is growing the fastest because older people tend to be latecomers to Facebook. (youdao.com)
  • Along with a number of other organisations, Age Scotland is campaigning for a Commissioner for Older People for Scotland. (ageuk.org.uk)
  • What is the role of a Commissioner for Older People? (ageuk.org.uk)
  • Colin Smyth MSP discusses the reasons he wants to see a Commissioner for Older People with Age Scotland's Jo and Adam. (ageuk.org.uk)
  • A Commissioner would be appointed by Scottish Parliament to act independently of the Scottish Government to protect the rights of older people. (ageuk.org.uk)
  • The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is the leading United Nations entity in the field of human rights, with a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people. (ohchr.org)
  • With so few patients aged 75 or older enrolled in clinical trials, critical information on the safety and effectiveness of new therapies in this age group is greatly lacking. (prnewswire.com)
  • By contrast, patients aged 75 and older account for approximately 29 percent of CML diagnoses, yet this age group made up less than 4 percent of those enrolled in clinical trials to evaluate new treatments for the disease. (prnewswire.com)
  • The council has insisted services for older people in the city will be preserved. (youdao.com)
  • Bath & North East Somerset Council is urging people struggling with food insecurity to come forward for help with food and financial issues, and other support available locally. (bath.ac.uk)
  • In May 2014 Ms. Rosa Kornfeld-Matted was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council as Independent Expert on the rights of older persons . (age-platform.eu)
  • It can promote rehabilitation and independence for older people and drive up standards of care. (youdao.com)
  • 1.1.3.2 Following treatment for an injurious fall, older people should be offered a multidisciplinary assessment to identify and address future risk and individualised intervention aimed at promoting independence and improving physical and psychological function. (nice.org.uk)
  • It presents the needs of older people, the different trajectories of illnesses they suffer, evidence of underassessment of pain and other symptoms, their need to be involved in decision-making, evidence for effective palliative care solutions, and issues for the future. (who.int)
  • The people around us have a stronger influence on our decisions and actions than we realize. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Helping may also be more biased in older adults, who show a stronger preference to help their "in-group"-people in the same country. (psychologytoday.com)
  • The additional antigen percent and 70 percent of seasonal flu-related creates a stronger immune response (more hospitalizations have occurred among people antibody) in the person getting vaccinated. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers explored how to improve the evaluation and evaluability of services for older people in the UK and made several recommendations for different stakeholder groups, including commissioners, evaluators, service providers, and national policymakers in NGOs and government. (rand.org)
  • Discuss new recommendations for bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for people ages 12 years and older, including those who are moderately or severely immunocompromised. (cdc.gov)
  • In another study, we, therefore, compared willingness to donate to a charity helping people in the same country with one helping people abroad to test whether older adults are more prosocial but also more biased in who they were willing to help. (psychologytoday.com)
  • This unpaid care enables younger people in their families to take paid work, often in metropolitan areas of their own country or abroad. (unescap.org)
  • In her report she noted that "people who would otherwise be able to cope in their home environment with the help of support services are forced to move to social care homes. (hrw.org)
  • Her report also found that between 2012 and 2014, Estonia increased by 80 percent the number of places for older people in institutions. (hrw.org)
  • Older New Zealanders report the highest level of happiness with their lives of all age groups. (teara.govt.nz)
  • 1.1.2.1 Older people who present for medical attention because of a fall, or report recurrent falls in the past year, or demonstrate abnormalities of gait and/or balance should be offered a multifactorial falls risk assessment . (nice.org.uk)
  • Older women and men actively volunteer in older persons associations or other organizations. (unescap.org)
  • In the 2010s, a third of older people did volunteer work. (teara.govt.nz)
  • Older people should enjoy the equal protection of all of their rights, including support services that allow them to maintain living independently in their communities. (hrw.org)
  • They also raised concerns about the lack of support for older people and rural communities. (youdao.com)
  • This left "olde r people with lesser but still serious needs" without any state-funded support, it said. (youdao.com)
  • Our £50 winter heating payment goes automatically to 400,000 people, including those on pension credit, and we have tripled the fuel insecurity fund to £30 million to support people in hardship. (theyworkforyou.com)
  • Older persons, especially older women, also make important contributions as caregivers to both children and other older persons. (unescap.org)
  • Older women and men need to stay abreast of technological developments to access services, maintain connections with family and friends and remain competitive in the labour market. (unescap.org)
  • 55% of older people are women. (teara.govt.nz)
  • Older Māori men and women are important tribal leaders. (teara.govt.nz)
  • One in 10 women in this age group provided significant parental care and either financial assistance or housing (within their homes for one year or more) to both an adult child (age 25 or older) and a parent during the period. (prb.org)
  • Nine of the 10 oldest people to have ever lived are women. (ranker.com)
  • Everyone 5-and-older is eligible for the new COVID vaccine. (wreg.com)
  • Muscle, bone and nerve (musculoskeletal) pain is more prevalent as people age, with up to 80% of people 65 years of age and older experiencing daily pain. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In older patients with diabetes, comorbidities are highly prevalent and their presence may alter the relative importance, effectiveness, and safety of treatments for diabetes. (bmj.com)
  • Evidence that older monkeys maintain high levels of interest in other monkeys, despite decreased interest in non-social rewards, suggests that biological changes we share with other species might also explain age-related changes in social behaviors. (psychologytoday.com)
  • At the same time, these older adults exhibit a range of behaviors that place them at risk for HIV infection including low levels of prevention measures and relatively higher rates of multiple partnerships," said Dr Kanyowa. (who.int)
  • The committee also gathered evidence for its inquiry into residential care for older people . (youdao.com)
  • Better palliative care for older people / edited by Elizabeth Davies and Irene J. Higginson. (who.int)
  • In multiple myeloma and CLL trials, the proportion enrolled in the 65-74-year-old age group was higher than the reported incidence in this group. (prnewswire.com)
  • The results showed that the reduction in depressive symptoms among current 75- and 80-year-olds compared with those in the 1990s was partly because older people today have significantly better physical and cognitive functioning at that age compared with those born earlier. (medscape.com)
  • Now rather serving under the old way of the Law which held them in bondage to sin and death, these post resurrection Jews could serve in the new way of the life and freedom in the Holy Spirit. (angelfire.com)
  • It is not aimed at old people who after many decades of hard work are even now struggling to make ends meet on their meager savings and social security checks, some of whom have to continue working well past normal retirement age at dead-end and physically demanding jobs which take a toll on their bodies, in order to obtain the basic necessities of life, such as food and shelter. (freethoughtblogs.com)
  • These people seem to feel that they are entitled to a life of luxury in their old age. (freethoughtblogs.com)
  • They seem to have this sense that such a life is due to them because they have 'worked hard' and 'played by the rules', though their hard work does not come close to the difficulty of the work done by most poor people . (freethoughtblogs.com)
  • Some older people take the opportunity of a work-free life to travel round the country or overseas. (teara.govt.nz)
  • The objectives of the taskforce are to examine enablers to increased supply and improving the housing options for older people in later life, and to explore ways to unblock any challenges. (housing.org.uk)
  • The study examined differences in depressive symptoms and life satisfaction between current 75- and 80-year-olds and people who were that age in the 1990s. (medscape.com)
  • He says one of the biggest mistakes designers make is to assume that around the age of 60 people lose interest in aesthetics and design. (technologyreview.com)
  • But, for those who are older, there are certain steps to take to make sure you stay as safe as possible while conquering the world, and don't miss out on anything because of misinformation or doubt. (theaa.com)
  • And older people can be complacent or change-averse, or make simple things unnecessarily complex. (youdao.com)
  • Oscar-winning actress Shirley MacLaine has criticised Hollywood for failing to make enough films for older people . (youdao.com)
  • I understand that the Scottish Government has recently launched a campaign to make people more aware of eligibility for disability benefits. (theyworkforyou.com)
  • People have the right to be involved in discussions and make informed decisions about their care as described in your care . (nice.org.uk)
  • As the world continues to make significant progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the need to address the unique challenges faced by people living with HIV as they age is continually growing. (who.int)
  • The American Geriatrics Society 2015 updated Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults make a strong recommendation against the use of GH in older adults because "the impact on body composition is small and associated with edema, arthralgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, gynecomastia and impaired fasting glucose. (medscape.com)