world news 116 year old Kane Tanaka is confirmed the oldest person alive Tanaka lives in a nursing home in Fukuoka City in southern Japan and was born in 1903. 09/03/2019
Italy 'Old age' to begin at 75 for Italians Thanks to the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG) in Rome, citizens in Italy will now only be considered 'elderly’ after the age of 75. 30/11/2018
Spain This 88-year-old grandmother makes masterpieces with Microsoft Paint Spanish artists Concha García Zaera, an 88-year-old grandmother from Valencia has become an Instagram sensation. 22/08/2018
United Kingdom Women may have to quit work to care for ageing relatives after Brexit Women in England may have to give up work to look after their elderly relatives unless care workers from the European Union are given priority after Brexit, ministers have warned. 06/08/2018
Italy Elderly group occupy leisure centre in Rome to protest its closure The group of retired Italians occupied a leisure centre in northern Rome after the municipality declared it unfit for use. 05/07/2018
China China policeman gives elderly man a piggy back Footage shows an elderly pensioner shuffling across a busy intersection in southwest China, before the lights turn green leaving him stranded in the middle of traffic. 07/06/2018
Greece Meet the Ikarians: the Greeks who outlive other Europeans Ikarians follow a few rules to outlive other Europeans, which includes taking daily naps and eating a diet full of olive oil, honey, and wine. 01/06/2018
United Kingdom Historic tax levels needed to fund UK health system UK households could pay up to £2,000 more per household per year in tax 24/05/2018
United Kingdom Elderly couple finds car five days after forgetting where they parked The elderly couple even offered a reward to whoever could find their car. 23/05/2018
no comment Elderly students return to classrooms as Thailand seeks to embrace ageing population Earlier this month, Choochart Supkerd, 63, graduated from a school for the elderly that started last year in Ayutthaya Province, north of Bangkok. It was for him one of the most important and memorable days of his life. 12/04/2018
futuris Me and Mario: robots that care Futuris travels to Ireland to see how a new robot could transform elderly care. 06/04/2018
United Kingdom Britain appoints ‘minister for loneliness’ to tackle social isolation The government created the new post after research showed as many as one in 10 people felt lonely “always or often” — and that hundreds of thousands of elderly people hadn’t spoken to a friend or relative in the past month. 17/01/2018
futuris A global reference tool to fight Alzheimer's Scientists developed a global reference tool for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's. 20/11/2017
Cyprus 97-year-old graduates in Cyprus Constandinos Georgiades went back to school at 80, before taking his degree at the University of Cyprus 29/06/2017
futuris Meet the robot designed to look after our elderly relatives You're old, you live alone, maybe you lose your glasses a lot. So what do you need? Meet Zacharias the protoype robot. 05/06/2017
Sport 101-year-old Indian woman wins 100 metre 'sprint' At the World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand, 101-year-old Man Kaur won the 100 metre race in the 100-years-plus category. 25/04/2017
futuris How robots can enhance the lives of Europe's elderly citizens How robots can improve the quality of life of elderly people living alone at their homes 20/02/2017
world news Life & Death: what the stats say about you Advances in medicine and better awareness about lifestyle choices mean Europeans are living longer than ever. 18/11/2016
real economy The economy of an ageing Europe The tide has definitely turned against Europe’s population – making it increasingly ‘grey’. 15/11/2016
Israel Holocaust survivors strut their stuff at beauty pageant To the strains of the Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”, 14 elderly women strutted their stuff down the catwalk cautiously, hindered only slightly by the odd dodgy hip. 01/11/2016
no comment Greece: Tear gas fired at cuts protest in Athens Greek police fired tear gas and pepper spray at pensioners during an anti-austerity protest in which some of the elderly demonstrators tried to tip over a riot police bus blocking a road to the prime 04/10/2016
Poland Poland: Free prescription medicine for over-75s Senior citizens aged 75 and over are entitled to free prescription drugs in Poland from September 1 under a new law. 01/09/2016
no comment Bolivia: believers of the Virgin of Urkupina break rocks to ask for favours during a religious procession Bolivian believers gathered on the outskirts of the capital La Paz on Monday (August 15) to take part in an annual religious celebration, that includes the breaking of river rocks to ask the Virgin of 17/08/2016
Germany Raising retirement to 69 is "stupid" says German vice-chancellor A proposal by Germany's Bundesbank to raise the national retirement age to 69 by 2060 has sparked heated debate in the country. 16/08/2016
India Pensioner parents: Indian couple in their 70s have first baby A couple from Northern India, who are in their 70s, have reportedly become parents for the first time. The mother, Daljinder Kaur, who says she is 11/05/2016
smart care Managing the health of an ageing population in Poland Poland is facing an uncertain future as its population ages and so putting pressure on workers, the economy and the healthcare system. Living through 10/02/2016
