Health news

This Swedish nursing home helps residents spice up their sex lives

“It's not just about sex. It's about closeness”: This retirement home encourages residents to nurture their sex life with the help of a “pleasure basket”.

13 February 2023

France

World's oldest person dies aged 118

Sister Andre died in the early hours of Tuesday morning at her retirement home in France. Last year she had survived contracting COVID-19 The world's oldest person is now María Branyas Morera who is aged 115 and lives in Spain.

18 January 2023

France

France to push back retirement age from 62 to 64

France is postponing the retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030. Elisabeth Borne, the Prime Minister, presented the pension reform on Tuesday, a key campaign promise of President Macron.

10 January 2023

Russia

Deadly fire kills 20 at 'illegal' Russian shelter

Investigators think a faulty stove was cause of the fire, and have detained a man in connection with their investigation.

24 December 2022

Spain

Madrid’s taxi drivers provide a Christmas journey for the elderly

Madrid’s taxi drivers taking part in the Taxiluz initiative drive the elderly around Spain’s capital to see all the Christmas decorations and lights for free

21 December 2022

World News

Adult learning centres in Spain make lifelong learning a reality

According to the Ministry of Education, there are some 200,000 adult education students in Spain.

15 December 2022

Ukraine

War is taking the heaviest toll on the old in Ukraine , says Amnesty

The UN's Human Rights Office says that between February and September, the over-60s accounted for 34% of civilians killed in Ukraine

7 December 2022

Germany

Woman held on suspicion of injuring three with 'sword-like object'

The 65-year-old suspect was detained by passers-by until police arrived at the scene.

23 August 2022

No Comment

Small boy becomes star of pope's weekly audience

A small boy surprised audiences at the Pope's weekly audience.

17 August 2022

Health news

800 robot companions trialled in New York to tackle elderly loneliness

The ElliQ device can carry out daily check-ins with users and remind them to take their medication.

31 May 2022

Culture news

103-year-old Swedish woman sets record for world's oldest parachuter

103-year-old Rut Larsson becomes the world's oldest person to complete a tandem parachute jump after skydiving in Motala, Sweden.

30 May 2022

Italy

Young women used in love scam to trick elderly men out of €1 million

The women would often enter into a physical relationship with their victims before convincing them to part with their money, said police.

20 May 2022

Italy

US army replaces birthday cake stolen from girl by WWII soldiers

The cake was presented to 90-year-old Meri Mion in Vicenza, 77 years after one was taken from her windowsill.

29 April 2022

Climate

Air pollution has a bigger impact on life expectancy than smoking

Combined with the effects of climate change, dirty air could be the next biggest threat to our respiratory health.

7 April 2022

Culture news

Behind Liza Minelli and Lady Gaga's touching moment at the Oscars

The pair were presenting the Best Picture Oscar which eventually went to 'CODA,' but everyone's talking about a tender moment they shared beforehand.

28 March 2022

The Cube

Unarmed Ukrainian citizens filmed confronting Russian soldiers

Ukrainian protesters can be seen using their bare hands to try and slow down Russian tanks.

2 March 2022

Germany

Germany to give extra €647 million to support Holocaust survivors

Campaigners say the additional funds are the largest ever allocated for welfare services in a single year.

2 March 2022

Money

Pensioner forces Spanish banks to widen services to tackle exclusion

Left behind by digitalisation and the closure of high street branches, the elderly in Spain have found a new champion in 78-year-old Carlos San Juan.

22 February 2022

Europe

'I felt true emptiness': A hidden loneliness crisis is haunting Italy

The harrowing story of how an elderly woman's body was left undiscovered for two years sparked a debate in Italy about loneliness.

21 February 2022

Georgia

Caucasus elderly face severe loneliness, worsened by pandemic

Loneliness among the elderly in countries like Georgia has become a problem, made worse bz the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

13 February 2022