Tag: later life
Life expectancy and loneliness in later life – visually challenged policy making?
We will be even more short-sighted if we don’t at least consider the possible associations between the age of austerity, loneliness, poverty and falling life expectancy.
Is being old a mental health problem?
There is a still a strong tendency among many people to associate old age very negatively, with a sense of it being a ‘burden on society’, something to be feared, and consisting primarily of an unpleasant combination of health conditions and problems.
The dilemma of old age becomes more prevalent than ever
Natalija Webb, Development and Later Life intern at the Mental Health Foundation, explains how the public can help in giving older people a better quality of life.
For people with dementia (and everyone else) there needs to be such a thing as society
Nearly 2/3 of people with dementia who live on their own experience feelings of loneliness, according to a report by the Alzheimer’s Society. We need to do more to reduce the social isolation of people with dementia.
Depression, dementia and placebos – not such a bitter pill
Maybe placebos are a form of anti-depressant but psychological factors in the interaction is more important than what’s in the pill.
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