Ageing

While growing older does take its toll on the brain, the effect may have been overstated, according to Li Huijie of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Psychology. "Ageing has a negative impact on the brain, but it is not as bad as we thought," he said. That conclusion came from the largest brain scan analysis of the effects of ageing ever carried out.

Healthcare for older people in rural areas across Scotland has been deemed “not fit for the future” as funding and recruitment are moving too slowly to tackle the needs of the ageing population, a new report has warned. The Going the Extra Mile report from the Royal College of Nursing  written in collaboration with Age Scotland, sets out the need for a new and different approach to sustainable health and care services in the country’s most remote areas, where services and communities are ge

A major new health survey involving almost 700 older people in Derry’s Triax area has found that almost 60% suffer from low mood and anxiety related conditions.

The findings of a study by researchers at Trinity College Dublin examining why some people are better than others at maintaining their memory in old age suggests that those whose brains adapt to compensate for age-related changes are more successful. Dr Paul Dockree, assistant professor at TCD’s School of Psychology and lead author of the paper, said unearthing the reason as to how these healthy adaptive changes occurred was the next step. Read more here.

Well-developed repositories and databases with patient data, connected to regular examinations using different imaging techniques, give Umeå University an advantage when it comes to research on the ageing of the brain and the development of dementia. Not only out of a national perspective, but also an international. This according to Lars Nyberg, Professor of Neuroscience at Umeå University. Read more here.

Researchers in 10 countries have begun a major new project studying the link between socioeconomic status and healthy ageing.

The Lifepath project, involving 15 institutions in Europe, the US and Australia, has been supported by a six million euro grant from the EU's Horizon 2020 programme. Read more here.

A number of studies have demonstrated a major upside to getting older: As people age, they tend to become happier and more satisfied with their lives. New research from Buffalo University and Northwestern University hints at one possible reason behind this improvements in well-being -- people are more trusting as they age, which in turn carries a number of benefits for their well-being. Read more here.