Older People

A team from Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) and The University of Manchester has developed new computer games in collaboration with MIRA Rehab Limited and tested by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust’s Falls Prevention Team and its patients, designed to significantly reduce the likelihood of falls at home and in the community among older people. Read more here.

 Trevor Lucy from Home Care Technologies has put together an infographic that provides information on some of the best apps suited to older people. Read more here.

The UK’s critical housing shortage is felt most acutely by the under 40s. But decision makers – and the majority of voters – are older. The average age of local councillors, for example, exceeds 60. So perceptions of the housing crisis vary greatly according to age.

A new drug has the potential to increase the protection older people receive against seasonal flu and other infections, researchers from the University of Oxford have said.

Researchers are looking into the compound, called spermidine, to determine if it could be added to flu jabs to stop the decline of older people’s immune systems.

When you grow old, could you run 20 marathons back-to-back? David Robson, BBC, reports on the senior ultra-athletes who are defying the limits of aging and the body. Read more here.