Why the NHS needs over-50s people to come forward and become organ donors
Older people fear their organs aren’t healthy enough – but they could save a life. Bristol Post reports that elderly people living in Bristol are being urged to donate their organs when they die. New figures show people aged over 50 are a lot more...Is your garden in the dark? The magic of deep-shaded gardens
Having a large tree casting its shadow across your garden isn’t the end of the world. In fact it can be very dramatic. When we first moved to this cottage, I despaired of the neighbour’s huge ash tree that cast shadows over so much of our garden. Yet now, I’d...Growing old is amazing… that’s the view of ‘Pop Princess’ Sandie Shaw
Fame was never easy for this pop icon, and now she devotes her time to helping others cope with the double-edged sword of success. She was once known as pop’s ‘barefoot princess’, but 50 years on from winning the 1967 Eurovision – which...MPs blame age discrimination for ‘wasted talents’ of more than 1m over 50
Age Scotland warned that the ‘overwhelming majority’ of companies do not have an age strategy and said older workers faced ‘unfair bias’. The Scotsman reports that the talents of more than one million unemployed over-50s are being wasted...Ourplace News
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