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Pollution, traffic, noise – the busy streets of the Bangladeshi capital prohibit many who are ill or have limited mobility from leaving their homes, posing further risks to their healthThe door of Rehana Khan’s sixth-floor flat is as far as she venture…
Read MoreGroup of four men in their 20s and 30s struggled to find accommodation in Calgary while training for the 2026 Winter Olympics until an unlikely solution was offeredWhen the clock strikes 2pm on Friday at the Chartwell Colonel Belcher retirement residen…
Read More‘Relay loans’ that can pass on to children follow other moves to make borrowing more flexibleIn an attempt to stimulate China’s flagging housing market, banks in some cities are extending the upper age limit on mortgages to between 80 and 95.Although n…
Read MoreCrowds of retirees gather in cities of Wuhan and Dalian to protest against cuts as local government coffers feel strain of years of Covid policiesCrowds of hundreds of older people took to the streets in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Dalian on Wednes…
Read MoreRally is latest showing of public discontent since demonstrations against Covid curbsThousands of older people have staged a rally in the rain in central China to protest against significant cuts to their medical benefits, in the latest outburst of pub…
Read MoreIndia is about to overtake China as the most populous country, but as birthrates fall we’re facing life in a greyer world. Are we ready for the physical, political and financial challenges ahead?In Japan even criminals are getting old. In the country’s…
Read MoreAuthorities flood streets with police as top security body urges action against ‘hostile forces’China has sent university students home and flooded streets with police in an attempt to disperse the most widespread anti-government protests in decades, a…
Read MoreAs birth and fertility rates fall, there is official concern about the economic impact of a declining and ageing populationIt is not hard to spot the grey hairs among the late-morning shoppers on Jizo-dori. Their owners have come to buy discount underw…
Read MoreKim Dong-hyun spends his days documenting the city’s vibrant senior street style to provide a new perspective on ageingPots and pans, piles of shirts and shoes, jewellery-laden tables, and boxes brimming with bric-a-brac. In the tangle of streets near …
Read MoreWhile the pandemic has not led to a jump in unemployment, its impact on the over-50s and public sector staff is particularly troublingAt first glance, the UK jobs market is in rude health. The unemployment rate is back to where it was before the Covid …
Read MoreElderly residents are wary of the jab even as Omicron spreads, and critics say zero-Covid policy is not sustainableWhen nearby neighbourhoods went into lockdown, Liu Li started stocking up. The 42-year-old Chinese magazine worker bought vegetables, fru…
Read MoreDementia linked to many instances of people dying at home among family but remaining undiscovered for daysOfficials in Japan have warned that dementia and the fraying of traditional community ties are contributing to a new social phenomenon – people wh…
Read MoreMany older Kiwis do not have enough money to cover housing, nutritious food and heating, with Māori badly affected For Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, a United Nations expert on older people, there are a few bright sparks globally, and she thought New Zealand was…
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