SOCIAL TRENDS

Council to spend £750k tackling home care worker shortage

STOKE-ON-TRENT: More than £750,000 is to be spent on bringing in extra staff to bolster… read more

Elderly spend their days in shopping malls to stave off loneliness

CHRISTCHURCH: Elderly people struggling with loneliness spend their days in shopping centres for solace, malls… read more

University sees silver lining in retiree students

CHRISTCHURCH: Fifty years since first going to university, Daphne Hazelgrove will take the leap into… read more

Increase in elderly considering suicide claims former doctor

MELBOURNE: Thousands of older people are investigating peaceful methods to end their own lives because… read more