Research based info on how older people can look after themselves and make the best of winter - from a Canadian organisation so they're likely to know! www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/hitting-the-...

Article about tracking tech in care homes. Does it benefit older people wearing the, sometimes uncomfortable, trackers? Doubtful, because staff don't have have the time to analyse the health data that might be useful. It mainly calms staff & Family anxieties. theconversation.com/tracking-wit...

Detailed info on psychological processes help build resilience to life problems, useful for social workers and other advisers. theconversation.com/writing-buil...

Research based info on how keeping mobile helps delay dementia, useful for social workers and other advisers. www.sciencenews.org/article/step...

12 country study suggests for social workers and other advisers how to ask about isolated older people's nutrition. news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/11...

Research based info on combating both loneliness and social isolation for older people, useful for social workers and other advisers. www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/hitting-the-...

New research based report on dealing with older prisoners in UK prisons. Good links to further info. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

Brief and well-informed info on the British social care system, good illustrations, from King's Fund, authoritative charity. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Info useful for social workers and other advisers on legal aspects of spiritual abuse. www.lexology.com/library/deta...

Interesting study shows different abilities peak at different times during your life, some quite late as you age. www.sciencealert.com/study-reveal...

Comprehensive UK government report on helping older and disabled people find and stay in employment; widely applicable ideas, useful forpeople affected, social workers and other advisers. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Research based info on how dance can, like many arts activities, help older people live healthier lives; useful for older people, social workers and other advisers. www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/blog/detail/...

Useful research based info on preventing falls, Useful for older people, social workers and other advisers. www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/hitting-the-...

A local government finance view on how a national social care service would work. Interestingly compares Scotland, Wales and England. www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2025...

Useful summary on adult safeguarding reports that went wrong on self-neglect; legal & practice points. www.lexology.com/library/deta...

Useful practical things to look out for on abuse of older people www.essex.gov.uk/news/2025/sp...

A really thoughtful and detailed accounts of progress and difficulties in using robots in care for older people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Useful report from The Law Commission on a proposed new law on disabled children's care. You can see a summary and video, and download the full report in various versions from this link. lawcom.gov.uk/project/disa...

So do spouses without psychiatric conditions also tend to marry each other? www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Interesting report from a local hospice on how it's starting to work with local communities to respond to people's deaths and bereavement. Some good case studies, too. www.stchristophers.org.uk/from-convers...

Interesting study which tries to distinguish being tolerated as a minority in your job and being positively valued. www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Should I have tried to write a specialised Substack? open.substack.com/pub/politics...

New report shows that when you increase retirement age (many countries are doing it) older women already in poverty and not in employment because of bad health, lose out because they cannot or do not return to work. ifs.org.uk/publications...