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Rise of the SWOFTY (Single women over 50): I’m too busy having fun to be a grandmother
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010The fact that granny has her own life and doesn’t want to be a perpetual unpaid babysitter is something my grown-up children find very hard to accept.
Life no longer begins at 40… as Baby Gloomers have to wait until they’re 54 for true happiness to arrive
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010The latest research suggests that 54 is a golden age at which people are happy and content, rather than stressed and self-conscious.
Our ever shrinking pension payouts: Millions now facing the lowest returns on investments since records began
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Despite saving the same amount of money into their pensions, they face the dire prospect of getting about half the income they would have received 15 years ago, research reveals today.
Grandmother is awarded college certificate – for making sandwiches
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Pensioner Helen Wright could not understand why she had been sent the adult numeracy certificate in the post – as she had never attended college in her life.
Too frail to live alone at 90, but Lorna’s being thrown out of her care home – and hit with a £5,400 bill
Thursday, August 26th, 2010A frail 90-year-old woman has been threatened with eviction from a care home because the local NHS has stopped paying her fees, leaving her with unpaid bills of £5,400
Too frail to live alone at 90, but Lorna’s being thrown out of her care home – and hit with a £5,400 bill
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Lorna Clow was given a week’s notice to leave after the health service decided she was no longer eligible for funding because she was too healthy.
Grandparents are ‘unpaid nannies’ on family holidays
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Grown-ups are increasingly calling on their own parents to look after their children, including during trips abroad, leading to a rise in ‘three-generational’ summer holidays.
