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Early retirement 'is driving economic inactivity' in Scotland

Pension wealth among Scottish 50 to 64 year olds is around £100,000 less than required for a ‘moderate’ retirement living standard

Insider UK

Dáithí Mac Gabhann to receive award from Prime Minister for organ donation work

Number 10 said he will thank the Mac Gabhanns for their “tireless campaigning” for Daithi’s Law

Belfast Live

'I know it was our choice to have a child - but the cost is making us wonder if there's any point in working'

It comes as a new study revealed one in four UK parents are leaving work due childcare costs

Manchester Evening News

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In Kerala, an aging trend bucks India's booming population

In the past 60 years, the percentage of people age 60 and over in India's Kerala state has shot up from 5.1% to 16.5% — the highest proportion in any state

The Independent UK

Struggle for Qld maternity staff detailed in FOI docs

Maternity services in some Queensland towns were under stress last year due to a COVID-19 wave, documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show.

AAP

Nursing school operators plead guilty to selling fake diplomas to thousands in Florida

MIAMI — Two nursing school operators in the Fort Lauderdale area have fessed up to peddling fake diplomas to thousands of students who could then avoid completing a rigorous program before taking licensing exams in what prosecutors say was a multimillion-dollar racket stretching from South Florida to New York.

Miami Herald

Six-year-old Daithi to receive award from Prime Minister for organ donation work

The presentation forms part of the Prime Minister’s engagements coinciding with US President Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland.

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Childcare costs force one in four UK parents to quit work or education

More than 7,000 parents and carers with children under the age of seven were questioned for global children’s charity Theirworld.

The Independent UK

‘I’m here because I care’: junior doctors on NHS picket lines

Medics across England say they are fighting for urgent investment in staff and services to save NHS hospitals

The Guardian - UK

How India's birth control battle falters in rural district

Pratima Kumari, a government health worker in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, sets off on her mini scooter every morning, crisscrossing vast corn fields and pineapple orchards to visit villages and meet young, married couples.

Reuters

Death doulas guide people through the end of life

PHILADELPHIA — Bill Siemering found himself Googling what age people die of natural causes in their sleep. He'd tell his wife where to find salmon cakes at the farmer's market when he was no longer alive. He was certain death was drawing near, though he had no terminal diagnosis.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: Ben Ferencz, a classic New Yorker: The last of the Nuremberg prosecutors, he fought a very long lifetime for justice and an end to war

Having made it to the very ripe old age of 103 last month, Ben Ferencz’s death Friday night has been marked in detailed obituaries of an amazing life that brought him from a Jewish infant fleeing Eastern European antisemitism with his family to the tenements and streets of New York…

Tribune News Service

New calls for monthly energy tariff for older people and disabled households nears response threshold

An online petition has received nearly 10,000 signatures of support.

Daily Record

Jesmond widower’s anger at ‘slap in the face’ Government social care cuts

Bill Wilson is furious that the Government has reneged on a social care funding pledge.

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Daily Record

Kind hearted Scots community throws 100th birthday party for local widow

Maureen Moss had no family nearby after her husband died - her nearest relations are nieces that live in England.

The Independent UK

Study reveals important lifestyle change that could lengthen lifespan in older adults

Strategies to promote active social life in very old people should be encouraged, scientists say

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh community pulls together for surprise party for 100-year-old resident

Maureen Moss, who has no family living nearby, and whose husband recently died, celebrated the milestone birthday at Davidson's House in Colinton.

Daily Record

New claims for Carer's Allowance made before midnight could also qualify for extra £270 in June

Applications must be made by April 10 to qualify for the next Carer’s Allowance Supplement payment due before summer.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago can become a model for reforming public health

What is needed is a rock-solid moral and financial commitment by elected officials in Illinois to continue to support public health. That includes pre- and post-natal care.

The Guardian - AU

AMA president warns of ‘more illness, more loss of life’ from Covid as cases rise

Gatherings over Easter long weekend expected to cause further increase in infections, with Victoria already 60% up in past fortnight

Glasgow Live

Glasgow nurse struck off after asking untrained workers to hand out medicine

An investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council found that Mohammed Farooq Anwaar failed to demonstrate any insight into his behaviour and removed him from their register.

Bangkok Post

Social inequality 'hampers health'

Social inequality remains an obstacle in the provision of health care. As such, countries should not only focus on the financial aspect of universal health coverage but also empowering people, according to Jos Vandelaer, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Thailand.

Wales Online

Steve Barclay says junior doctor pay demands are 'unrealistic'

The Health Secretary says the union is taking a 'militant stance' on pay

The Guardian - UK

I’m 70 and so full of regret about my husband and career

I suspect you have a pattern of believing that whatever choice you make, it’s the wrong one, says Philippa Perry. You can work through this with a therapist

Bangkok Post

Thailand will be 'super-aged' by 2029

Due to a decrease in the population in the past three years, Thailand is expected to become a super-aged society by 2029, according to research conducted by Kasikorn Research Centre (KResearch).

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