Tag: Age UK

Culture Family Governance Social

Britain Begins Listening to the Elderly

Megan Amram

Britain Begins Listening to the Elderly, Government Immediately Discovers Most of Its Problems Were Solved in 1978 Nation stunned to learn people who have spent 70 years being alive may possess information unavailable from consultants, apps, focus groups and 146-page government strategy documents LONDON — Britain has launched an unprecedented national experiment in which younger people, government departments and corporate executives will occasionally listen to someone over the age of…

Culture History Social

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Alan Nafzger

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Survives Everest, the Arctic and the Antarctic, Then Encounters Britain’s Most Dangerous Terrain: Adult Social Care Paperwork Nation shocked to learn legendary explorer may have needed fewer survival skills at the North Pole than inside the British guardianship system LONDON — Sir Ranulph Fiennes, a man who spent a lifetime confronting deserts, polar ice, Everest, frostbite, and the sort of weather that makes ordinary people cancel brunch, has…