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All the latest news and updates from across our homes and schemes, plus expert views on issues facing older people.

How your legs grow your brain and juggling keeps it sharp

It’s a top-to-toe thing. Using your legs makes your hippocampus grow, and hand-to-hand juggling keeps it sharp and strengthens coordination. The hippocampus is an important part of the brain, responsible for ‘executive function’, that is, keeping plates spinning in the present, and turning short term memories into long ones.

One Pastor built a vibrant church with seniors; another asked them to worship elsewhere

Building a vibrant church with older people is possible, says Kark Vater from Cornerstone Christian Fellowship.

Older caregivers save the government £23 bn a year but pay with their own health

Family caregivers over 80 years of age are saving the government £23 billion a year. They are the army of unpaid carers looking after family members, providing 23 billion hours of unpaid care a year.

Children’s school achievements almost doubled in a project involving older people

In these days when experts talk about the importance of bringing the generations together, Downshall primary school in Essex has shown how it’s done, resulting in extraordinary benefits for both the children and the older people involved.

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There is no ageism in the Ancient of Days

A recent survey found that employees over 50 are scared to admit it for fear their age will count against them, and two in five believe their age will bar them from promotion or pay rises. But there's no ageism in the Ancient of Days.

Unadorned clay pots: the best gift for the lonely at Christmas

Louise Morse, Media and External Relations Manager at Pilgrims' Friend Society, shares why being together can be the greatest gift at Christmas.

Why Christian care makes a difference

Sylvia Clovey, Marketing and Communications Manager at Pilgrims' Friend Society, shares why Christian care makes a difference in later life.

Pilgrim Gardens – where God puts the lonely in families

Mandy Smith, manager at Pilgrim Gardens, shares about family life at the retired living community in Leicester.

Community living at Strathclyde House

Ann Goodwin, Chaplain at Strathclyde House, introduces us to the latest addition to the Pilgrims' Friend Society family.

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