Thousands of Scots face decades of poverty in retirement. More than four out of ten questioned by Scottish Widows admitted they hadn&#...

There's no question that the population's aging is of major importance, and that it will change the whole tenor of social life heal...

Almost two million retired adults in the UK have less disposable income than the average 11 year-old, according to a report. 

In 2011/12, there were 710,000 (14%) Scots in poor households of which 420,000 working age adults, 140,000 pensioners and 150,000 children ...

10,000 over-75s in Scotland will spend Christmas Day alone because their children are too busy to visit them, a new report claimed today. A...

A study found almost half of elderly people may be kept on sedatives that make them “easier and more convenient to manage” for much longer ...

160,000 pensioners in Scotland are living in relative poverty – with an income of less than 60 per cent of the national average. Prices f...

A person born today will be forced to work until they are 77 years old before they become eligible for a state pension, according to a new ...

Elderly patients in care homes across Scotland are being prescribed powerful drug...

Someone born today may have to work until they are 80, a leading insurer has warned. John Lawson , head of pension policy at Standard Life, ...

Older patients are “not safe” on hospital wards in Scotland because of a lack of qualified nurses to care for them according to Royal Colleg...

One in eight Scots will retire this year saddled with debts, research has claimed. The study found that 18% of those due to retire this ye...

Adults and children from the most deprived areas of Scotland are twice as likely to die from an accidental injury than those from the most ...

Despite record low interest rates, falling by more than one-fifth since in 2008 the cost of owning and running a home in the UK has risen ov...

Save the Children said its research revealed there are 90,000 children in Scotland - or one in 10 - living in what they term the most "...

In The Herald Socialist Courier reads that 50% of the time that people spend in hospital over a lifetime occurs in the 12 months before th...

Almost twice as many pensioners in the Lothians are admitted to hospital with malnutrition than anywhere else in Scotland, figures have show...

The average Scottish male will be able to claim just five years of the state pension before he dies, under the new government plans to raise...

In a study Scotland’s wealthiest suburb has a life expectancy of 87.7 years, while a boy born in the poorest area of Glasgow can expect to d...

A quarter of UK pensioners feel their lives are getting worse. Michelle Mitchell from Age Concern and Help the Aged said : "Loneliness...