Do people get happier as they age, as one study today suggests, or do happy people just live longer? Speaking from the view of 54, I feel more at peace and, yes, happier, than I did 20 or 30 years ago. I know my kids agonize over small things, and understand most things are small things. Keeping [...]

Today, The Times picks up, on the hundreds of complaints received in the wake of the report yeaterday, Catherine Bleasley writes that whilst Ian Birrell again writes in The Independent about the urgent need for reform. The comments attached to yesterday’s Telegraph story are the spur for another report in the paper today, and make for no happier [...]

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Watchdog warns councils to prepare for long-term impact of downturn on mental health and children’s services Demand for mental health and children’s services will continue to rise as the longer-term effects of the recession and unemployment become evident, the Audit Commission has warned. Around a third of councils in England have already seen higher demand [...]

The Mental Health Foundation is staging a project to find out why more people with dementia and their carers are not taking up new opportunities to take control of their care and treatment. But it is seeking help from organisations willing to take part in the initiative after evidence emerged of a low uptake of [...]

The government’s new green paper on social care and support has emerged against a background of rapidly rising demand and a potential funding shortfall of £6bn a year unless action is taken. Here, we ask a selection of experts to give us their opinions on the future funding options set out in the green paper [...]