However, a new book has revealed a disturbing lack of safety regulations in an industry promising an extended youth.

An urgent care plan is needed to meet the needs of NZ's over 65 population which will rise by 84pc in the next 15 years, according to a review.

Impact-absorbent tiles could become a safety feature in rest homes.

Simple handover plan can remove the angst and smooth the transition of a family business to a new generation.

Rest homes are refusing to comply with a demand to find old people's birth certificates to prove they are eligible for care subsidies.

The cost of dying has taken on a new twist - you can now put a funeral on layby much like any other consumer good.

John Key says public opinion has shifted since compulsory superannuation was rejected in a 1997 referendum.

He was ageing, bald and a bit pot-bellied, but the man whom the FBI dubbed the 'Granddad Bandit' was, above all, brazen.

Financial abuse is the second most common form of maltreatment of older people, and the economic downturn may be aggravating the situation.

'I like fat. There's no fat on the blessed meat now.' So said Audrey Duthie when asked the secret to living a long life.

Gillian Marie says we must take action to ensure seniors are not denied their right to quality care.

Geoff Harper asks whether we are warehousing our elderly for profit.

Vintage TV, which is due to begin broadcasting in September, is aimed at the over-fifties.

A range of factors lie behind actress Gwyneth Paltrow's bone-wasting condition osteopenia.

About 68,000 New Zealanders aged over 40 already have glaucoma and the number is likely to increase as the population ages and people live longer.