Never too old to learn

Public funding should be made available to support education for elderly residents in care homes, the University of the Third Age said this week
12th March 2010, 12:00am
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Never too old to learn

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Ian Searle, chairman of U3A, said: “The evidence that learning something new keeps older people fitter for longer is overwhelming. But without learning opportunities, care homes can simply become places where society `parks’ the elderly while they await death.”

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