One unexpected challenge facing those nearing the end of their ‘primary career’ is a need to change their core values – those unspoken expectations, often learnt at an early age, that have been subconsciously shaping their lives ever since. I’m not advocating radical change, just recognition that the rapid increase in life expectancy over the […]
This week the UK media cannot decide if the problems of the NHS are caused by our aging population or by the obesity epidemic hitting our young. We at EML have the answer – it’s both! These are simply two aspects of a challenge faced by us all – rapidly increasing life expectancy. In the […]
One of the parts I really enjoy about our research is being able to share the wisdom and insight of our focus groups and particularly the octogenarian pathfinders. They are ‘showing the way’ for the generations that follow as more and more of us live to 80 and beyond. Here are some of the recent […]
Today the NHS employs over a million people and costing more than £2 billion per week to run. In every year since it started medical inflation has outstripped general inflation and the cost of the service takes an ever greater proportion of national income. With thousands of UK and international medical charities funding pioneering research, […]
There are diverse opinions on the fortunes of the Sandwich Generation. Those at the “hard done by’ end of the spectrum speak of being too young to enjoy the swinging sixties, enduring the AIDs epidemic rather than Free Love, facing recession rather than Big Bang, paying for rampant house price inflation rather than benefiting and […]
The ‘Golden Age’ of retirement is here – now – so if you’re not enjoying it you may well have missed the boat! It is, once again, the Baby Boomer generation that are reaping the financial benefits as they worked through a time of defined benefit retirement schemes. These plans were set up when members […]
EML’s research identifies six aspects of life that are directly linked to increased happiness, health and prosperity. We also found that, depending on your age your prospects for an enjoyable later life will differ significantly. Here is one example – health care for the digital generation. The Digital Generation are those currently aged 15 – […]
Mention Charles Darwin and more than likely you think about his book – The Origin of Species – it can be summarised in just five words – ‘the survival of the fittest’. Most people think of Darwinian evolution as being a slow process that happens over millions of years so you may be surprised to […]
The first time I heard this expression I was puzzled. As I learnt more I was won over, now I am an ardent supporter of the trend. It was during an interview with an American start-up business attached to a teaching hospital. They described a product they had developed to allow users to perform sophisticated […]
During the current outbreak of election fever I have been heartened to see that some of those standing for election are, at long last, starting to mention some of big issues that we UK voters – and the rest of the world – must eventually face. Any party brave enough to start the discussion will […]