Ageing with attitude: Up close and personal with next generation

The positive ageing benefits arising from close ties between grandparents and their grandchildren can be far reaching, says Margaret Jennings.

“I’M 78 but I feel like 30 because Charlie keeps me young — he’s unbelievable. He lives two houses down.

"I bring him up to school and my wife Jacqueline collects him. I sit and do all the homework with him and we have great fun — he’s laughing all the time”.