There are a few problems which tend to affect older peoples’ feet. The main problem is that the circulation worsens with age and even in younger life the feet don’t have a great blood supply. The result in older people’s feet is an increased susceptibility to infections, mainly fungal or bacterial.

With age the toenails thicken, the eyesight worsens and often the back gets a bit stiffer; these factors combine to make footcare difficult.

However, older people can often be helped by wearing orthoses in their shoes to prevent excessive shoe pressure on their toes and to increase their stability when walking.

They may need to see a podiatrist for general footcare on a regular basis.