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The postcode lottery of finding an accessible home

New Centre for Ageing Better analysis reveals how few homes in the UK are fully accessible, and the huge regional variations with some residents' chances of finding an accessible home six times lower than others.

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The Centre for Ageing Better is tackling inequalities in ageing. We are working to make our workplaces, homes and communities inclusive of older people, as well as building an Age-friendly Movement so that society sees ageing in a more positive and realistic way.

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Summary | The State of Ageing 2025

Our summary presents key data on our older population and shows that, quite simply, where you are born in England determines how long you live and how well you age.
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Redrawing eligibility rules for Winter Fuel Payments would be welcome first step in tackling scourge of cold homes

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Centre for Ageing Better
21 May 2025
Ageing Better has welcomed the Prime Minister’s decision to look again at the eligibility threshold for Winter Fuel Payments to allow more pensioners to qualify for support.
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Glimmer of hope for older people’s commissioner role in England after latest government announcement

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Centre for Ageing Better
16 May 2025
The Women and Equalities Committee recommended the government consider replicating the framework in Wales for a Commissioner for Older People in a report published earlier this year.
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Room for improvement: The experiences of people from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic backgrounds accessing home improvement support

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Nazia Azad
16 May 2025
People from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic backgrounds are more likely to live in a poor-quality home and less likely to be able to access home improvement support.
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Mental health in older age

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Stephen James
1 May 2025
Ageing Better were among a partnership of organisations that delivered the recent Age-Friendly Futures Summit in Manchester, bringing together around 250 leaders, policymakers, practitioners and researchers from the UK and around the globe.
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Age-positive image library

Centre for Ageing Better
7 Jan 2023

Photos in the image library, which depict older people in non-stereotypical ways, are available to download for free.

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Did the Spring Budget deliver for older workers?

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We discussed whether the Budget really will deliver more employment for people in their 50s and 60s.
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An introduction to Age-friendly Communities

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What is an Age-friendly Community? Learn about the WHO Age-friendly Communities framework and what can be achieved through becoming one.
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How to show ageing from a new perspective

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This webinar explained how you can capture photos that show the diversity of older people in realistic and authentic ways.

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Jo and Liz - Stories from the image library

Jo and Liz, who have been together for nearly 27 years and have five children, talk about the importance of representation for older LGBTQ+ people.

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Latest research from others

The impact of work on cognition and physical disability: Evidence from English women
Banks, J et al., Labour Economics
This study examines the impact of delayed retirement on health and cognition among women aged 60–63 in England.
Quality of life in older patients with cancer and related unmet needs
Springer F. et al., Acta Oncologica
This study examines quality of life among older adults with cancer across 14 countries.
Building an Age-friendly City Region: Learning from Greater Manchester
Centre for Ageing Better
This report examines Greater Manchester’s progress toward becoming an age-friendly region.

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