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Finding funds, fixing homes: innovation in local authority provision of home improvement grants and loans

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Centre for Ageing Better
10 Jul 2024

Finance is a fundamental barrier facing people who want to make improvements to their home. Learn how local areas are tailoring financial solutions to meet the needs of their residents.

  • Homes
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An introduction to Age-friendly Communities

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Centre for Ageing Better
21 Aug 2024

What is an Age-friendly Community? Learn about the WHO Age-friendly Communities framework and what can be achieved through becoming one.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Event: Building effective local home improvement services: Good Home Hubs

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Centre for Ageing Better
2 Oct 2024

What is a Good Home Hub? Learn about this comprehensive model for home improvement services and how it can benefit people living in your area.

  • Homes
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Housing quality and people’s health: making the case for improving health through housing

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Centre for Ageing Better
20 Nov 2024

Homes should be places of warmth and safety but for millions of people, their homes cause falls, asthma, heart problems, joint problems, and many more conditions. Understand how local areas are creating joint solutions across the health, care and housing sectors.

  • Homes

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Community connections as we age: lessons from the pandemic

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Centre for Ageing Better
9 Mar 2022

In this webinar we explored what needs to be in place to enable everyone to maintain, rebuild or grow social connections as we age.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Ethnic health inequalities in later life

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Centre for Ageing Better
14 Jan 2022

This webinar explored the latest research on ethnic inequalities in health in later life.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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How can we develop a national post-pandemic resilience programme?

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Centre for Ageing Better
16 Dec 2021

The Centre for Ageing Better and The Physiological Society launched a new joint report ‘A National Post Pandemic Resilience Programme: Supporting older adults to recover from the pandemic’.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Age-friendly training: plan and act

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Centre for Ageing Better
6 Dec 2021

Learn more about developing your strategic plan and action plans to achieve desired outcomes for your Age-friendly Community.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Best foot forward: Understanding active travel

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Centre for Ageing Better
4 Oct 2021

This webinar explored the motivators and barriers to active travel for people in their 50s and 60s, and by extension, what might work to get people in this age group walking or cycling as their default mode of travel.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Improving the recruitment of older workers

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Centre for Ageing Better
30 Sep 2021

In this webinar we explored the recruitment of older workers both from the perspective of employers and workers, as well as the impact of language in job adverts.

  • Work
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The Good Home Inquiry: How to get the homes we want

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Centre for Ageing Better
16 Sep 2021

In this webinar we discussed the Good Home Inquiry’s findings and recommendations, the policy priorities of the public and the next steps needed to improve our homes and improve the lives of millions of people.

  • Homes
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Keep on movin' - the importance of staying active in your 50s and 60s

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Centre for Ageing Better
6 Sep 2021

This webinar explored the motivators and barriers to physical activity for people in their 50s and 60s, and what might work to help people in this age group feel the benefits and get active. With special guest, Derrick Evans MBE: Mr Motivator.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

What do we really know about age-related stereotypes and well-being of older adults? A commentary on the state of the art
Rasset, P., Mange, J., Augustinova, M., Frontiers in Psychology
24 May 2024
This review outlines age-related stereotypes faced by older people, and the mechanisms through which they impact mental and physical health.
Lifelong learning, well-being, and climate justice activism: Exploring social movement learning among Australia’s Knitting Nannas
Larri, L. J., International Journal of Population Studies
15 Apr 2024
This paper explores the participation of older women in social movements, and the opportunities it provides for life-long learning and well-ageing. Based on mixed methods research with Australia’s…
Keys to the future: Projecting housing tenure and poverty rates in later life
Independent Age
11 Jun 2024
This report explores the housing challenges and aspirations of older people living in the UK.

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