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Good Home Inquiry

How does digital connectivity support and enhance a good home?

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 Aug 2021

In this webinar, hosted by the Good Home Inquiry, we examined how a digitally connected home supports  and enhances a good home and how we can ensure more people are connected in ways that work for them in their existing homes.

  • Homes
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Older painter

Putting age in the frame

Event
Centre for Ageing Better
22 Jul 2021

This webinar looked at how imagery shapes and reinforces negative attitudes to ageing, and explored current efforts to depict older age in a more positive and realistic light.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Bathroom with level shower and accessible lever taps

The missing market – how can we each better meet the needs of over 50s consumers?

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Centre for Ageing Better
15 Jul 2021

This webinar launched our report, which explores how we can better meet the needs of older adults through inclusive design.

  • Homes
  • Age-friendly Movement
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Responding to the experience of older people in the COVID-19 pandemic

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 Jul 2021

This event marked the launch of the University of Manchester report, ‘Covid-19 and Social Exclusion: Experiences of older people living in areas of multiple deprivation’.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Image of a digital skills workshop: an older woman is being taught to use her smartphone by a digital skills volunteer

Digital skills to connect

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Centre for Ageing Better
8 Jul 2021

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected digital skills training for older adults?

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Two office employees sit outside, working together

Making the most of a multi-generational workforce; Don't let ageism limit your talent pool

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Centre for Ageing Better
1 Jul 2021

A webinar hosted by ACAS. Explore the business benefits, the barriers of assumptions and the legal requirements of a multi-generational workforce, and how this may help you recruit the best talent for your sector.

  • Work
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Male worker in a hardware shop tidying stock on the shelves

Health and work: Healthy ageing webinars

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Centre for Ageing Better
25 Jun 2021

This webinar explored the importance of health, work and ageing, and what employers and government need to do to ensure that all employees are supported at work.

  • Age-friendly Movement
  • Work
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View of shoppers at a street market. Two older women having a conversation

Developing Age-friendly Communities

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Centre for Ageing Better
23 Jun 2021

How can I get started with developing an Age-friendly Community? This half-day training will explore how communities can embed an Age-friendly Communities approach, taking you through the first stage of the Age-friendly Communities Framework.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Did COVID-19 reduce the digital divide?
Connolly, G. et al., Health Policy and Technology
This study examines the impact of COVID-19 on the digital divide amongst older people and people with lower socioeconomic status in the UK.
Understanding polypharmacy for people receiving home care services
Karimi, R., et al., Age and Ageing
This review synthesises existing evidence on individuals receiving home care services and experiences of polypharmacy.
The menopause “penalty”
Institute for Fiscal Studies
This report examines the socio-economic impact of menopause on women in Norway and Sweden.

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