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This must be the year we seize the opportunities of an ageing society

Blog
4 Jan 2018
5 min read

In 2017, we heard a lot about the challenges of an ageing population, with heated debates during the General Election campaign about housing, funding for social care and pension benefits.

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2017: Year in review and look ahead

Blog
4 Jan 2018

Anna Dixon looks back at Ageing Better's impact and activities in 2017, as well as looking ahead to 2018.

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New Year, new well-balanced you

News
3 Jan 2018
1 min read

With new year resolutions being made around the country, people over 50 are being urged to turn off the TV and take up activities to increase muscle strength and balance.

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Taking control of our homes as we get older

Blog
2 Jan 2018

If we want a good quality of life and to remain living at home into old age, we must prepare for it.

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Disability adaptations in my house? No thanks, I can manage

Blog
21 Dec 2017
4 min read

Home adaptations can help us live independently in our own homes for longer, prevent falls and ultimately having to move into residential care.

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Guidelines to keep healthy and help prevent falls among older people in England not being met

News
15 Dec 2017

Physical activity guidelines for a healthy life are not being met by the general population with older people among the least likely to score well.

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A call to connect with one another

Blog
15 Dec 2017

Jo Cox said, ‘young or old, loneliness doesn’t discriminate’. Today her fellow MPs Seema Kennedy and Rachel Reeves launch the conclusions of the Jo Cox Loneliness Commission.

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Older women bearing the burden of a lifetime of lower pay and unequal working conditions

News
6 Dec 2017

Older women are more vulnerable to financial difficulties than men, with both their employment history and family circumstances impacting on pension income.

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Latest research from others

When to care? A MAIHDA analysis of intersectional inequalities in the age of caregiving onset using European longitudinal data
Alonso-Perez, E., et al., Ageing & Society
This study examines when adults aged 50+ in Europe begin providing family care and how timing differs across intersecting identities.
Pensions and economic status among the 1958 birth cohort prior to reaching State Pension age
Department for Work and Pensions
This UK report examines retirement outcomes for people born in 1958.
Governance paradigms in healthy ageing: a systematic comparative review of residential care strategies in China and the United Kingdom
Hua, Z., et al, Interdisciplinary Nursing Research
This study compares how the UK and China are adapting housing policies to support healthy and independent ageing.

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