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Better later lives

Priority actions for better later lives

News
11 May 2017

The government has an opportunity to address the challenges and seize the opportunities of an ageing population, to ensure everyone enjoys a good later life.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Forgotten fifties

The 'forgotten fifties': A mid-life less ordinary?

News
3 May 2017

This report examines living standards of the one in three low and middle income (LMI) households headed by someone aged between 50 and State Pension age.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Struggling to save

Struggling to save for retirement

Blog
3 May 2017

Our report with the Resolution Foundation finds that older people are experiencing similar hardships to younger working families.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Support digital project

Supporting people in later life around digital technology

News
12 Apr 2017

We've awarded a grant to Good Things Foundation for new research with people in later life around digital technology.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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grandma williams

Grandma Williams challenges the Government's digital strategy

Blog
12 Apr 2017

Older people need to get into the digital world. Business needs us there, so does government, and health care too is moving on line.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Hanging on for retirement?

Blog
6 Apr 2017

It's important to remember that raising the state pension age does not automatically lead to everyone affected working for longer.

  • Work
  • Age-friendly Movement
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Woman sitting in armchair

Integrating health, care and housing – don’t wait to be asked

Blog
6 Apr 2017

If we want to maintain good health, feel in control and improve the quality of those in later life, we need to live in a suitable home.

  • Homes
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“I am over 60 and no one wants to hire me”

Blog
28 Mar 2017

Jenny cared for her father full time for 2 years and after his death was reliant on Jobseeker’s Allowance. At 60 years old she tried hard to get work.

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Latest research from others

Age-related trajectories of quality of life in community dwelling older adults: findings from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
Mendorf, S., et al., Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
This European study examines quality of life among community-dwelling older adults.
‘A little bit of empathy and compassion would go a long way’: emotional and psychosocial experiences of money management and cognitive decline in later life
Hall, A., et al., Ageing & Society
This UK study examines support for older people with cognitive decline in managing money.
Concurrent changes in sleep and cognitive function during retirement transition: the Finnish retirement and aging study
Teräs, T., et al., European Journal of Aging
This Finnish study examines changes in sleep and cognitive function during the retirement transition.

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