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Drive to increase volunteering and community activity by people over 50

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29 Sep 2017

The Centre for Ageing Better will lead a review in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport into how to enable more people aged 50 and over to contribute their time, skills and experience to their communities.

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Striking the right balance

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22 Sep 2017

When people think about what they need to do to keep physically active in later life, most know they should be doing some kind of aerobic activity like cycling, walking or playing a sport. But it’s not all about cardio!

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New review to reveal health benefits of strength and balance activities

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21 Sep 2017

An expert review has been launched to increase understanding and awareness of how activities to improve muscle strength and balance can improve people’s long-term health and wellbeing, including reducing the risk of falls.

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Research to tackle barriers to helping out in later life

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11 Sep 2017

Helping people around us, whether through formal volunteering or simple acts of neighbourliness, is good for our communities and for our own individual wellbeing, whatever our age.

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50 is the new normal

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8 Sep 2017

Whether you’ve reached your half-century milestone or not, let’s ditch ageism and give ourselves – and others – the best chance of a better later life.

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Don't mention digital

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8 Sep 2017

Why are so many older people confident and enthusiastic internet users, while others are more sceptical, and some just don’t want to know?

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We need more accessible homes

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8 Sep 2017

Housing is rightly a top priority for government at the moment. We urgently need to build more affordable homes.

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New Trustees and Co-optees appointed

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5 Sep 2017

We welcome three new Trustees and two new Co-optees who will help us fulfil our mission to bring about change for better later lives.

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Latest research from others

Development and Testing a Measure of Experienced Frailty for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Frailty Experiences Scale (FES)
Golbach, R., et al., Sage Open Aging
This Dutch study develops the Frailty Experiences Scale, a measurement tool, to better understand how older adults experience frailty.
Voices of Concern: The reality of health and social care for older people in Northern Ireland
Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
This Northern Irish report explores older people’s experiences of current pressures to help shape the Commissioner’s priorities.
Households living below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008–2024
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
This UK report examines how many people live below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS), which reflects what the public considers necessary for a dignified life.

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