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

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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.

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

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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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Response to the Cridland Review of the State Pension age

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23 Mar 2017

At a speech today (Thursday, 23 March 2017) at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, John Cridland will present his final report into the state pension age.

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What do older workers value about work?

Blog
10 Mar 2017

Over the next 10 years, it’s projected that for every 2 older people leaving the workforce, only 1 younger person will join.

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Our response to the Government's Spring Budget

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9 Mar 2017

“This is not a budget that fundamentally recognises the significance of an ageing population..." said Anna Dixon, Chief Executive of the Centre for Ageing Better.

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Digital skills, for life

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6 Mar 2017

12.6 million adults in the UK lack basic digital skills. 5.3 million people have never used the internet- and just over half (2.8 million) of these people are aged 75 years and over.

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What's the best Budget

Best budget for our ageing society? An alternative reality…

Blog
6 Mar 2017
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At 58, Janet started to suffer from a bad back. She started taking medication but the pain became so bad that she had to leave her job as a retail assistant. 

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Tackling the disability employment gap 

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6 Mar 2017

“I was taken aback when my back went out. It was the first time I ever thought about getting old – for me the good life is having a job again.”

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Latest research from others

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.
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.
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.

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