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We are on average living much longer. The Government needs to urgently address how to provide care and support to a growing number of people.

According to Age UK’s Index of Wellbeing, creativity is the top factor in whether people are happy in later life.

Retirement is not necessarily the one-off event it used to be, but for many, it still marks a time of major change in later life.

The 'New Old' exhibition at the Design Museum explores the role of new design in helping people to lead fuller, healthier and happier later lives. 

Keeping mentally active and engaged is important for wellbeing at any age, and it’s also a key part of what people want for a good later life. 

Matthew Taylor, the lead for a review of modern employment, has called for the improvement of the quality of work in the UK to become a new “national goal”.

We welcome the reference to housing and ageing (p63) - but this was a missed opportunity to put the housing needs of our ageing population, front and centre.