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Employers must create age-friendly workplaces to ensure success

Blog
9 Jun 2016

All employers need to recognise the potential of older workers and create age-friendly workplaces if they are to be successful in future.

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Louise Ansari, Director of Communications

We welcome Louise Ansari as Director of Communications

News
9 Jun 2016

Louise Ansari – with over 20 years of experience in strategic communications roles – has joined the Centre for Ageing Better as Director of Communications.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Mind the gap

Who cares about the carers?

Blog
9 Jun 2016

Carers are in the spotlight this week and rightly so. 6.5 million people in the UK care, unpaid, for a disabled, older or ill family member or friend.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Review of the role of home adaptations in improving later life

News
9 Jun 2016

Our Invitation to Tender for a review of the evidence into how home adaptations can contribute to improving people’s later lives.

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Claire Turner Director of Evidence

We welcome Claire Turner as Interim Director of Evidence

News
1 Jun 2016

Today Claire Turner joins the Centre for Ageing Better as its Interim Director of Evidence, as current Director Catherine Foot takes maternity leave.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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More than a quarter of people over 50 struggle with major life changes

News
1 Jun 2016

The Centre for Ageing Better has found that more than a quarter (27%) of people aged over 50 say they have a hard time making it through stressful events that happen in later life.

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Are you ready for retirement?

Blog
1 Jun 2016

Life is full of change, both expected and unexpected, so how can we prepare for retirement? Rachael Docking explores.

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We support innovations designed by people in later life

News
1 Jun 2016

Ageing Better is to support a programme that will allow people in later life to help lead the design of new health and care innovations.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Retirement timing and changes in quality of life: a retrospective analysis of transition from employment to old-age retirement in Finland
Palomäki, L.M., et al., European Journal of Ageing
This Finnish study examines how retirement timing affects perceived changes in quality of life (QoL).
Midlife mission: Helping 50–64-year-olds back to work
The Centre for Social Justice
This report examines the role of UK employers and Government in addressing health- related inactivity and promoting healthy, inclusive workplaces.
Opportunities for optimising care transitions of adults with multiple long-term conditions: a qualitative interview study
Arakelyan, S., et al., BMC Geriatrics
This Scottish study explores care transitions for patients with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC).

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