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How to encourage greater participation in events for the International Day of Older People

The Good Practice Mentors offer support to organisations who are working with older people to help reduce instances of loneliness and social isolation.

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Next Steps: Building on solutions for the housing crisis affecting older People

In a previous Ageing Better blog, housing sector expert David Done detailed the wide-ranging implications of poor-quality housing on an ageing population.

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Averting a pensions crisis

Less than three weeks after winning the election, the Labour government had announced a new pensions review, promising that it would look, among other things, at ‘retirement adequacy’.

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Organisations join forces to urge Chancellor to reconsider Winter Fuel Payment decision

The Centre for Ageing Better has joined more than 20 organisations in signing a letter to Rachel Reeves calling on the UK government to halt the Winter Fuel Payment change announced this week.

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State of Ageing: Eight stats that show the diverse experience of getting older in the UK today

If you want to know what it is like getting older in the UK, ignore assumptions and look at the facts.

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Vital government raises pension credit take-up if it is to go through with winter fuel payments reform

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced yesterday that up to 10 million pensioners will no longer be eligible for winter fuel payments in a cost-cutting move.

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The missing 250,000 homes: Campaigners count the cost of two years of inaction on minimum accessibility standards

New analysis from the Centre for Ageing Better reveals it would take 44 years to meet the current demand for accessible and adaptable housing in England at the current rate of construction.

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The latest thinking in the studying of ageing and older people

The British Society of Gerontology held its 53rd Annual Conference in Newcastle at the start of this month.

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Latest research from others

Brimblecombe, N., Journal of Aging & Social Policy
This UK study examines the relationship between housing conditions and care needs.
Sendi, R. et al., Journal of Aging & Social Policy
This study examines housing satisfaction among adults aged 65 and older living in Slovenia.
Vercauteren, T. et al, Innovation in Aging
This study examines the civic engagement of older people living across Europe.

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