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Understanding differing experiences of ageing

Blog
9 Apr 2025

The week before last, Ageing Better were among a partnership of organisations that delivered The Age-Friendly Futures Summit in Manchester, bringing together around 250 leaders, policymakers, practitioners and researchers from the UK and around the globe.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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How ageism shapes the design of our communities

Blog
8 Apr 2025

A new parliamentary report states that ageism is “widespread and culturally embedded” in the UK.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Unequal opportunity: How your postcode impacts your chances of working into your 50s and 60s

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25 Mar 2025

There are more than three times as many 50-64-year-olds in work in the South East of England compared to the North East, our new analysis reveals.

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The UK is “headed in the wrong direction” for older workers with ill-health

Blog
6 Mar 2025
5 min read

The likelihood of being out of work due to ill-health is on the rise in the UK while falling elsewhere in Europe.

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Tackling poor-quality housing faced by England’s older minority ethnic communities

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4 Mar 2025
3 min read

People from minority ethnic communities are more likely to be living in poor-quality homes. We need to improve their access to support, writes Nazia Azad from the Centre for Ageing Better.

  • Homes
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Alongside the government’s ‘Build Baby Build’ mantra, Britain’s housing crisis needs ‘Fix Baby Fix’

Blog
28 Feb 2025

Two in five UK households have a need for home improvements but face barriers to delivering them.

  • Homes
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Network of one-stop shops for home improvement would not cost government a penny to end tragedy of poor-quality homes

News
25 Feb 2025

The country is in the midst of a poor quality housing crisis and lacks effective solutions to tackle it.

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People should not have to live like this: Time to end the poor-quality housing crisis

Blog
24 Feb 2025

Housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa has seen some of the most horrific living conditions faced by tenants across the UK in his years of social justice campaigning.

  • Homes

Latest research from others

Loneliness is a public health crisis and ‘neighbourisms’ should be part of the cure
Housing LIN
This study examines how communal and intergenerational housing can reduce loneliness among older adults in the US and Australia.
How older adults use and think about AI
Institute for Healthcare policy and innovation, University of Michigan
This US-based study explores how adults aged 50 and above use AI technologies.
Seeking long-term care in old age: overcoming the barriers within fragmented policy frameworks
Gubert, E., Ageing & Society
This study examines how individual, and policy factors affect long-term care seeking in Northern Italy.

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