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Making homes safer, as well as more energy efficient, will transform lives

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28 Jun 2023

A new report by Citizens Advice suggests improving the standards of the country’s 13 million energy inefficient homes could deliver close to £40 billion in cumulative benefits by the end of the decade.

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Older women almost completely missing from this year’s UK music festival headliners

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22 Jun 2023

Just one female music act over the age of 50 has been chosen for any of the 55 headliner slots at the UK’s most popular music festivals this summer, new analysis by the Centre for Ageing Better reveals.

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The LGBT+ community should not be left to fend for itself as it grows older

Blog
15 Jun 2023
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The fact that the latest census results show a rapid increase in diversity of sexual orientation among older people in this country is a reason to celebrate this Pride month.

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COVID-19 inquiry must get to the heart of pandemic ageism

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14 Jun 2023
4 min read

This week the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has held its first public hearing, launching an investigation scheduled to last at least until 2026.

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Need for social care army would be reduced with better quality, safer homes

Blog
12 Jun 2023

The government has launched a new scheme whereby volunteers will help support patients as they are released from hospital back into their homes.

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Consistency is a mark of authenticity: Tackling ageism in the world of fashion

Blog
6 Jun 2023

Ageing Better’s Director for Communications and Policy, Emma Twyning, discusses her conversation with the founder of Ageism Is Never In Style & The Bias Cut, Jacynth Bassett.

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NCVO joins Age-friendly Employer Pledge programme recognising the value of older workers

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6 Jun 2023

The civil society membership community becomes the 153rd employer to sign the Centre for Ageing Better scheme

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Latest Ageing Better image library collection offers glamorous and realistic response to poor representation of older women  

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1 Jun 2023

The need for better representation is highlighted by new survey we have carried out jointly which reveals nearly nine in ten (88%) women say over 50s are represented ‘poorly’ in adverts, films and on TV.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Ageing-in-place care preferences of persons living with dementia and informal caregivers with a migration background: a qualitative interview study
Vullings, I., et al., Ageing & Society
This study explores ageing-in-place care preferences of older people with dementia with non-Western migration backgrounds and their informal caregivers in the Netherlands.
Unmet need, under-met need and public financing of home care in England
Wang, F., et al., Ageing & Society
This English study examines the impact of public financing on care adequacy among adults aged 50+.
Involvement of older adults in shared decision-making on care transitions in the UK: an interpretative qualitative systematic review
Halamová, L., et al., Ageing & Society
This study examines older adults’ involvement in decisions about moving into care facilities in the UK.

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