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Why we need to change how we talk about ageing

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28 Apr 2023

Intergenerational Week 2023 launched this Monday, celebrating and highlighting opportunities for different age groups to come together and form intergenerational friendships.

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Individuals need to call out ageism if discrimination is to be overcome, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales warns

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25 Apr 2023

Ageism is still not taken as seriously as other forms of discrimination, Heléna Herklots CBE tells our Chief Executive Dr Carole Easton OBE.

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Fuelling intergenerational conflict will not solve the inequalities in society

Blog
24 Apr 2023

Newspaper headlines continue to add fuel to the fire in pursuing a narrative of imbalance within generations.

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What the RSPCA is doing to support their older workers

Blog
19 Apr 2023

The RSPCA is the largest and oldest animal welfare charity within the UK, and has a workforce of 1500 staff, and over 7000 volunteers of varying ages.

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How the media fuels negative views about older people and ageing

Blog
18 Apr 2023
3 min read

Newspaper headlines everyday reinforce ageist stereotypes that ultimately impact how older people are treated by society.

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Uncontrolled power, not age, is the problem with faltering leaders

Blog
14 Apr 2023

When older leaders start to falter, age is almost inevitably brought up as a reason for their failing competency.

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Why are 9,000 annual cold home deaths met with such a shrug of indifference?

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6 Apr 2023
3 min read

Widespread media coverage has been detailing the death of Barbara Bolton who was found by her grandson slumped at her kitchen table and unable to speak because of profound hypothermia.

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Five reasons why England needs a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing

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5 Apr 2023
4 min read

The uncertainty around lifting the state pension age to 68 has again highlighted the need for better long-term planning for our ageing population.

  • 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.
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).
‘Being that hopeful person’: The contribution of social workers to older people’s well-being
Tanner, D., et al., The British Journal of Social Work
This study examines the role of social workers in supporting older people’s wellbeing in England.

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