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Urgent need to make existing housing stock fit for the future

News
1 Jul 2019
2 min read

Read our press release about our partnership with Care & Repair England to tackle non-decent housing across England.

  • Homes
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The future of ageing and mobility

Blog
28 Jun 2019

The Future of Mobility report released earlier in the year came up with four outcomes for the future of transport for an ageing population.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Let’s all have a go at reimagining ageing

Blog
28 Jun 2019

A recent event entitled ‘Reimagining Ageing’ challenges the audience to consider what we mean by “old”.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Older people in a yoga class

Do actions speak louder than words when it comes to ageing?

Blog
26 Jun 2019
3 min read

When many people think about ageing, they think about the common stereotypes of older people being frail or lonely, but a good later life is possible for many of us

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Older woman in kitchen

Ageing Better welcomes moves to breakdown barriers for older and disabled people

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25 Jun 2019

The Government has announced measures to help people with disabilities to get on in the workplace and live well at home.

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Thirty years since I started volunteering, I’m still not ready to quit

Blog
24 Jun 2019

90 year-old Pat has been a volunteer since she retired 30 years ago. Through volunteering, she’s found an amazing circle of friends and a real sense of purpose.

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Senior figures appointed to transform later life across work, health, housing and communities

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21 Jun 2019

The Centre for Ageing Better has appointed heavyweights from key sectors to be Associate Directors, helping to deliver its vision of giving everyone a good later life.

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Long-term thinking needed to give everyone a good later life

News
20 Jun 2019

A new report from Resolution Foundation, supported by the Nuffield Foundation, provides an audit of the big generational living standards issues facing Britain.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Impact of retirement transition on health, well-being and health behaviours: critical insights from an overview of reviews
Vigezzi, G. P., et al., Social Science & Medicine
This overview of systematic reviews examines the relationship between retirement and physical and mental health.
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).
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.

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