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It's more than just a wet room – aids and adaptations that help us live at home for longer

Blog
8 Oct 2018

Evidence shows that installing adaptations and improvements to homes can be of huge benefit to our health and wellbeing as we age.

  • Homes
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'Retirement - Planning for the future' brochure.

Three things making it harder for people to plan for the future

Blog
8 Oct 2018
3 min read

There are many things that prevent us from thinking about the future. Some of them are more intangible than others.

  • Ageism & Inequalities
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Older female worker.

We need to make sure that women can afford to have as good a later life as men

Blog
3 Oct 2018

Women in later life often bear the burden of a lifetime of lower pay and unequal working conditions, making it hard to save for their later life.

  • Ageism & Inequalities
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Government announces new measures to support workers – our response

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2 Oct 2018

BEIS Secretary Greg Clark has announced new measures to support workers.

  • Work
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Home Greater Manchester

Rightsizing: Lack of suitable homes sees older people staying put until a crisis

News
1 Oct 2018
3 min read

Local authorities, planners and developers need to shift their focus to 'rightsizing' by delivering better, diverse housing options that are accessible to everyone, regardless of age.

  • Ageism & Inequalities
  • Homes
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Support offered by employers to help staff plan for their future is too narrowly focused

News
28 Sep 2018

A new report published by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch) and the Centre for Ageing Better explores what employers are doing to support their employees in mid-life to retirement.

  • Work
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Loneliness and isolation: an age-old story, not just a story of old age

Blog
27 Sep 2018
4 min read

We hosted a breakfast debate in Leeds to explore this powerfully emotive topic and considered what we can all do to create and maintain friendships and connections to last us a lifetime.

  • Ageism & Inequalities
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Industry heavyweights lead development of 'mid-life MOT'

News
25 Sep 2018

New report details pilots by Aviva, Legal & General, Mercer and the Pensions Advisory Service to help workers in mid-life make realistic choices about their career development, health and finances.

  • Work

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