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How the media fuels negative views about older people and ageing

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Carole Easton
18 Apr 2023

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

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Carole Easton
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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Carole Easton
6 Apr 2023

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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Carole Easton
5 Apr 2023

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

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Extremely short-sighted to drop £300 million housing funding amongst wider social care cuts

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4 Apr 2023

The government has confirmed that funding to integrate housing into local health and care strategies has fallen victim to budget cuts.

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Age-friendly Communities helping to ensure every vote counts under new ID rules

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Rebecca Lines
4 Apr 2023

New rules for taking part in elections in England mean voters must show identification when they go to their polling station for local elections in May.

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Are older workers any better off following the back-to-work budget?

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Luke Price
31 Mar 2023

The recent budget has been billed both a back to work budget for the over 50s and a budget for the rich.

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Pension

Conditions not met for further acceleration of state pension age increases

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30 Mar 2023

The government has announced that a mooted acceleration in the state pension age increase to 68 from 2037 will not be brought forward.

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Latest research from others

Shifting representations of ageing in advertising, the media, and the creative industries
The Policy Institute
This report from the Sciences of Ageing and the Culture of Youth (SAACY) research programme explores how ageing is represented in the UK’s media and creative industries.
Social Identity and Power: Older Adults as "Care Recipients" in Media Content on Family Care
Dunsmore R.A. et al., Journal of gerontological social work
This study examines media portrayals of family caregivers in Canada.
Resident funding and care home quality: a retrospective observational analysis of the impact of the two-tier care system in England
Bach-Mortensen A. et al., Age and Ageing
This study examines how funding source influences care home quality in England.

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