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Snowflakes or tough as nails?

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Carole Easton
13 Oct 2022

Universities have recently found themselves in the headlines simply for asking staff to refrain from referring to older people in ageist terms.

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Post-pandemic loss of older workers from labour market continues

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Centre for Ageing Better
11 Oct 2022

The latest ONS data shows that over 330,000 more workers aged 50-64 years old are now economically inactive than before the first outbreak of COVID-19.

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The right type of housing is as important as location, location, location

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Centre for Ageing Better
6 Oct 2022

The housing crisis is as much to do with the type of homes being built as it is to do with where and how many.

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One solution to the cost-of-living crisis can be found in our own homes

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Ploy Suthimai
5 Oct 2022

As the price energy guarantee comes into effect this month, many households across England will find meeting the costs of heating their homes a distressing ordeal.

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Centre for Ageing Better appoints two new trustees

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Centre for Ageing Better
4 Oct 2022

Two new members are being welcomed to the Centre for Ageing Better board of trustees: Chris Sherwood from the RSPCA and GambleAware’s Alexia Clifford.

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The beauty industry’s obsession with anti-ageing: Is this the beginning of the end?

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Evangeline Knapman 1
3 Oct 2022

The Body Shop renaming their 'Drops of Youth' serum is a promising sign that the beauty industry is realising the harms done by ageist narratives. But what's next?

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The resilience and contribution of older women to the workforce of 2022

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Kim Chaplain
28 Sep 2022

Progress is being made for older women in the workforce, but why is the gender pay gap the most pronounced for women in their 50s and 60s?

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Image library collection recognises contributions of “invisible” older women in work

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Centre for Ageing Better
27 Sep 2022

We're celebrating the role of older women in work, as part of the latest update to our Age-positive image library.

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Latest research from others

Aging well in an aging society: physical health in older lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults
Baiocco, R. et. al., Frontiers in Psychology
27 May 2024
This study explores how experiences of discrimination, coming out, and personal resilience influence the physical health of older lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults living in Italy.
The communication of State Pension age increases for women born in the 1950s
House of Commons
15 May 2024
This briefing provides an overview of changes to the pension entitlement of UK women born in the 1950s, and an update on the related Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) investigation.
Work and Retirement Among Women: The Health and Employment After Fifty Study
Palermo, G. et al., Occupational Medicine
23 May 2024
This study examines the employment patterns of older women aged 50-64, and the factors leading to job exit.

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