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How the social model of disability can help us add life to years

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3 Mar 2021

Accessible housing has the ability to reduce isolation and improve quality of life by supporting health, independence and wellbeing, particularly as we get older. And yet our homes fail to meet growing demand.

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Experiences of living in poor housing revealed in new report

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Centre for Ageing Better
1 Mar 2021

New report reveals the impact of poor homes on people in their 50s and 60s, with residents feeling ‘miserable’ and ‘overwhelmed’ by problems of cold and damp in the home.

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Accessible housing

Accessibility is the key to better housing 

Blog
25 Feb 2021

The ‘Coming Home’ report from the Church of England’s Commission on Housing, Church and Community lays out a vision for housing centred around their five core values.

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The best way to help younger workers through the recovery is having older workers alongside them

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Patrick Thomson
25 Feb 2021

The economic fallout from the pandemic has resulted in the highest unemployment figures for the past five years and from an increasingly tough job market.

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Coming out of this lockdown, prevention most be our priority 

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Ewan King
25 Feb 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated people’s bad physical and mental health and placed new demands on health services.

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Suite of age-positive icons

Range of free-to-use ‘age-positive’ icons launched to replace stereotypical symbols of ageing

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Centre for Ageing Better
25 Feb 2021

We've released a suite of icons, freely available for public use, as alternatives to symbols commonly used to represent ageing and older people.

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Why older workers are the future

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Emily Andrews
25 Feb 2021

Even though older workers make up a third of the workforce they're still facing many difficulties in remaining or returning to the job market.

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Older workers risk bearing the brunt of the post pandemic unemployment hangover

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Stuart Lewis
24 Feb 2021

The massive economic impact of the pandemic has resulted in significant job losses across many sectors of society but the over 50s are in danger of being overlooked.

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Latest research from others

Men’s Social Connectedness in Later Life: A Qualitative Study with Older Men
Pereira, H. et al., Geriatrics
19 May 2024
This paper explores older men’s views on social connectedness in later life. Using qualitative data from 104 interviews with Portuguese men aged 65 or older, it outlines difficulties experienced…
What do we really know about age-related stereotypes and well-being of older adults? A commentary on the state of the art
Rasset, P., Mange, J., Augustinova, M., Frontiers in Psychology
24 May 2024
This review outlines age-related stereotypes faced by older people, and the mechanisms through which they impact mental and physical health.
Poverty and financial disadvantage in later life
Age UK
19 May 2024
This report outlines the current evidence on pensioner poverty in the UK. Based on DWP annual statistics, it finds 16% of UK pensioners as living in relative poverty, with higher-than average risk…

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