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How local authorities can support older people’s substantial contribution to local communities

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Natalie Turner
27 Jun 2024

This article first appeared in the Municipal Journal on 20 June. Local government faces unprecedented funding challenges, presenting difficult decisions on where to make savings. This can lead to an increase reliance on digital solutions and cuts to community resources.

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Campaigners warn more than 6.5 million people could still be stuck in dangerous homes by end of next parliament

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26 Jun 2024

New Centre for Ageing Better analysis is warning the manifesto pledges by the country’s two largest political parties will have limited impact on the country’s poor quality housing crisis.

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How the nation’s housing crisis is contributing to poverty amongst older people

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Aideen Young
21 Jun 2024

Many older renters and owner occupiers are both finding that rising housing costs are pulling them into poverty.

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Reform needed to stop unpaid carers paying the price for their vital role

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Aideen Young
10 Jun 2024

Unpaid carers’ reward for providing a secondary National Health Service is to be left substantially worse-off in employment and in retirement.

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Closing employment gap for older workers would generate £9 billion a year for economy

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10 Jun 2024

Older workers currently get poorer opportunities and outcomes when it comes to finding work, receiving employment support, facing redundancy or receiving training.

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“Awful. Panicky”: How work-related inequalities are impacting older women’s hopes for their futures

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6 Jun 2024

Gender, ethnicity and caring responsibilities can all impact working lives and heighten the risk of financial insecurity in later life.

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Political parties urged to include commitment to Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in election manifestoes

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29 May 2024

Four leading older people's organisations are calling on political parties to commit to the creation of a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing during campaigning for the General Election.

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Fixing England’s dangerous homes would deliver more than £1.5 billion in annual health and social care savings

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20 May 2024

New analysis reveals how poor quality housing is incurring huge costs and pressures on the NHS and social care.

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Latest research from others

The prevalence of polypharmacy in older Europeans: A multi-national database study of general practitioner prescribing
Bennie, M., et al., British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
29 May 2024
This paper outlines the prevalence of polypharmacy (taking five or more medications) amongst older people living in Europe.
Growing older in Wales. Perspectives of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic older people
Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
20 May 2024
This report outlines the lived experiences of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic older people living in Wales.
Inequalities in caregiving strain during the COVID-19 pandemic: conceptual framework and review of the empirical evidence
Schmitz, A., et al., International Journal of Care and Caring
23 May 2024
This paper summarises findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on informal carers for older people.

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