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Over the next 10 years, it’s projected that for every 2 older people leaving the workforce, only 1 younger person will join.

12.6 million adults in the UK lack basic digital skills. 5.3 million people have never used the internet- and just over half (2.8 million) of these people are aged 75 years and over.

At 58, Janet started to suffer from a bad back. She started taking medication but the pain became so bad that she had to leave her job as a retail assistant. 

We are on average living much longer. The Government needs to urgently address how to provide care and support to a growing number of people.

According to Age UK’s Index of Wellbeing, creativity is the top factor in whether people are happy in later life.

Retirement is not necessarily the one-off event it used to be, but for many, it still marks a time of major change in later life.