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Ageing digitally – part 2/2

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12 Jun 2018

Business, the public sector and charities all need to find new approaches to digital inclusion to make sure the most vulnerable don’t miss out.

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Ageing digitally – part 1/2

Blog
7 Jun 2018

4.8 million people over the age of 55 are not online, and many current approaches to digital inclusion are falling short.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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I Am Connected: A New Way to Think About Ageing and Digital

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6 Jun 2018
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James Richardson, Research Manager at Good Things Foundation, reflects on the findings from our research into older people’s digital behaviour.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Response to the Government's Carers Action Plan

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5 Jun 2018

Our Chief Executive, Anna Dixon, welcomes the government’s review of carers’ rights, including older workers who balance care duties.

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Does my grandma even need the internet?

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1 Jun 2018

Research shows that new, people-centred approaches are needed to help everyone in later life benefit from the internet.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Millions of over 55s not using internet risk being locked out of services and benefits

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31 May 2018

Our report calls for new approaches to ‘digital inclusion’, and for business, the public sector and charities to make sure the most vulnerable don’t miss out.

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We are living longer, but we must make sure we are also living better

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24 May 2018

As a society we are woefully underprepared for our longer lives. But we must work together to seize the opportunities of a good later life.

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Our response to PM's call to ensure five more years of people’s lives will be healthy by 2035

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21 May 2018

Our response to the Prime Minister’s announcement today, that the Government will work to ensure that five more years of people’s lives will be healthy, independent and active by 2035, while narrowing the gap in healthy life expectancy between richest and poorest.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Involvement of older adults in shared decision-making on care transitions in the UK: an interpretative qualitative systematic review
Halamová, L., et al., Ageing & Society
This study examines older adults’ involvement in decisions about moving into care facilities in the UK.
‘I Feel Comfortable Enough and Trust the People Around Me to Be Able to Open Up’: Exploring How Mental Health Community Support Groups Help Older Men Navigate Mental Health and Masculinities in Later Life
Vickery, A., Journal of Long-Term Care
This English study explores older men’s experiences of community support groups for wellbeing, mental health and constructs of masculinity in later life.
Age-related trajectories of quality of life in community dwelling older adults: findings from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
Mendorf, S., et al., Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
This European study examines quality of life among community-dwelling older adults.

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