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Building Age-friendly Communities in a rural context

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22 May 2025

Older people living in rural and coastal areas can face challenges in staying connected, accessing health and care services, and accessing the right housing, writes our Learning Officer for the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities, Pippa Mannerings.

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Redrawing eligibility rules for Winter Fuel Payments would be welcome first step in tackling scourge of cold homes

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21 May 2025

Ageing Better has welcomed the Prime Minister’s decision to look again at the eligibility threshold for Winter Fuel Payments to allow more pensioners to qualify for support.

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Glimmer of hope for older people’s commissioner role in England after latest government announcement

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16 May 2025

The Women and Equalities Committee recommended the government consider replicating the framework in Wales for a Commissioner for Older People in a report published earlier this year.

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Room for improvement: The experiences of people from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic backgrounds accessing home improvement support

Blog
16 May 2025

People from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic backgrounds are more likely to live in a poor-quality home and less likely to be able to access home improvement support.

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The Traitors’ Diane Carson Smashing Ageist Stereotypes

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7 May 2025

The latest stage of the Age Without Limits campaign features a reality TV star taking a hammer and golf club to fragile household items.

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Mental health in older age

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1 May 2025

Ageing Better were among a partnership of organisations that delivered the recent Age-Friendly Futures Summit in Manchester, bringing together around 250 leaders, policymakers, practitioners and researchers from the UK and around the globe.

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The age-friendly role of Business Improvement Districts

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30 Apr 2025

There is huge untapped potential for Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) to play a pivotal role in making places more accessible and welcoming to us as we age.

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How to ensure that transport is age-friendly

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29 Apr 2025

The absence of good public and community transport can lead to older people being restricted in the way that they lead their lives.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Associations between informal caregiving and physical functioning: A longitudinal analysis of Dutch older adults
Sattari, Z., et al., Oxford Journals the Gerontologist
This study investigates the relationship between informal caregiving and physical functioning changes among older adults in the Northern Netherlands.
Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations
Work and pensions committee
This report examines rising pensioner poverty in the UK.
Taxation of state pension
House of Commons Library
This briefing examines the taxation of the UK state pension and the increasing number of pensioners liable for tax.

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