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How can we better support over 50s into work?

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Ploy Suthimai
25 Nov 2021

What's important for people aged over 50, and how do work and learning fit into these priorities?

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Youngest baby boomers risk becoming a ‘forgotten generation’ with inequality skyrocketing and financial pressures worsening

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Centre for Ageing Better
23 Nov 2021

Our new report finds that people in their 50s and 60s today face worse circumstances than the cohort before them, with 1 in 5 people in this age group likely to face multiple, long-term problems.

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Fears over 50s leaving the labour market for good with 180,000 fewer in employment than before the pandemic

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Centre for Ageing Better
16 Nov 2021

The latest ONS labour market figures show that there are 362,000 over 50s currently unemployed and over a quarter of people aged 50-64 are classed as economically inactive.

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Health of some ethnic minority groups in the UK equivalent to White people at least 20 years older, according to a new study

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Centre for Ageing Better
11 Nov 2021

New study reveals stark ethnic health inequalities across the population, with differences in health among different groups particularly pronounced in later life.

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‘Pushing at an open door’: Taking advantage of the shifts in active travel during the pandemic

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Aideen Young
4 Nov 2021

During the pandemic, quieter roads and the rapid deployment of infrastructure led to an increase in cycling. It’s crucial that we continue this increased uptake in active travel for 50-70 year olds.

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Helping people age better: The role of physical activity and active travel

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4 Nov 2021

Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for the development of poor health in later life and active travel is one way to improve levels of physical activity.

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A good later life for Black men over 50

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27 Oct 2021

Many older Black men are faced with the reality of the double jeopardy of ethnic inequalities and ageism. However, these issues are often unseen, unknown and unsupported.

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Designing homes for everyone

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Jacquel Runnalls
27 Oct 2021

Contrary to popular belief, inclusive design can be both attractive and affordable. What we need is better advice and information so we can build accessible and inclusive homes that work for all of us.

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Latest research from others

Fostering intergenerational harmony: Can good quality contact between older and younger employees reduce workplace conflict?
Drury, L., and Fasbender, U., Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
This UK study examined conflicts between older and younger co-workers and ways to reduce them.
On the limits of communication: The liminal positioning of older adults and processes of self-ageism and ageism
Schuurman, B., et al., Journal of Aging Studies
This study, based in the Netherlands, explores experiences of (self-)ageism among recent retirees.
The associations of socioeconomic status, social activities, and loneliness with depressive symptoms in adults aged 50 years and older across 24 countries
Wang, Y. et al., The Lancet Healthy Longevity
This study examined whether social activities and loneliness influence the connection between socioeconomic status and depression in adults aged 50 and older.

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