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What is the ‘great retirement', and should we be worried?

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Kim Chaplain
10 Dec 2021

As the labour market recovers from COVID-19, we are starting to see that a significant proportion of older workers are not returning to work. But have these people really retired?

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How a bus journey in Leeds adds ten years to your life

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Centre for Ageing Better
8 Dec 2021

Life expectancy in Leeds increases from 75 to 85 along the bus routes from Harehills to Wetherby and other affluent suburbs, according to new report highlighting inequalities in the city.

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Guide launched to help comms professionals talk about ageing

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Centre for Ageing Better
6 Dec 2021

We've launched a new guide to support communications professionals and charities to represent ageing in a more positive and realistic way.

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Flexible working from day 1 essential to supporting older workers

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Jennifer Summers
1 Dec 2021

As the government consultation on proposals to reform flexible working regulations ends, we look at the case for supporting older workers’ desire for better, flexible jobs.

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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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Latest research from others

Room for improvement: The experiences of people from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic backgrounds accessing home improvement support
Centre for Ageing Better
This project briefing examines housing support and home improvements for minority ethnic people in England.
Sexual stigma and mental health of LGB older adults
Ribeiro-Gonçalves, et al., Sexuality Research and Social Policy
This study examines the link between sexual stigma and mental health in gay, lesbian, and bisexual adults aged 60 and over.
Revisiting digital participation as a prerequisite of digital inclusion
Hänninen, R., The Information Society
This global study examines how digital participation is understood, especially in later life.

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