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Inclusive products

Retailers need to rethink inclusive products to better meet the needs of the over 50s

Inclusive products can be stylish as well as functional to suit all ages and abilities, but current products are failing to cater for the growing over 50s consumer market.

  • Homes
  • Age-friendly Movement
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Homes

How the social model of disability can help us add life to years

Accessible housing has the ability to reduce isolation and improve quality of life by supporting health, independence and wellbeing, particularly as we get older. And yet our homes fail to meet growing demand.

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Good Home Inquiry

Experiences of living in poor housing revealed in new report

New report reveals the impact of poor homes on people in their 50s and 60s, with residents feeling ‘miserable’ and ‘overwhelmed’ by problems of cold and damp in the home.

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Accessible housing

Accessibility is the key to better housing 

The ‘Coming Home’ report from the Church of England’s Commission on Housing, Church and Community lays out a vision for housing centred around their five core values.

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An older man and younger woman working together

The best way to help younger workers through the recovery is having older workers alongside them

The economic fallout from the pandemic has resulted in the highest unemployment figures for the past five years and from an increasingly tough job market.

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Home workout

Coming out of this lockdown, prevention most be our priority 

The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated people’s bad physical and mental health and placed new demands on health services.

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Suite of age-positive icons

Range of free-to-use ‘age-positive’ icons launched to replace stereotypical symbols of ageing

We've released a suite of icons, freely available for public use, as alternatives to symbols commonly used to represent ageing and older people.

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Older worker with younger worker

Why older workers are the future

Even though older workers make up a third of the workforce they're still facing many difficulties in remaining or returning to the job market.

  • Work

Latest research from others

Lain D., Journal of Social Policy
This paper examines how financial and competitive pressures in public and private organisations affect their ability to implement voluntary work adaptations for ageing workers.
Comerford, S., et al., European Geriatric Medicine
This study examines how everyday ageism affects older people in hospital care in Ireland.
Costa, F., Educational Gerontology
This UK study examines attitudes toward ageing and the fear of old age among adults aged 35 to 75.

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