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Accessible bathroom

How can we create products that really work for everyone?

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Ed Warner
1 Sep 2020

What does good accessible design look like? And how can we ensure that these products are widely available and effective for everyone?

  • Homes
  • Age-friendly Movement
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Group of older people sitting by tables

The research revolution in startups

Blog
1 Sep 2020

Innovation – and especially 'venture research' – has a key role to play in how society responds to the age shift we're experiencing in the UK.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Older Asian man sitting on a bench

Ethnic inequalities among over 50s revealed in new research

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Centre for Ageing Better
19 Aug 2020

New data shows Black people in their 50s and 60s have significantly lower weekly income than their White peers, are less likely to own their home outright and are more likely to live in deprived areas.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Jane Portas appointed trustee at Centre for Ageing Better

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Centre for Ageing Better
18 Aug 2020

Jane Portas, a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years’ financial services and business advisory experience, takes up new trustee role.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Digital by default

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Yehia Nasr 2
13 Aug 2020

Newly released stats from the ONS show at the beginning of 2020, nearly a fifth of over 65s hadn’t used the internet within the last three months.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Computer screens

Urgent action needed to bridge digital divide in event of second lockdown

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Centre for Ageing Better
11 Aug 2020

With nearly a fifth of over 65s not using the internet, much more action is needed to support older people in preparation for a possible second lockdown.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Learning and work report

COVID-19 risks triggering long term unemployment crisis for older workers

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Centre for Ageing Better
9 Aug 2020

A new report from Ageing Better and the Learning and Work Institute shows that the number of older workers on unemployment benefits has doubled as a result of the pandemic.

  • Work
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Fruit stalls

COVID-19 has shown that it’s not just kids at risk from obesity

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Alison Giles
6 Aug 2020

Data shows it is people in their 50s and 60s who are most likely to be overweight, with around seven in ten people in this age group classified as either overweight or obese.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Adapting to an older workforce: health and the (non) response of employers in an era of insecurity
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.
Supporting engagement with reablement: a practice guidance resource for reablement services
University of York
This report provides guidance on enhancing older people's engagement with reablement services in England and Wales.
Adequacy of future retirement incomes: new evidence for private sector employees
The Institute for Fiscal Studies
This report examines the future of retirement income for workers in the UK.

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