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Dancing couple design wins age-positive icon competition

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Centre for Ageing Better
11 Nov 2020

The competition set up by the Centre for Ageing Better, in partnership with Public Health England, aimed to find a new icon to portray older people in a positive light.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Nuzhat Ali, Liz Ericson and Greg Parston appointed new Trustees

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Centre for Ageing Better
9 Nov 2020

The Centre for Ageing Better has appointed three new members to its board of trustees: Nuzhat Ali, Liz Ericson and Greg Parston.

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Watch: Anna Dixon and George MacGinnis in conversation around healthy ageing and innovation

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Centre for Ageing Better
9 Nov 2020

Join Anna and George as they discuss the government’s focus on healthy ageing and the ambition to enable people to live five extra years of healthy independent life – and the work underway to make this a reality.  

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Why health improvement needs to be the focus of the UK’s future

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Alison Giles
6 Nov 2020

As Public Health England is replaced by the National Institute for Health Protection it’s vital that improving the nation’s health remains the focus.

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Library of resources on healthy ageing launched

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Centre for Ageing Better
5 Nov 2020

The resource library brings together a catalogue of reports, studies and infographics on a range of topics related to ageing better.

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Charities and housing organisations call on public to back proposals for better homes

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Centre for Ageing Better
4 Nov 2020

The Housing Made for Everyone (HoME) coalition is calling for urgent action to tackle the UK’s accessible housing crisis by raising the mandatory building standards.

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UK’s damaging views on ageing revealed in new report analysing language used across society

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Centre for Ageing Better
3 Nov 2020

Language used across society to describe ageing and older people risks ‘damaging UK’s social fabric’, our new report says.

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Windrush & Diversity: Stories of a Hackney Generation

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30 Oct 2020

A collection of booklets and podcasts from Hackney CVS have helped to record and celebrate the diversity of Hackney.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Lifestyle, environment and other major determinants of frailty in older adults: a population-based study from the UK Biobank
Hemadeh A. et al., Biogerontology
This UK study examines factors linked to frailty in adults aged 60 and over.
Barriers and facilitators to implementation of mental capacity legislation in care homes for older adults in the United Kingdom
Stokes, L. et al., Age and Ageing
This study examines barriers and facilitators to implementing mental capacity legislation in UK care homes for older adults.
Assessing the UK retirement income market
The Pensions Policy Institute
This report explores Value for Money in UK private pension retirement decumulation.

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