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Healthy homes

The need for healthy homes

Blog
23 Oct 2020

Town and Country Planning Association's Healthy Homes Act sets out to create a clear definition of what a healthy home should be and to bring in a law that would require all homes to meet this standard.

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Volunteering

Guide launched to help community organisations future-proof their volunteer base in wake of COVID-19

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Centre for Ageing Better
22 Oct 2020

The guide will help voluntary organisations mobilise and engage a more diverse range of over 50s volunteers, including those who typically face barriers to getting involved in their communities.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Office

The rise in entrepreneurialism among older workers post COVID-19

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Stuart Lewis
19 Oct 2020

Starting up your own business at any stage of life is not an easy task, but when compared with the alternatives, it appears that increasing numbers of talented over 50s are deciding to invest in themselves.

  • Work
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NatCEN

Lockdown boosted neighbourliness and trust, according to new study

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Centre for Ageing Better
16 Oct 2020

People feel more trusting of their neighbours and more people now say they have someone to count on to help them out as a result of lockdown, new data reveals.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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innovation of ageing

How innovation can facilitate a better quality of life

Blog
14 Oct 2020

The Rayne Foundation, The Tudor Trust, The Dulverton Trust and The John Ellerman Foundation have been collaborating to create scalable and sustainable ways of improving the lives of those in later life.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Flexible working

What are the benefits of flexible working?

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Patrick Thomson
13 Oct 2020

A recent report revealed almost three quarters of UK employees aged 55 or over reported in a survey that they either already work flexibly or want to.

  • Work
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Lincolnshire Partnership Manager

New partnership launched to improve later life in Lincolnshire

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 Oct 2020

Lincolnshire and the Centre for Ageing Better announce an exciting new partnership to ensure more people in the county enjoy later life.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Barclays redundancy

New pilot project to support West Midlands workers at risk of redundancy

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 Oct 2020

The Centre for Ageing Better’s project, funded by Barclays, will test new ways to retrain and reskill older workers at risk of redundancy.

  • Work

Latest research from others

Resident funding and care home quality: a retrospective observational analysis of the impact of the two-tier care system in England
Bach-Mortensen A. et al., Age and Ageing
This study examines how funding source influences care home quality in England.
The Underpensioned Index
Public Policy Institute
This report compares average retirement incomes of underpensioned groups to the broader UK population.
Social care costs of depressive symptoms in the English older population: Then role of housing quality improvements
Hu B. et al., Innovation in Aging
This study examines the impact of poor housing on mental health and associated social care costs for older people in England.

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