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Growing older in a South Asian family

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16 Mar 2020

When we picture how we’d like to spend later life, our goals and ideals can differ based on our cultural background and family traditions.

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How do we bridge the UK’s age divide?

Blog
16 Mar 2020

Not spending time with people of different age groups has an impact on stereotyping, prejudice and ageism.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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National scandal of poor housing for over-55s revealed in new report

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5 Mar 2020

New report from the Centre for Ageing Better and Care & Repair England has found that over two million over-55s are living in a home that endangers their health or wellbeing.

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Pilot programme announced to help over 50s back to work

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27 Feb 2020

The Centre for Ageing Better, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and the Department of Work & Pensions have announced the ‘Greater Manchester Employment Support for Over 50s’ pilot programme to tackle worklessness in over 50s.

  • Work
  • Age-friendly Movement
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Focusing on the fix: tailoring approaches to help over-50s back to work

Blog
27 Feb 2020

Older jobseekers in the Greater Manchester area will be at the centre of a new pilot being developed to help over 50s to rejoin the workforce.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Stretching out - the future of flexible, sustainable work

Blog
26 Feb 2020

In the UK the average worker already works 32 hours a week. But the average masks a division for some who would prefer more hours and others less.

  • Work
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How can local leadership create better later lives for us all?

Blog
26 Feb 2020

How can the right local leadership make the changes urgently needed for better later lives?

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Ageing Better responds to decreasing life expectancy figures

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25 Feb 2020

The Marmot Review 2020 reveals that life expectancy has failed to increase for the first time in more than 100 years, and for the poorest 10% of women it has actually declined.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Content Validation and Perceived Value of Text Messages to Promote Physical Activity Among U.S. Older Adults and Care Partners
Adeyemi, O., et al., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This US study examines how motivational text messages can encourage physical activity among older adults and their care partners.
When to care? A MAIHDA analysis of intersectional inequalities in the age of caregiving onset using European longitudinal data
Alonso-Perez, E., et al., Ageing & Society
This study examines when adults aged 50+ in Europe begin providing family care and how timing differs across intersecting identities.
Voices of Concern: The reality of health and social care for older people in Northern Ireland
Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
This Northern Irish report explores older people’s experiences of current pressures to help shape the Commissioner’s priorities.

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