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Housing Made for Everyone (HoME): New coalition formed to tackle lack of suitable housing

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5 Nov 2019

The Housing Made for Everyone (HoME) coalition calls on the next government to make all new homes accessible and adaptable.

  • Homes
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Town centre

Putting older people at the heart of urban transformation

Blog
1 Nov 2019

A new project has been exploring the experience of older people living in urban places.

  • Age-friendly Movement
  • Homes
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Age-friendly Sunderland

How communities across the country are coming together to tackle ageism

Blog
30 Oct 2019
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On the International Day of Older Persons, communities across the UK came together to call for an end to ageist discrimination.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Person walking with walking stick

What does it mean for a city to be accessible?

Blog
21 Oct 2019

Accessibility can mean a variety of different things, from wheelchair access to comprehensive information. For the historic city of Chester, becoming an accessible city has been a careful, long-term process - with real rewards.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Exercise programme

Response to Sport England's figures on extra million people becoming physically active

News
18 Oct 2019

According to new figures from Sport England, there has been an increase in the number of older people taking part in physical activities.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Strength and balance class

Ageing Better leads over 60 organisations in setting out shared vision for healthy ageing

News
16 Oct 2019

Ageing Better and Public Health England (PHE), along with over 60 organisations, will work together to make England the best country in the world to grow old.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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David Lloyd

We must give future generations the gift of healthy ageing

Blog
16 Oct 2019

We want to create a society where everyone in England has the best access to services in order to enjoy a good later life through healthy ageing.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Chapel Market

1 in 3 of us plan to work beyond the state pension age. Is this a good thing?

Blog
9 Oct 2019

Stuart Lewis, Chief Executive Officer at Rest Less, explores different people’s reasons for continuing to work beyond State Pension age.

  • Work

Latest research from others

Pensions and economic status among the 1958 birth cohort prior to reaching State Pension age
Department for Work and Pensions
This UK report examines retirement outcomes for people born in 1958.
Factors Influencing Food Choice of Older Black African Adults in the United Kingdom
Amenyah, S., et al, Sage Open Aging
This UK study explores what shapes the food choices of older African adults.
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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