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Response to ONS statistics of numbers of people living alone

News
4 Apr 2019

Latest figures from the ONS show that increasing numbers of people in mid-life are living alone.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Older people at train station

Response to link between age discrimination and poorer health

News
4 Apr 2019

A recent article in the Lancet suggested a quarter of over 50s claimed they've been unfairly treated in stores, restaurants and hospitals.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Houses

Building better homes is good for everyone – not just older people

Blog
2 Apr 2019

Many UK homes are unsuitable for older people, preventing them from moving house.

  • Homes
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Response to ONS statistics on pensioners’ incomes

News
28 Mar 2019

Latest figures from the ONS show that pensioner incomes have been stagnant for a decade.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Response to ONS statistics on healthy life expectancy

News
27 Mar 2019

Latest figures from the ONS show that the gap in life expectancy between those living in the richest and poorest parts of England has widened.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Person walking with walking stick

Sick and tired of our later life health problems?

Blog
22 Mar 2019

Changes need to be made to make sure we have fewer issues in our later lives so we are able to enjoy them.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Two older women talking

Are you in your middle years? Then here is a report about the future you

Blog
21 Mar 2019

A lack of employment in the over 50s and ageism are just some of the issues looked at in our latest report, 'The State of Ageing 2019'.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Older woman who volunteers

Over £270,000 for projects to find better ways of supporting and recruiting older volunteers

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21 Mar 2019

The Centre for Ageing Better and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) have given funding to five projects to make volunteering more age-friendly and inclusive.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Redefining retirement: a sequence analysis of how older adults extend working life in Sweden
Brydsten, A., and Stattin, M., Ageing & Society
This Swedish study examines transitions from work to retirement.
Age-related trajectories of quality of life in community dwelling older adults: findings from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
Mendorf, S., et al., Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
This European study examines quality of life among community-dwelling older adults.
‘A little bit of empathy and compassion would go a long way’: emotional and psychosocial experiences of money management and cognitive decline in later life
Hall, A., et al., Ageing & Society
This UK study examines support for older people with cognitive decline in managing money.

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