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Healthy ageing

Whatever the result of the local elections, councils can play a part in improving later lives

Blog
2 May 2019

The local elections are an opportunity for local leaders to consider how they can create and enable more age-friendly communities

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Liverpool walk audit

Reflections on being an age-friendly community from an age-friendly lead

Blog
1 May 2019

Liverpool played host to the 2019 UK Network of Age-friendly Communities conference.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Local authorities need funding and power if they are to help citizens age well

Blog
30 Apr 2019
3 min read

Local authorities continue to struggle to provide adequate social care for their population. Whitehall urgently needs to publish the long-awaited Social Care Green Paper.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Cafe costumers conversing

Ageism is alive and well. But we can change the conversation

Blog
26 Apr 2019
2 min read

Research published recently in The Lancet suggests that one quarter of people over the age of 50 have felt discriminated against whilst doing everyday tasks.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Grandson and Grandfather playing

Response to the Lords Committee report on Intergenerational Fairness & Provision

News
25 Apr 2019

We respond to the Lords Committee's final report on Intergenerational Fairness & Provision and call for the Government to make big structural changes to housing, work and communities.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Response to Independent Age report on social care costs

News
24 Apr 2019

We respond to new research on social care and call for the Government to consider legislating for flexible, paid carers’ leave.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Housing

Response to story on more people living in multigenerational homes

News
17 Apr 2019

A survey has suggested that nearly three in 10 home-owners are living in multigenerational houses.

  • Homes
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Older employee at work

Older workers can help us unlock the productivity puzzle

Blog
16 Apr 2019
2 min read

The latest statistics show that UK productivity fell at the end of last year, creating problems for the economy.

  • Work

Latest research from others

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.
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.
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.

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