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Here’s why saving for a comfortable retirement is more difficult for women, Disabled people and people from minority ethnic backgrounds

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Aideen Young
3 Apr 2024

Our recent State of Ageing finance chapter details the staggering number of pensioners without savings or workplace/private pensions left to get by on the meagre state pension.

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Startling new stats show nation’s health in decline and regional inequalities soaring

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26 Mar 2024

New ONS data reveals that where you live in the country can impact how long you can expect to live free of serious ill-health and injury by up to seven years.

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Celebrating Age Without Limits’ first national Action Day

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Carole Easton
22 Mar 2024

Wednesday 20 March 2024 will be forever remembered as a critical day in the growth of the Age Without Limits campaign and the life of the Centre for Ageing Better.

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Negative stereotypes of older people key driver of widespread ageism

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20 Mar 2024

A new survey commissioned by the Age Without Limits campaign reveals majority of people aged 50 and above feel the media and advertising depict older people in a negative and stereotypical way.

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What Labour should say about 50 Plus employment

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Emily Andrews
19 Mar 2024

As the prospect of a General Election looms ever closer, we’re beginning to learn what we might expect from each party’s manifestoes.

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Busting the “wealthy boomers” myth

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Aideen Young
14 Mar 2024

The post-war generation now in their 60s and 70s are often portrayed as wealthy beneficiaries of circumstance. Yet almost one in five live in poverty.

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Last week’s Budget will deepen financial strife of millions of already impoverished pensioners, new report reveals

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14 Mar 2024

The Centre for Ageing Better has published an extended State of Ageing 2023/24 chapter on finance which summarises in detail the concerning level of poverty and financial insecurity among the country's ageing population.

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Accidental ageists: quarter of the population discriminate or stereotype by age without realising

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12 Mar 2024

The Age Without Limits campaign releases new data ahead of first national Action Day which will see scores of events across the country including opening of Challenging Ageism: See and Be Seen exhibition in London.

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Latest research from others

In Credit? Assessing where Universal Credit's long roll-out has left the benefit system and the country
Resolution Foundation
15 Apr 2024
This report outlines the impact of Universal Credit on the UK benefit system and labour market.
Climate crisis risks to elderly health: strategies for effective promotion and response
Hosseini, M., Zargoush, M., and Ghazalbash, S., Health Promotion International
1 Apr 2024
This paper outlines the impact of the climate crisis on the health and wellbeing of older people in Canada.
Childhood adversity is associated with anxiety and depression in older adults: A cumulative risk and latent class analysis
Lian, J., et al., Journal of Affective Disorders
30 Mar 2024
This paper explores the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACES) on depression and anxiety in later life.

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