Inequalities in later life infographics

Louise Ansari, Director of Communications

We welcome Louise Ansari as Director of Communications

Louise Ansari – with over 20 years of experience in strategic communications roles – has joined the Centre for Ageing Better as Director of Communications.

Who cares about the carers?

Carers are in the spotlight this week and rightly so. 6.5 million people in the UK care, unpaid, for a disabled, older or ill family member or friend.

Managing major life changes - roundtable summary

The discussions from our roundtable covered six key areas, including how to understand the pattern of events and how these impact someone’s ability to cope.

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We welcome Claire Turner as Interim Director of Evidence

Today Claire Turner joins the Centre for Ageing Better as its Interim Director of Evidence, as current Director Catherine Foot takes maternity leave.

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More than a quarter of people over 50 struggle with major life changes

The Centre for Ageing Better has found that more than a quarter (27%) of people aged over 50 say they have a hard time making it through stressful events that happen in later life.

We support innovations designed by people in later life

Ageing Better is to support a programme that will allow people in later life to help lead the design of new health and care innovations.

Later life in 2015: Work and retirement – data briefing

In this briefing we explore what retired people miss about work, why people work for longer and why people retire when they do.

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A radical look at who pays and who gains in later life

Anna Dixon writes about how age is an outdated criterion for tax and welfare. Future reforms to tax, spending and entitlements need to recognise this.

Inequalities in later life infographics

We commissioned a scoping review of the evidence on the nature of inequalities in later life in England, and presented some of the key findings in the form of infographics.