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Centre for Ageing Better
6 Mar 2024

Measuring impact: Top tips on how to show the difference your home improvement services make

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The stats which show it is harder getting older in the North

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Putting ideas into action: Developing a local Good Home Hub

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To preserve the NHS, we must limit the causes of poor health throughout people’s lives

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Carole's voice - the need for suitable homes

Carole is a wheelchair user and lives in a second-floor flat, in a block that has no lift. She has been waiting for two years for a flat she can leave and return to without help, and close to her only friend in the city.

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Trevor's voice - the need for suitable homes

Trevor, 73, has a serious heart condition that makes it difficult for him to get upstairs. His 69-year-old wife is his carer and after she’s helped him shower and dress in the morning, he stays downstairs until bedtime.

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Inclusive products

Retailers need to rethink inclusive products to better meet the needs of the over 50s

Inclusive products can be stylish as well as functional to suit all ages and abilities, but current products are failing to cater for the growing over 50s consumer market.

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Homes

How the social model of disability can help us add life to years

Accessible housing has the ability to reduce isolation and improve quality of life by supporting health, independence and wellbeing, particularly as we get older. And yet our homes fail to meet growing demand.

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Jane's voice

Jane's voice - the need for suitable homes

After a major operation and treatment for blood cancer, Jane wasn’t able to walk – but she could begin to regain the use of her legs if she was able to do simple exercises in the safety of her own home.

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Housing | State of Ageing in 2020

Many of us are spending more time in our homes than ever before, but for too many people, their home is actively damaging their health and wellbeing.

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How can we create products that really work for everyone?

What does good accessible design look like? And how can we ensure that these products are widely available and effective for everyone?

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The Good Home Inquiry

The Good Home Inquiry launched to find policy solutions for England's housing crisis

The Good Home Inquiry is an evidence-based analysis of England’s housing policies to determine the causes of, and solutions to, the poor quality of so much of our housing.

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