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Innovating for our longer lives – getting it right

There is a need for better products, services and marketing strategies if businesses are to seize the opportunity of longer lives.

Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Healthy ageing innovation and investment in the UK

This paper provides a discussion on where further investment and innovation is necessary and proposes how the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund can fill identified gaps and complement existing initiatives.

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Prevention Green Paper: how will we know if it’s working?

The Government’s Green Paper on prevention and public health will in part be measured by ‘disability-free life expectancy’. This has major implications for future health policy.

OK Google, are ‘smart homes’ really the answer to the care crisis?

'Smart homes' are sometimes posited as the solution to our social care crisis. But what are the limitations of using technology as a substitute for care?

Ageing Better welcomes Prevention Green Paper - but more radical change is needed

We welcome the government's Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s paper that looks to proactively improve the well-being of those approaching later life.

If we shoot for the moon, we can win healthier, longer lives for everyone

Fifty years ago, the US mobilised all of government and society in pursuit of a single goal: putting a man on the moon. Now, we need the same will and investment to be geared towards the challenge of healthy ageing.

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Impact report 2018-2019

One year on from our strategy, Transforming later lives, we look back on our achievements in 2018-19 across our priority work areas.

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A year in review: our impact in 2018-2019

Impact report from Centre for Ageing Better, one year on from its 'Transforming later lives' strategy.

State of Ageing 2019 infographics

Our State of Ageing 2019 report uses publicly available data to give a snapshot of what life is like for people aged 65 and older today, while looking at key areas: work and finances, housing, health and communities.