Age-friendly case study: Supporting older people to shape their environment through walk audits
Walking audits are a tool many Age-friendly Communities are using in different ways to strengthen the voices of older people in the design of outdoor spaces.
Research from the Centre for Ageing Better shows that older people living in properties between 45 and 80 years old are most likely to experience the worst effects of heatwaves.
A recent change in the eligibility rules for the Winter Fuel Payment has raised the importance of older people signing up for Pension Credit if they meet the criteria.
As part of the opportunities for knowledge exchange through the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities, representatives from Brighton and Hove City Council visited Leeds to learn more about their Age and Dementia Friendly Work.
This case study shows how Epping Forest District Council’s approach to an inclusive work culture supports the engagement and retention of workers in their 50s and 60s.
Since its inception in 2016, the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub has been responsible for delivering on Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s (GMCA) ambition to be an age-friendly city region
The Good Practice Mentors offer support to organisations who are working with older people to help reduce instances of loneliness and social isolation.
In a previous Ageing Better blog, housing sector expert David Done detailed the wide-ranging implications of poor-quality housing on an ageing population.
Less than three weeks after winning the election, the Labour government had announced a new pensions review, promising that it would look, among other things, at ‘retirement adequacy’.
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