It aims to make Bournemouth town centre more welcoming to older people alongside a microgrant scheme to help businesses make age-friendly improvements.
Janet and Paul’s Story - The importance of an accessible home
Janet and her husband Paul live in Swindon. They became a couple when Janet moved into a sheltered housing scheme after being unable to remain in her previous home, which was neither accessible nor adaptable for her as a wheelchair user.
The hospitality, travel and leisure sectors offer positive employment opportunities for workers over 50, but those sectors are not always capitalising on this pool of older talent.
The Centre for Ageing Better has been selected to host a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Fellow, whose remit will be to improve policy and decision making on healthy ageing.
The Centre for Ageing Better is part of a group of organisations is calling on the government to be more proactive in getting more older people into work if it wants to meet its manifesto pledges around economic growth.
The week before last, Ageing Better were among a partnership of organisations that delivered The Age-Friendly Futures Summit in Manchester, bringing together around 250 leaders, policymakers, practitioners and researchers from the UK and around the globe.
Men living in the poorest areas of the country can expect to live 4.4 fewer years on average than those living in the wealthiest areas of England, our new analysis reveals.
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