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Pupils in a physio yogalates class doing a balancing rocking pose.

Strength and balance resources

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 Feb 2019
This page contains videos, PDFs and community links taken from our 'Raising the bar on strength and balance: The importance of community-based provision' report.
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Raising the bar on strength and balance: The importance of community-based provision

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 Feb 2019
This report presents the models of delivery, issues, barriers and innovative solutions of community-based strength and balance programmes.
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Preview Women in physio yogalates class doing a balancing pose.

Strength and balance programmes that help people at risk of falls are postcode lottery

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 Feb 2019
By not prioritising strength and balance programmes, we are missing the opportunity to ease pressure on A&E departments and reduce demand for social care.
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Mapping the measurement maze 

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Luke Price
31 Jan 2019
Measurement is an essential part of achieving social change. The Ageing Better Measures Framework is a new tool to help understand the dynamics of ageing.  
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Measuring ageing: An introduction to the Ageing Better Measures Framework

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Centre for Ageing Better
31 Jan 2019
This is a compendium of 63 measures, survey scales and their associated data sources looking at outcomes at the individual level related to ageing and later life.
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It's high time to change the negative public image of later life

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Joyce Williams
23 Jan 2019
Old age is often portrayed as a negative experience, especially in the media.
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Five things people get wrong about later life

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Amy McSweeney 1
22 Jan 2019
There are many common perceptions about ageing, however these are often not based on evidence.
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Response to Office of National Statistics data on 'sandwich carers'

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Centre for Ageing Better
14 Jan 2019
The ONS has today released new data on 'sandwich carers', people of working age who look after both dependent children and another (usually older) relative.
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Preview Women seated in exercise class using stretch bands on their legs.

Response to NHS Long Term Plan

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Centre for Ageing Better
7 Jan 2019
NHS England has published its Long Term Plan. Among other priorities, the plan sets out how people can be supported to age well.
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Preview Group of elderly people in a museum looking at a work.

Learning about culture and heritage in age-friendly cities

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4 Jan 2019
New approaches to engaging older people in cultural and heritage activities were discovered at the UK/Netherlands Age-Friendly Cultural Exchange Programme.
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