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Planning and preparing for our later lives

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Centre for Ageing Better

20 Sep 2018

Ageing Better’s report, ‘Planning and preparing for later life’, summarises the available evidence on what enables people to plan for their later lives and what factors can present barriers to planning.

Call for employers to do more for older workers

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Centre for Ageing Better

10 Sep 2018

The Centre for Ageing Better's report calls for employers to be more age-friendly and inclusive of those over 50, including doing more to tackle age discrimination in the workplace.

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PM calls for more social housing – our response

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Centre for Ageing Better

19 Sep 2018

The Prime Minister spoke to the National Housing Federation about the need for more social housing.

Putting off planning for later life

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Jess Kuehne

19 Sep 2018

While we might want to plan ahead for our future, the day-to-day challenges we all face can make it hard to do in practice.

When it comes to our future finances, why must so many people be left in the dark?

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Jennifer Summers

17 Sep 2018

A typical worker has about 11 pension pots over their career, making it difficult to track. The pensions sector has recognised this problem and has been developing the ‘pensions dashboard’.

Business can reap the rewards of longer life, but only if we avert the looming care crisis

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Anna Dixon

14 Sep 2018

With sharp advances in life expectancy, supporting healthy ageing can enable more people to enjoy extra years living healthy, independent lives and avert a social care crisis.

Sometimes it takes a jolt to make us start planning for the future

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Lucinda Crowther

12 Sep 2018

While some people know the basic things they need to plan for as they approach later life, many of us leave the fine details to the last moment.

Planning for later life doesn’t have to involve a crystal ball

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Yehia Nasr

11 Sep 2018

For many people, looking ahead to what we’ll think, feel and need in later life is almost impossible – even if they’re aware of the importance of planning.

Am I too young to be working on ageing?

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Jemma Mouland

7 Sep 2018

As a millennial who works on the issue of ageing, you may be susceptible to loaded questions about if you're too young to care about people in their later lives.

Adding life to our years

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Jess Kuehne

5 Sep 2018

How long do you think you’ll live? Until you’re 70? 80? 90? Do you think you’ll reach 100?

Lord Filkin to step down as Chair of Centre for Ageing Better

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Centre for Ageing Better

3 Sep 2018

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Planning and preparing for our later lives

Ageing Better’s report, ‘Planning and preparing for later life’, summarises the available evidence on what enables people to plan for their later lives and what factors can present barriers to planning.

Call for employers to do more for older workers

The Centre for Ageing Better's report calls for employers to be more age-friendly and inclusive of those over 50, including doing more to tackle age discrimination in the workplace.

Latest news

PM calls for more social housing – our response

The Prime Minister spoke to the National Housing Federation about the need for more social housing.

Putting off planning for later life

While we might want to plan ahead for our future, the day-to-day challenges we all face can make it hard to do in practice.

When it comes to our future finances, why must so many people be left in the dark?

A typical worker has about 11 pension pots over their career, making it difficult to track. The pensions sector has recognised this problem and has been developing the ‘pensions dashboard’.

Business can reap the rewards of longer life, but only if we avert the looming care crisis

With sharp advances in life expectancy, supporting healthy ageing can enable more people to enjoy extra years living healthy, independent lives and avert a social care crisis.

Sometimes it takes a jolt to make us start planning for the future

While some people know the basic things they need to plan for as they approach later life, many of us leave the fine details to the last moment.

Planning for later life doesn’t have to involve a crystal ball

For many people, looking ahead to what we’ll think, feel and need in later life is almost impossible – even if they’re aware of the importance of planning.

Am I too young to be working on ageing?

As a millennial who works on the issue of ageing, you may be susceptible to loaded questions about if you're too young to care about people in their later lives.

Adding life to our years

How long do you think you’ll live? Until you’re 70? 80? 90? Do you think you’ll reach 100?

Lord Filkin to step down as Chair of Centre for Ageing Better

Lord Geoffrey Filkin CBE will step down from his role as Chair of the Board at the Centre for Ageing Better at the end of this year.

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Read all the latest news and blogs from the Centre for Ageing Better

Top stories

Ageing Better’s report, ‘Planning and preparing for later life’, summarises the available evidence on what enables people to plan for their later lives and what factors can present barriers to planning.

The Centre for Ageing Better's report calls for employers to be more age-friendly and inclusive of those over 50, including doing more to tackle age discrimination in the workplace.

Latest news

The Prime Minister spoke to the National Housing Federation about the need for more social housing.

While we might want to plan ahead for our future, the day-to-day challenges we all face can make it hard to do in practice.

A typical worker has about 11 pension pots over their career, making it difficult to track. The pensions sector has recognised this problem and has been developing the ‘pensions dashboard’.

With sharp advances in life expectancy, supporting healthy ageing can enable more people to enjoy extra years living healthy, independent lives and avert a social care crisis.

While some people know the basic things they need to plan for as they approach later life, many of us leave the fine details to the last moment.

For many people, looking ahead to what we’ll think, feel and need in later life is almost impossible – even if they’re aware of the importance of planning.

As a millennial who works on the issue of ageing, you may be susceptible to loaded questions about if you're too young to care about people in their later lives.

How long do you think you’ll live? Until you’re 70? 80? 90? Do you think you’ll reach 100?

Lord Geoffrey Filkin CBE will step down from his role as Chair of the Board at the Centre for Ageing Better at the end of this year.

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