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Building properties to new minimum standards will help cut cost of inaccessible homes

The financial and societal benefits of raising the accessibility standards of new homes outweigh the costs of implementing them.

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How brands show old age and ageing

How can the stories told by the media about older adults impact our attitudes towards ageing?

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Whatever the reasons driving older workers from the labour market; the solutions are at hand

A new study suggests that retirement and not ill-health is driving the loss of older workers from the labour market.

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Marking International Day of Older Persons

Each year on 1st October, Age-friendly Communities across the world mark UN International Day of Older Persons (IDOP).

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Calls for first ever Ageing Workforce Strategy to tackle ‘Early Exiters’ from the workforce

New report from Ageing Better, Demos and The Physiological Society explores the exodus of older workers leaving work early due to health conditions. It calls for a cross-government approach in response.

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What we learnt at our Age-friendly Councillors’ Roundtable

Ageing Better brought together dozens of age-friendly councillors from around the country to share experiences and lessons learned.

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A crisis of cold homes: Our housing stock is alarmingly inefficient

As the temperature drops and the price of energy soars, our nation’s homes are leaking valuable warmth.

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Network launched to support local authorities in improving poor-quality homes 

We're launching a new network of local authorities looking to work collaboratively to address the nation’s inadequate housing stock.

  • Homes

Latest research from others

kingsfund.org.uk
13 Feb 2024
Our new report explores the factors that have prevented successive governments from achieving this vision so far and proposes several steps to begin this shift.
thelancet.com
7 Jan 2024
Humanitarian emergencies disproportionally affect older people. Although defining an older person by an age range can help alert us to emerging or changing needs and potential vulnerabilities during…
dx.doi.org
7 Nov 2023
Unprecedented social restrictions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have provided a new lens for considering...

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