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

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Employers urged to talk to staff about retirement plans as changes to state pension take effect

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Centre for Ageing Better
6 Dec 2018

As working lives and retirement patterns change, employers need to talk more openly with their staff about retirement to help them prepare for this major life transition.

Transforming later lives - our strategy

Transforming later lives – our strategy

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Centre for Ageing Better
31 Jul 2018

A bold vision to transform people’s experience of later life

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A week in Egypt with my grandma – part 1/2

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Yehia Nasr
14 Jun 2018

In any family, the process of deciding whether an older relative is able to continue living on their own can be difficult and heart-breaking.

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Ageing digitally – part 2/2

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12 Jun 2018

Business, the public sector and charities all need to find new approaches to digital inclusion to make sure the most vulnerable don’t miss out.

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Ageing digitally – part 1/2

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7 Jun 2018

4.8 million people over the age of 55 are not online, and many current approaches to digital inclusion are falling short.

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I Am Connected: A New Way to Think About Ageing and Digital

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6 Jun 2018

James Richardson, Research Manager at Good Things Foundation, reflects on the findings from our research into older people’s digital behaviour.

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Response to the Government's Carers Action Plan

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Centre for Ageing Better
5 Jun 2018

Our Chief Executive, Anna Dixon, welcomes the government’s review of carers’ rights, including older workers who balance care duties.

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Does my grandma even need the internet?

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Jemma Mouland
1 Jun 2018

Research shows that new, people-centred approaches are needed to help everyone in later life benefit from the internet.

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Millions of over 55s not using internet risk being locked out of essential services and online benefits

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Centre for Ageing Better
31 May 2018

Our report calls for new approaches to ‘digital inclusion’, and for business, the public sector and charities to make sure the most vulnerable don’t miss out.

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We are living longer, but we must make sure we are also living better

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Anna Dixon
24 May 2018

As a society we are woefully underprepared for our longer lives. But we must work together to seize the opportunities of a good later life.

Joyce and Evelyn, Age-friendly Nottingham

Our response to the Prime Minister's call to ensure that five more years of people’s lives will be healthy, independent and active by 2035

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Centre for Ageing Better
21 May 2018

Our response to the Prime Minister’s announcement today, that the Government will work to ensure that five more years of people’s lives will be healthy, independent and active by 2035, while narrowing the gap in healthy life expectancy between richest and poorest.