The four million older people trapped in their current home because of a lack of alternatives are just as much victims of our country’s flawed housing market as anybody else.
The number of older people wanting to move but unable to find suitable new home is equivalent to combined population of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield and Bradford.
Here are the three briefings Ageing Better has produced with the cross-party think tank Demos, supported by Dunhill Medical Trust, exploring the multiple benefits from improving the safety, heating and accessibility of homes.
Widespread media coverage has been detailing the death of Barbara Bolton who was found by her grandson slumped at her kitchen table and unable to speak because of profound hypothermia.