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Author: Tony Watts

Older people “at risk of being forced into residential care” due to adaptation delays

A new report from Age UK maintains that older people at risk of being forced into residential care due to massive delays in making adaptations to homes.

April 28, 2024
We are all paying the price for the nation’s poor and dangerous housing

Amongst all of the predictable hoo-ha around the PM’s call to end the culture of “sick note” Britain, it might well be forgotten that the poor state of our homes, plus crowded living conditions, is playing a key role in the rising tide of poor health in this country as well as startling levels of…

April 23, 2024
Is your workplace carer-friendly?

If not, it will almost certainly hurt your business, argues Deborah Stone of Mature Thinking. That’s because caring is increasingly becoming a part of people’s lives as our population continues to age and fewer and fewer qualify for support – and the nation’s growing army of informal carers are struggling to combine work and care.

April 23, 2024
WASPI: justice will have to wait… again

Grenfell, Windrush, subpostmasters, the blood transfusion scandal, Dilnot… the latest delay in implementing the Ombudsman’s report on WASPI women is just one more examplar, writes Tony Watts OBE, of the tactics routinely used by Government to put off rectifying historic wrongs or fulfilling promises made – many involving older people who may never live to…

April 21, 2024
Age UK’s “blueprint for older people” prioritises pension security and health

Age UK’s new report, drawn from nationwide polling, comes in time for the coming UK General Election. It contains 52 separate policy recommendations covering many different aspects of later life.

April 15, 2024
Pensions Freedom 10 years on: who have been the winners… and losers?

This March marked the tenth anniversary of the announcement of “Pension Freedom and Choice” reforms which, along with Auto-Enrolment, represented the two major shifts in pension policy enacted under George Osborne. What have been the long-term impacts for savers? asks Tony Watts OBE.

April 10, 2024
New data lifts the lid on retirement income trends

What is the average income in retirement for today’s retirees… where is the income coming from, which regions are doing best and what trends can we see emerging? New data from the ONS reveals all, writes Richard Collinson, CEO of AAA members RetireEasy.co.uk

April 10, 2024
With Covid still here, ILC issues plea to support employee vaccinations

Covid has not gone away, and with many older people potentially vulnerable to the effects of Long-Covid, ILC-UK is urging the Government to provide tax incentives to support employers who want to vaccinate their older members of staff.

April 10, 2024
More than 1 in 3 over 65s lack the basic skills to use the internet successfully and safely

A new report from Age UK shows that more than 1 in 3 over 65s (4.7 million) lack the basic skills to use the internet successfully and 1 in 6 (2.3 million) don’t use it at all.

April 9, 2024
Achieving an age-friendly London

If you are part of an older people’s forum in London, here’s news of an event designed to help achieve an age-friendly capital city.

April 9, 2024

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