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Author: Tony Watts

ExtraCare win top award for using technology to support healthy ageing

The innovation team from AAA members ExtraCare has triumphed at the Senior Housing Awards, winning the “Best Use of Technology in Seniors Housing” award.

October 12, 2023
Taxpayers pay more for annual maintenance of Houses of Parliament than rest of country’s homes combined

A new report, from the Centre for Ageing Better and the Healthier Housing Partnership, details for the first time the decline in government funding for home improvement support over the past decade.

October 5, 2023
Webinar tackles social care crisis through “homeshare” option

Can intergenerational homesharing provide an answer to the social care crisis? A webinar on 7 November aims to find out.

October 2, 2023
Older Londoners “feeling more lows than highs,” new research reveals

New research from Age UK London, published to mark the International Day of Older Persons and Silver Sunday (1 October) has revealed that, while more than half of older Londoners (59%) feel positive about living in the city, only 13% consider London a place where older people are valued.

September 29, 2023
“A constant struggle”: the older people having to decide between whether to wash with cold water or eat dinner

A new report from Independent Age lays bare the often-hidden experiences of how pensioners facing financial hardship are being impacted by increasingly high household costs, across water, energy, broadband, and Council Tax.

September 28, 2023
Research reveals which generation is going to be the best off… and which will be the worst off

Applying Macmillan’s saying that “you’ve never had it so good” to those either in or heading towards retirement might come as a surprise to some people, but new data shows that those retiring today may well be much better off than their younger counterparts.

September 25, 2023
Government launches inquiry into the rights of older people

The Women and Equalities Committee has launched a new inquiry on the rights of older people, examining whether ageist stereotyping and discrimination is preventing them from participating fully in society, and is inviting written submissions on how to tackle the issues affecting their lives.

September 21, 2023
New research finds four in five older people think the Government doesn’t understand them

Older people in England feel there is a lack of understanding and representation in Government and wider society, according to new data from Independent Age.

September 20, 2023
More than a million over 50-year-olds remain “involuntarily workless”

ILC UK research shows that one in ten people aged between 50 and state pension age don’t work but want to.

September 19, 2023
5.8m aged 65+ either unable to use the internet easily or aren’t online at all

Alarming new analysis carried out by Age UK reveals that almost half (46%) of over-65s in the UK are unable to complete all eight of the most fundamental tasks required to use the internet safely and successfully.

September 19, 2023

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