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Author: Tony Watts

Age UK launches new support programme for older LGBT+ veterans

Age UK launches new support programme for older LGBT+ veterans

July 7, 2023
No country for older people…?

Am I imagining it, asks Tony Watts OBE, or are older people routinely and systematically being excluded and discriminated against?

July 6, 2023
6.6 million people worry they wouldn’t know how to support their older parents

New research from Age UK as part of its “Know What to Do” campaign” highlights the anxieties and challenges millions of adult children face when it comes to supporting older parents.

June 28, 2023
The digital divide: many older people struggling to access public services

Most local authorities now strongly encourage people to access services digitally and in some cases do not offer offline alternatives at all, or not in a way that makes them easy to find and access.

June 28, 2023
Financial fears and access barriers prevent one-third of those over 60 from spending

A new report by the leading think tank on demographic change, the International Longevity Centre (ILC), pinpoints an increasing economic trend among people aged 60 and over in the UK.

June 24, 2023
Age Action Alliance launches free 2023/24 guide to care fees planning

An updated version of the hugely popular “Basics of care fees planning guide”, first launched at the end of 2022, is now available. By Tony Watts OBE.

June 23, 2023
Report highlights the financial plight of the “hidden two million”

A new report from Independent Age shows the hidden reality of facing financial hardship in later life and explores the groups of older people most likely to be affected.

June 23, 2023
Guide sets out the business case for employing older workers

As part of an Employers Guide to “Best Practice in Age and Employment”, from the London-based later life employment consultancy Wise Age, the authors set out the benefits of harnessing the talents of older people within their workforce.

June 23, 2023
ADASS Survey Reaction: Prevention and a skilled workforce are key to the future of social care

Sam Monaghan, the CEO of MHA, sets out the key ways in which we can address the crisis in the social care system… including recognising, rewarding and retaining the people already working in it.

June 23, 2023
Report from older people’s forum lays bare the impact of Covid – and looks ahead to the “new normal”

“Nobody understands the needs of the elderly until they are old themselves. Believe me.”

June 23, 2023

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