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Author: Tony Watts

Research reveals enormous toll of cost of living crisis on older people’s mental health and wellbeing

Age UK has launched a new campaign called “Know What To Do” following research which reveals that, in January, 60% of older people were worried about being able to heat their homes when they wanted to, and 45% were worried about affording other essentials such as food.

March 20, 2023
Toolkit launched to help increase Pension Credit uptake

Independent Age has launched a toolkit sharing “Good practice examples and principles” aimed at helping boost Pension Credit take up at a local level.

March 17, 2023
Would being “a senior helping other seniors” get YOU back to work?

The Chancellor is hoping to tempt over 50s back to work. He’d do well to understand what conditions this group of workers require, says Sally Wilse of AAA members Seniors Helping Seniors.

March 16, 2023
Charities and housing providers respond to Budget

This was, we were told, a Budget aimed at achieving growth and getting older people back to work. Will it succeed? And, as well as what was IN the Budget, what was left out? The votes are in from AAA members Age UK, Independent Age, Anchor Housing and The Centre for Ageing Better.

March 16, 2023
Is work no longer working?

New research by the International Longevity Centre, the UK’s leading think tank on the impact of longevity on society, highlights deep-seated inequalities in the UK’s changing labour market and the critical condition of the current economy.

March 14, 2023
New scheme to help older workers in the West Midlands bounce back from redundancy

The Centre for Ageing Better is developing a new redundancy support service to help older workers aged between 50 and 64 find fulfilling employment.

March 14, 2023
Call to protect volunteers from cost-of-living crisis

A coalition of major UK charities, led by the Community Transport Association, is calling on the Chancellor to protect employees and volunteers from the impact of the rising cost of motoring in his upcoming Spring Budget.

March 14, 2023
National Care Forum calls on the Government to ring-fence funding for adult social care

The National Care Forum (NCF) is calling on the Government to move away from short term emergency care funding and commit to a longer-term and co-designed funded strategy, with greater focus on community and prevention services.

March 10, 2023
Older people: the cause of… or potential solution to… the UK’s problems?

If older people, as a growing demographic, are really going to provide positive solutions to society’s problems, we need to be listened to by those in power. By AAA co-founder Tony Watts OBE.

March 8, 2023
Forced pre-payment meters leading to vulnerable older people “self-disconnecting”

Age UK has called for pre-payment meter amnesty with research showing that over half a million older households – one in four of ALL pre-payment meter customers – are now dependent on this pricier, pay-as-you-go form of energy.

March 8, 2023

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