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Might sending ageist birthday cards make people lonely?
Jessica Duffy, Good Practice Mentor at Leeds Older People’s Forum invites you to join an online discussion this January on why we need to “wise up to ageism” to prevent redundancy, isolation and loneliness Ageist birthday cards are one of the acceptable faces of ageism in society today, even though they can be hurtful if…
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Are YOU in control of your flight path to retirement?
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Number of later life renters set to grow and face financial precarity
The Centre for Ageing Better has voiced concerns about increasing numbers of people spending their later lives in unsafe and inaccessible rented homes and facing financial precarity. The past ten years have seen a sharp rise in the number of adults in middle age living in the private rented sector, new data from the English…
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Older people sacrifice essentials to buy for others this Christmas
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Alliance launches free guide to care fees planning
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Yorkshire brings older people together through music and dance
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Get clicking to promote the positive side of ageing
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Young Bristol – connecting with the older generation
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Is expecting older people to downsize really such a good move?
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Reaching out in Gloucestershire to get older people’s voices heard
Representation of older people nationally, regionally and locally has become increasingly difficult in recent years as forums have been starved of support and Covid has discouraged meetings. Here is how one county is looking to fill that void. By Matt Fellows, CEO Age UK Gloucestershire There are some 150,000 older people across Gloucestershire – but…
