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Living in the poorest parts of England can cost you almost five years of your life
Centre for Ageing Better’s State of Ageing 2025 report highlights the substantial variations in the experiences of growing older across England with the difference in life expectancy in the richest and poorest areas.
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“Urgent action” needed as 1.9m older people in poverty
Independent Age has said that the UK Government’s figures show that “later life poverty is a massive issue that needs tackling”
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Government’s spring statement “risks abandoning older people”
Hourglass is concerned that the welfare cuts, including a tightening of eligibility for benefits such as PIP, may leave “thousands of older and vulnerable people behind”.
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Covid’s seismic shock on older people “still felt five years on”
Older people’s health, employment and community connection have failed to recover since the pandemic, our new analysis from The Centre for Ageing Better reveals.
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Why are we waiting?
Procrastination isn’t just the thief of time. It can also be a thief of lives… as well as public money, writes Tony Watts OBE
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Stigma and “stiff-upper lips” preventing access to mental health support
New research published by the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC) finds that serious mental health conditions are hampering older people’s ability to live more fulfilling long lives.
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Online services “making life harder” for third of over 60s
New research by Age UK has revealed that 1 in 3 (31%) over 60s – equivalent to 5.1 million say life is much harder compared to five years ago because the things they want to do are online.
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Older people face 450 questions to receive financial support
A new report from Independent Age highlights long and complex application forms for pensioner entitlements
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Charity advancing dementia research gets £200,000 boost
Bath-based charity and Research Institute for Brain Health, ReMind UK, has received £200k in funding over two years from philanthropist, John Osborn CBE.
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Inclusive Design isn’t a luxury. It’s a lifeline
Nearly 50% of social housing households include someone with a long-term health condition. And yet home adaptations are still seen as an afterthought writes Laura Wood Director of Invisible Creations.
