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Why ignoring the over 50s will cost your business dearly

The over 50s are becoming a powerful workforce demographic that businesses would be foolish to ignore. By Steve Butler, CEO, Punter Southall Aspire

April 5, 2023
How intergenerational living can support independence in the home

For many older people, writes Justin Dewhirst of Two Generations, one of their most important wishes is to live in their own home for as long as possible. Sharing their home with a younger person is one way to do just that.

April 5, 2023
Carers are taking more of the strain

Now more than ever, writes author and consultant Deborah Stone, it is essential to recognise the pressure being placed on family carers of older people. That means it’s time to look hard at alternative solutions, as well as families having meaningful conversations at the right time…

March 29, 2023
Regular tests for older drivers: sensible or ageist?

Rarely a week seems to go by when the call goes up for older drivers to be made to take regular eye tests, retake their test or be taken off the roads completely. Reasonable… or ageist, asks Tony Watts OBE.

March 28, 2023
Can we find a way together to take the financial fear out of growing old?

It’s not that far back in our history, writes Tony Watts OBE, that later life was a time that many people feared because of the financial insecurity. Sadly, and shamefully, an estimated 1.7 million pensioners still live in poverty in the UK.

March 24, 2023
Supporting older people’s wellbeing with pets

The benefits of animal companionship for human wellbeing are well proven. AAA member Our Special Friends helps hundreds of older people every year to benefit from animal companionship through difficult times. Pets keep us active and help us to “de-stress”; they provide an opportunity to nurture and care for another being. They provide unconditional love…

March 24, 2023
Older workers: we need less talk and more action

The need to retain and recruit the talents of older workers has never received so much coverage. But we need more than headlines and promises to fix the systemic issues preventing this from happening, argues Tim Whitaker of Wise Age.

March 24, 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
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
10 reasons to be an age and dementia friendly business

Leeds Older People’s Forum runs the city’s Age and Dementia Friendly business scheme, to which over 90 businesses in the city have already signed up. Here are there top ten reasons why every business should follow suit…in every town and city.

March 7, 2023

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