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NCF responds to the government’s NHS 10 Year Plan

July 2025 saw the launch of the NHS 10-year plan. Vic Rayner, CEO of The National Care Forum (NCF) – the leading association for not-for-profit social care – argues that, while welcoming the plan, “adult social care needs to be at the heart of this new world”.

August 8, 2025
Opening new doors by sharing your home

For those who prefer to remain in their own homes but would welcome company and occasional assistance, sharing one’s home might provide a very workable solution. By Tony Watts OBE.

August 8, 2025
Does the housing sector really listen to the voice of older people? And why does it matter?

Tony Watts OBE lead a discussion recently at a Housing LIN’s South West Leadership Set awayday on how to magnify the voices of older people. This is a precis.

August 7, 2025
Meet Peggy: the AI concierge working for staff and residents in a later-living community

Vicky Carne, Founder of 3A-AI Ltd, on how a new voice-enabled AI chatbot can keep residents safe and independent.

August 4, 2025
Why Age Inclusion is the future of Retail Financial Services

Big changes are underway within the financial services, caused by demographic shifts. In this blog for ProAge, Dominic John and Mark Glover set out how employers need to rise to the challenge.

May 1, 2025
LGBTQ+ older Londoners in crisis – new report exposes hidden hardship

A new report, “Precarious Lives”, explores financial hardship among older LGBTQ+ Londoners. Here, its author Mark Sladen sets out how a lifetime of discrimination faced by older LGBTQ+ people can have a long-term impact on their financial wellbeing.

May 1, 2025
TV’s Rose Ayling-Ellis discusses teaching ExtraCare residents BSL

The BBC’s Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks, which recently aired was filmed at ExtraCare Trust’s Hughenden Gardens Retirement Village in High Wycombe. Making the programme not only made a big impact with the residents and the viewing public… but with Rose too.

May 1, 2025
How a BBC Documentary sparked a Sign Language Movement in a retirement village

What started as a six-week experiment has become a heart-warming legacy of transformation at ExtraCare Trust’s Hughenden Gardens Retirement Village in High Wycombe. By Charlotte Millions.

May 1, 2025
Extra care housing: can design help improve the health and wellbeing of older people?

Josie Dorling, an architect with Poynton Bradbury Architects, looks at how accommodation that is thoughtfully designed to promote social interaction among residents can help to combat loneliness and isolation.

April 14, 2025
5 easy habits for a longer, healthier, happier life

The Open University (OU) is launching a UK-wide month-long national challenge, similar to Dry January but for ageing well: Take Five to Age Well.

April 8, 2025

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