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In search of a safer Internet for older people
How one retirement living provider, AAA member ExtraCare Charitable Trust, is actively keeping its residents safe by educating their residents on the risks they may face online.
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Now even digital natives struggle to navigate as apps take over
Many older people, as well as those from some other groups, risk being left behind by the relentless move towards a digital world, particularly when it comes to travel. Jenni Scott, Administrator at Leeds Older People’s Forum, maps out the problems – even for some younger people like herself.
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Call for action as shift to digital banking leaves older people feeling deserted
As more and more banks are being lost to the High Street, the Older People’s Advocacy Alliance (OPAAL) is calling for action to prevent the continuing exclusion of older people, writes Jude Atkinson, along with the provision of dedicated community spaces to help older people regain control of their finances.
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Even MPs are despairing about the Government’s response to the nation’s growing digital divide
A Parliamentary report at the back end of June may have slipped your notice. It certainly went unmentioned in the majority of the UK media. The thrust is that, as the rest of the world moves increasingly online, a large swathe of our citizens are being left behind… way behind… and accuses the Government of…
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Public toilets closures: more than just an inconvenience…
All over the UK, public toilets are being closed in order to trim local authority spending. The resultant impact on older people can be significant by reducing their ability to visit town and city centres. But Age UK London is leading the fightback…
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Pride: an age friendly space? A blog written with some help (?) from Chat GPT!
Jessica Duffy, Good Practice Mentor at Leeds Older People’s Forum, has been reflecting upon the work of their LGBTQ+ delivery partner during the Ageing Better programme, and wondering what using Chat GPT can bring to the discussion…
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Why is being neighbourhood friendly being cast as “anti-car”?
Denigrating “low traffic neighbourhoods” in order to portray oneself as “pro car” and so standing up for the average person rather than committing the sin of being “woke”, is yet another example of the socially-divisive politics being played out at the moment that will see the most vulnerable being put at risk, writes Tony Watts…
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No country for older people…?
Am I imagining it, asks Tony Watts OBE, or are older people routinely and systematically being excluded and discriminated against?
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Sounds brilliant: tuning in to age friendly radio
If you’re not already an avid listener, you might want to tune into the great output of The Later Life Audio and Radio Cooperative (LLARC): an award-winning and growing network of older radio show hosts, age-friendly radio stations, voluntary and community sector organisations and academic researchers working on age-related issues.
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How many older people are about to lose their vote?
For reasons best known to the Government, new rules around voter ID will come into force at the May local elections. But where does that leave the two million voters ¬– many of them older people – who don’t have photographic ID? By Tony Watts OBE
