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10 million midlifers worry about staying healthy as they age
New research by Age UK reveals that three quarters (74%) of adults aged between 50–65 (equivalent to 10 million), worry about staying healthy as they age, and two thirds (65%) or 9.2 million worry about losing their independence as they age.
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Trust’s “community of innovators” plans to improve lives of older people
The St Monica Trust in Bristol has held the South West’s first-ever Healthy Ageing and Care Innovation Forum – with older residents playing a key role to make “co-design” a reality and not just an ambition.
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Urgent need to “ramp up dementia diagnosis and support”
A new report from ILC UK says that more than half of people with dementia are either undiagnosed or have no care plan. Improving dementia care and support, they say, could dramatically boost health, wellbeing – and even the economy. The new publication by the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC), supported by the Alzheimer’s Society…
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The “Move it or Lose it” Annual Healthy Ageing Conference
If healthy ageing is what ticks your boxes why not join Move it or Lose it’s annual healthy ageing conference Please join us on Friday 19th September at The Studio in Birmingham with guest speakers including Tony Watts OBE.
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Stroke-affected people to benefit from “life changing” funding boost
Bristol After Stroke has received a major funding boost to provide life-changing counselling and emotional support for local people.
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Report reveals health and finance struggles of older private renters in energy-inefficient homes
A new report from the charity Independent Age has revealed the difficult experience of older private renters in cold, energy in-efficient homes and the barriers in making the necessary property improvements.
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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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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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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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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.
