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Might sending ageist birthday cards make people lonely?
Jessica Duffy, Good Practice Mentor at Leeds Older People’s Forum invites you to join an online discussion this January on why we need to “wise up to ageism” to prevent redundancy, isolation and loneliness Ageist birthday cards are one of the acceptable faces of ageism in society today, even though they can be hurtful if…
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Number of later life renters set to grow and face financial precarity
The Centre for Ageing Better has voiced concerns about increasing numbers of people spending their later lives in unsafe and inaccessible rented homes and facing financial precarity. The past ten years have seen a sharp rise in the number of adults in middle age living in the private rented sector, new data from the English…
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Older people sacrifice essentials to buy for others this Christmas
An Independent Age survey shows that many older people are facing a bleak run up to Christmas as they cut back on essentials like food and heating to ensure they can buy presents for loved ones
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Alliance launches free guide to care fees planning
One of the key issues facing many older people and their families is how to fund their long-term care. A new Age Action Alliance “Basics of care fees planning guide” aims to help you make an informed decision. By Tony Watts OBE
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Yorkshire brings older people together through music and dance
It’s coming on Christmas, as Joni Mitchell famously sang. And here’s how older people are socialising at this… and other… times of the year. By Jessica Duffy of Leeds Older People’s Forum.
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Leeds OPF funded to support older people through the cost of living crisis
Leeds Older People’s Forum has been awarded funding to support older people through the cost of living crisis
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Get clicking to promote the positive side of ageing
An exciting new competition is encouraging photographers to capture positive images of people aged 50 and over.
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Young Bristol – connecting with the older generation
A charity called “Young Bristol” might evoke images of activities purely for young people. Not so!
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2.5 million more older people face fuel poverty next year
Centre for Ageing Better issues health warning for those having to cut back, and describes the figures as “profoundly shocking”
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Challenging ageist attitudes on sex, intimacy and sexual wellbeing in later life
A “provocation paper” takes a fresh look at one of the topics that still appears taboo in many quarters: older people and sexual wellbeing.
