The latest Age Action Alliance newsletter is out. As ever, it’s a wide-reaching round-up of news, view and information for older people and their families and friends. You can read it in full here.
Here are the main headlines and headline articles, to give you a taste of what to expect:
Later life housing
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Up to 885,000 people deprived of accessible home opportunity
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Does the housing sector really listen to older people?
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Opening new doors by sharing your home
Later life employment
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Breaking down age silos – the role of Employee Resource Groups
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Remaining economically active may be critical – but is it achieveable?
Health & Social Care
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NCF responds to government’s NHS 10 Year Plan
Age tech
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Meet Peggy: the AI concierge for staff and residents
Healthy ageing
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Six ways to look after your brain after 50
Tackling dementia
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Understanding dementia: a novel approach cuts across generations
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Dementia, loneliness and overnight security prompting homeshares
Climate
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Extreme summer heat “could lead to 5,000 deaths this year”
Pensioner poverty
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UK public “overwhelmingly supports action for older people in poverty”
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Older Londoners “losing sleep over financial struggles”
Falls prevention
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Simple device launched to build leg strength and prevents falls
Marketing
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Travel the big winner at this year’s Silver Marketing Awards
Carers
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1.6 million older carers worry whether they’ll be able to carry on
Safety
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The power to change lives… by improving electrical safety
Social & Digital Inclusion
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2.4 million digitally excluded older people “at risk of being left behind”
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London councils improve offline access – but gaps remain