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Call for proactive social care to support pensioners 27/06/2025 Researchers have recommended proactive social care to support pensioners’ ‘right[s] to live and age well’.
Places must adapt for ageing population, says Whitty 13/11/2023 Places and infrastructure must be adapted to support an ageing population, particularly in rural areas, according to England's chief medical officer.
Government should ‘prioritise’ accessible house building, charity says 25/07/2019 Better advice and support is needed to help people move into a more suitable home in later life, according to housing experts.
Council chiefs call for devolution to rural communities after Brexit 04/07/2019 Local authority leaders have called on the Government to devolve more powers to rural areas in the event that Britain leaves the European Union.
Thousands of older people impacted by care home closures, survey reveals 27/06/2019 Survey of social care directors has revealed that thousands of older and disabled people have been impacted by care home closures after a decade of cuts.
Over 14 million people live with more than one long-term condition, study shows 22/05/2019 Almost one in four people are living with long-term multiple health conditions, according to new research.
Peers call for a rebalancing of policies ‘in favour of the young’ 25/04/2019 House of Lords committee has recommended ending free TV licences for over-75s, lowering the age for free bus passes and scrapping the triple-lock on pensions.
Whitehall launches social care recruitment drive 12/02/2019 The Government has launched a new national recruitment campaign to help fill the 110,000 vacancies in the adult social care sector.
500 shared sites needed to end ‘age apartheid’, think tank says 05/01/2018 A think tank has called for the creation of hundreds of shared sites designed to bring young and old people together and end Britain’s ‘age apartheid’.

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