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  1. Protection from abuse and neglect

      Adults with care and support needs – for example, a disability, health condition or mental illness – can be at an increased risk of abuse and neglect, and less able to protect themselves ... or you can ask for an advocate. If you have difficulties, or don't have the mental capacity to engage with the process, the local council may have a duty to appoint an advocate. If you're not the person

  2. The mental health of older people coming out of lockdown

    anxious about how to stay safe. How, then, has lockdown, and the prospect of it ending, affected the mental health of older people? Has it brought existing issues to the fore, or provoked entirely new ones ... professor of General Practice Research at Keele University, with a focus on research of primary care mental health, particularly in older adults. She is currently working on a study that will test an intervention

  3. Day centres for older people

    popular day centres aim to improve the quality of life for older people by helping them to be independent and be with other people.

  4. Campaigning for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing

    Government to establish a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing for England who would act as an independent champion to ensure that older people are considered in decisions made right across Government.

  5. Thinking about your health

    difficult to stay well and active. Find out how we help older people look after their health and stay independent.

  6. Every Story Matters – Covid-19 Inquiry

    The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is the independent public inquiry set up to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future.

  7. What is the value of an older person’s life?

    what this means for the people we care most about, above all ourselves. As someone whose job is to advocate with and on behalf of older people, I am often struck by the abject failures of curiosity and imagination ... fall at home which robbed her of almost all her mental capacity in an instant. My mother lost much that she valued before her accident, including her capacity to work (she was still active as a piano teacher

  8. Your mind matters

    not just about being physically healthy, it's equally important that you feel good mentally. Find out more about mental wellbeing from Age UK.

  9. Is a lengthy lockdown for older people on the way?

    definition, ageist and deeply objectionable. A big question that arises though is whether it’s those advocating an elongated lock down for older people who are being ageist – or the virus itself. What I mean ... to have other health problems (‘comorbidities’) and lower resilience (‘frailty’) that reduce our capacity to fight off the disease. If it’s the second then age is being used merely as a convenient, rather

  10. Our response to Black Lives Matter

    movement. We applaud the courage and determination of Black people and others worldwide who are advocating peacefully for an end to racism and injustice in all its forms.

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