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  1. RB_July11_Ageing_well_Improving_Later_Life_Book.pdf

    Birmingham Centre for Healthy Ageing Research. As you age you become more susceptible to infections than young people and do not respond as well to vaccinations. This all suggests that the immune system does ... are eating or pain in your shoulders and hips) • sudden onset double vision • persistent severe pain in your eye • flashes and floaters • sudden onset distortion of central vision. Where should you go for

  2. RB_June11_job_blocking_briefing.pdf

    unemployment rates; to the French shortened working week in the 1990s in order to free up jobs for young people; and the scares in the 1950s that automation in factories would lead to mass unemployment. ... for breadwinning males. Now lump-of-labourites say that keeping the old at work would deprive the young of employment. The idea that society can become more prosperous by paying more of its citizens to

  3. Policy Briefing - Living in a digital world after Covid-19 the experience of older people who don’t live their lives online.pdf

    Many people cannot imagine life without the internet and digital technology, especially since the onset of Covid-19 and the restrictions this placed on daily life. However, not everyone can or wants to ... Two fifths (39%) of people aged 52 plus in England said they were using the internet more since the onset of coronavirus. However, usage had increased most among groups already using the internet regularly

  4. ID204697 Age UK - Salvation Army Professional Report.pdf

    lives or begun drinking in later life. Early-onset drinkers who have been drinking throughout their lives present with a range of issues, including early onset cognitive impairment, liver damage, falls, ... and premature mortality. “Your early onset drinker will be someone who has maybe been drinking problematically for many years, and they’re taking that into their 50s and 60s. And unfortunately, many

  5. Technology_Together_Pilot_Evaluation-Lessons_Learnt.pdf

    a collaborative project between Age UK and YouthNet to develop an intergeneration model that uses young volunteers to help older people develop their knowledge and understanding of what is and how to use ... for young and older people but an agreed understanding of what types of designs to be used for what audiences Recruiting Young People  The roles of local Age UKs and YouthNet in recruiting young people

  6. RB_April15_Vulnerability_resilience_Improving_Later_Life.pdf

    incredibly diverse population. This kind of thinking is very well embedded in work with children and young people, where there has been a lot of policy and research work done around prevention and early intervention ... friends and others – which may change or diminish with transitions from work, loss of a spouse or the onset of limiting illness. Understanding the factors that affect levels of social engagement in later

  7. RB_April11_Evidence_Review_Healthy_Ageing.pdf

    communities, including older people. The strongest message was that, with the exception of children and young people, the role of government was to enable healthy lifestyles, rather than to intervene. In 2006 ... that increases frailty. If we can design and execute effective interventions to prevent or delay the onset of chronic disease and increase healthy life expectancy, there will be social, economic and health

  8. Ageing well - health and prevention Policy Position May 2019.pdf

    the publication of the 2014 Care Actxix, NHS England committed to better identifying and supporting young carers and carers over 85xx. We would like to see the healthcare system taking “Out of a score of ... public health messaging tailored to older people, for example around malnutrition, frailty and late-onset alcoholism, is unlikely to change. Local authorities are responsible for maintaining and improving

  9. Let's talk about death and dying (PDF)

    used in various ways – perhaps as a picture book to discuss with young children using your own words and explanations or as a tool for young people and whole families. This book is designed to start conversations ... is it we find it so difficult to talk to each other, our older relatives, our grown up children, young people, children and our grandchildren about what worries we all have about dying? Or about others

  10. RB_15_Age_Opportunity_Best_Practice_Guide_for_Recruiters.pdf

    there will be an extra 3.7 million workers aged between 50 and State Pension age, coupled with fewer young people entering the world of work. While many businesses understand the demographic changes, concerns

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