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  1. Articles and resources for professionals

    Read the latest blogs and insights from Age UK aimed at professional audiences.

  2. Changing how we age at Christmas

    anyone to wrap a gift for, enjoy a meal with, or chat to? A crisis hiding in plain sight Figures released as part of Age UK's Christmas campaign, A Crisis Hiding In Plain Sight , reveal the heartbreaking

  3. Love, loss and remembrance

    compliment someone could pay Weltschmerz? “Someone saying it makes them cry.” Weltschmerz is released on 25 September.

  4. Penelope Wilton on Downton Abbey: A New Era

    of Harold Fry alongside Jim Broadbent . And this week, she’s part of the ensemble in newly released sequel, Downton Abbey: A New Era, in which she returns as Isobel Crawley, Lady Merton. A changing

  5. Age UK: making care visible

    brought about a massive influx of new carers, too, making their plight impossible to ignore. Figures released to coincide with this year’s Carers Week suggest that in the UK an additional 4.5 million

  6. Older people's policy is now a mess

    ‘Official’ because in answer to a Freedom of Information request, the Department of Work and Pensions released an internal document on that day that says this. So, despite protests from Government spokespeople

  7. Top tips for grandparents

    Age UK have put together some information on six of the most common questions grandparents have, with advice from other grandparents on what works for them.

  8. The court decision on discharges into care homes

    system failed to do better in protecting older people After the High Court’s judgment was released on 27 April there was a flurry of media coverage and comment, with the focus on ‘who was to

  9. Edie teaches us it’s never too late

    Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall and Joanna Lumley. You can now add Edie to that number, which is released in cinemas today (25 May). It tells the story of Edith Moore, a woman in her eighties who’s

  10. Black History Month: 6 inspirational figures

    distribution was stopping people on the street and asking them to buy our books. Margaret has also released her own writing, including ‘Daughters of Africa’ and ‘New Daughters of Africa’

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