shown to be good for brain health. The GCBH provides recommendations based on its own experts’ research as well as the wider body of evidence across various fields of expertise in the areas of cognitive ... current evidence base underpinning the GCBH consensus in this area. Acknowledgments: AARP Policy, Research, and International Affairs; AARP Integrated Communications and Marketing; and Age UK. Suggested
strategy for older people 5 Further research 5 Conclusion 5 1 Understanding the experience of older renters 6 Older people renting privately 6 Research aims 7 Research methods 7 Conclusion 10 2 Private ... highlighted by government in Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods. However, strategic thinking and research interest has tended to focus on owner occupation and social renting. Very little is known about
........................................................................... 34 Scope for future research ............................................................................................... ... use, and the term “digital exclusion” refers throughout only to those not using the internet. The research quoted has been selected from a wide-ranging review of the evidence sources, but only those results
activities usually contributes to people’s feelings of well-being. From a brain health perspective, research suggests that older people who are more socially engaged and have larger social networks tend to ... a higher level of cognitive function. The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of this research. We know that loneliness and social isolation increase health risks in older people. Various factors
Martin Knapp. We also thank Anji Mehta from the NIHR School for Social Care Research, and Libby Archer from Age UK’s Research Department, for assistance with editing. And not least we thank all of the authors ... this fourth book in our ‘Improving Later Life’ series. These publications aim to present the latest research findings written by the experts themselves, in an accessible style, to help inform those of us who
2014 Matthew Norton and Sally West Background This paper provides research evidence on poverty: its prevalence and impact. The research in this report has been selected from a wide-ranging review of the ... or that there were spending economies from life being less ‘full’.’ Material Deprivation In a research paper for the Department for Work and Pensioners, McKay argues that HBAI income figures are good
gathering information about the impact of public services going online. We have also commissioned research and invited views about later life in a digital world, drawing on the experiences of internet users ... and service providers. We are would like to thank the people who contributed to the qualitative research and those who took the time to complete our questionnaire or provide information in other ways.
reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy ... options – to outline the individual’s desired working patterns in the future. • Career aspirations – research by the Equalities and Human Right Commission shows that nearly three times as many 50-75 year olds
atypical working relationship but “are not a single category of work arrangements”.2 According to researchers from Oxford University: “Zero-Hours arrangements thus represent various degrees of fragmentation ... counts the numbers of contracts (people may work under a number of ZHCs at one time). Further CIPD research on zero hours and short hour contracts finds that 25 per cent of employers use them in some fashion
over. This is based on questions asking if people have access to 15 basic items or services that research has shown to be a good indication of quality of life among older people: for example, having a damp ... the next poorest fifth) than among the richest fifth of those aged 65+ (10 per cent). Qualitative research conducted by Kotecha et al for DWPviii explored the reason for the small overlap between income