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Our State of Ageing 2025 report is here

This year’s report paints a national picture of the older population and shows that, quite simply, where you are born in England determines how long you live and how well you age.

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Summary | The State of Ageing 2025

Our summary presents key data on our older population and shows that, quite simply, where you are born in England determines how long you live and how well you age.
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Covid’s seismic shock on older people’s involvement in society still felt five years on

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Centre for Ageing Better
24 Mar 2025
Older people’s health, employment and community connection have failed to recover since the pandemic, our new analysis reveals.
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Tackling poor-quality housing faced by England’s older minority ethnic communities

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Nazia Azad
4 Mar 2025
People from minority ethnic communities are more likely to be living in poor-quality homes. We need to improve their access to support, writes Nazia Azad from the Centre for Ageing Better.
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The UK is “headed in the wrong direction” for older workers with ill-health

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Elena Boninsegni
6 Mar 2025
The likelihood of being out of work due to ill-health is on the rise in the UK while falling elsewhere in Europe.
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Tackling poor-quality housing faced by England’s older minority ethnic communities

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Nazia Azad
4 Mar 2025
People from minority ethnic communities are more likely to be living in poor-quality homes. We need to improve their access to support, writes Nazia Azad from the Centre for Ageing Better.
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Age-positive image library

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7 Jan 2023

Photos in the image library, which depict older people in non-stereotypical ways, are available to download for free.

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Did the Spring Budget deliver for older workers?

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We discussed whether the Budget really will deliver more employment for people in their 50s and 60s.
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An introduction to Age-friendly Communities

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What is an Age-friendly Community? Learn about the WHO Age-friendly Communities framework and what can be achieved through becoming one.
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How to show ageing from a new perspective

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This webinar explained how you can capture photos that show the diversity of older people in realistic and authentic ways.

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Latest research from others

Age-friendly communities: A handbook of principles to guide local policy and action
Centre for Ageing Better
This handbook outlines the key features of age-friendly communities in the UK.
Safe Homes Now Spotlight: Black and Minority Ethnic Communities
Centre for Ageing Better, Runnymede, Race Equality Foundation
This briefing examines the disproportionate impact of poor-quality homes on Black and minority ethnic communities in the UK.
Hair related personal and social identity and subjective wellbeing of older Black women in the UK
Daniels, G., et al., Journal of Women and Aging
This study explores how aging hair impacts the subjective wellbeing of older Black women living in the UK.

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