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Our Community of Practice resource library brings together a catalogue of reports, studies and infographics on areas of interest to Community members and others interested in evidence around ageing better.

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From designing age-friendly homes to maintaining physical activity and supporting social connections, browse the library by theme below to access a wide range of relevant resources.

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Remote engagement: Removing barriers to inclusion in the context of COVID-19

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Centre for Ageing Better, Humanly and UKRI
Jan 2021

This paper was developed from work coming out of the Community of Practice in light of challenges that lockdown and COVID-19 created for engagement / co-production.

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The future of impact investment in healthy ageing

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UKRI and Collider Health
Nov 2020

Report of key findings and recommendations from a study commissioned by UKRI on reducing inequalities in healthy ageing.

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Health and Wellbeing Innovation Commission Inquiry: Social Connections and Loneliness

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International Longevity Centre UK
Oct 2020

This report from the ILC brings together the case for improving social connections in later life, the policy context around social connections and loneliness and the scope for innovation in this area. It concludes with a set of ongoing recommendations.

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Are older people with cancer treated differently?

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Public Health England
Aug 2020

Nearly two thirds of cancer diagnoses occur in the over 65s and one third in people aged 75, with over half of all cancer deaths occurring in people aged 75 and over.

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Healthy ageing: consensus statement

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Public Health England
Jul 2020

This statement by Public Health England and the Centre for Ageing Better sets out our shared vision for making England the best place in the world to grow old.

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Social connection in the COVID-19 crisis

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All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration
May 2020

This report from the APPG on Social Integration sheds light on the groups most at risk of isolation during the Covid crisis, the importance of maintaining strong community connections, the role of volunteering and mutual aid as a response.

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Home and dry: The need for decent homes in later life

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Centre for Ageing Better
Mar 2020

The Centre for Ageing Better and Care & Repair England's new report reveals that over two million over-55s are living in a home that endangers their health or wellbeing.

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Perspectives on “Novel” Techniques for Designing Age-Friendly Homes and Neighborhoods with Older Adults

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Brookfield et al, University of York
Mar 2020

This academic paper explores the methods of co-design for age-friendly housing - it analyses how to better involve older adults in the design process, looking at walking interviews, photo-elicitation, participatory mapping and 'Design Fairs' - highlighting each method's strengths and weaknesses.