Resource Library

This report from the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) covers the role of healthcare staff in tackling loneliness and social isolation among older people.

This new report by United for All Ages highlights twenty radical ways to create ‘a country for all ages’ by 2030, countering ageism, loneliness and poor health, care, learning and housing in divided Britain.

This guide to housing is one of 11 joint guides from Mencap and PLMD Network, designed to help local areas implement the ‘Raising our Sights’ recommendations.

This joint publication by Choice Support, PMLD Link, Care Management Group and The Sensory Projects - outlines key objectives and principles that, it states, should be evident across all education, health, and social care services

According to new research by the Centre for Ageing Better and Care & Repair England an estimated 10 million people across England will spend this Christmas in a home classed as ‘non-decent’.

This article in the International Journal of Environmental Health and Public Health by Northumbria University in partnership with Newcastle University and the Newcastle older persons’ forum draws on a Centre for Ageing Better commission.

This NICE guideline covers organising and delivering end of life care services, which provide care and support in the final weeks and months of life (or for some conditions, years), and the planning and preparation for this.

This Quick Guide by NICE and SCIE provides quick and easy access to information on helping to prevent winter deaths and illnesses associated with cold homes.

This academic book published by Routledge includes a chapter feature the work of St Monica’s Trust and their involvement at their Cote Lane Retirement Village in Bristol on Channel Four’s series shown in 2017, ‘Old People’s Homes for 4 Year Olds’.

This factsheet from Age UK is a collection of statistics on ageing and later life