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 report by the Greater Manchester Older People’s Network finds that the current narratives on ageing are overwhelmingly negative.

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 research report from the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, funded by the Nationwide Foundation, reveals a range of benefits for older people choosing to live with others, as well as identifying barriers to be overcome if co-living is to grow at scale throughout the UK.

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 report by Community Led Homes, a partnership between Confederation of Co-operative Housing, Locality, the National CLT Network and UK Cohousing, explores the impact of a person’s living situation on their quality of life.

This report by Future Spaces Foundation (FSF) explores the impact of urban loneliness and ideas for reshaping our built environment to improve social cohesion.