At Time to Shine we see and read a lot of interesting stories and resources about older people. We share a few of these with you each month.
Here’s the latest selection:
- Leeds Rhinos Squad become Dementia Friends (Leeds Rhinos)
- Blue Badge permits: people with ‘hidden disabilities’ to be eligible (BBC)
- How services can reach older men (Centre for Ageing Better)
- Living Memory – interview with UK’s oldest man, 111 (BBC Radio 4)
- Learning our ABCD in Leeds (Public Sector Executive)
- Let’s burst the age bubble and bring generations together (Guardian)
- Talkin Bout My Generation: the Show Created in Leeds by over 60s that‘s changing views on ageing (Yorkshire Post)
- Age-friendly and inclusive volunteering: review of community contributions in later life (Centre for Ageing Better)
- Social inequality – what does this mean for an ageing Britain? (Longevity UK)
- Life isn’t over: how best to communicate with people living with dementia (University of Bristol)
- Poverty and social exclusion of older people: where are we? (AGE Platform Europe)
- “I wake up angry and I go to bed angry”: meet the protesting pensioners (Guardian)
- Breaking down emotional barriers is key to making volunteering accessible to all (Centre for Ageing Better)
- Self-driving cars: closer than we realise? (Saga)
- Rvealed: the UK’s most active age group (The Carer)
- Older men at the margins: how men experience and combat loneliness and social isolation in later life (Age UK)
You can subscribe to Later Life AGEnda free email newsletter, produced by Tony Watts, for a huge range of stories about older people. There are many other sources.