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:

• Brits say age is the biggest barrier to opportunity… (onrec)
• Book shop – the 10 steps of positive ageing (Positive Ageing)
• Together in the 2020s: 20 ideas for creating a Britain for all ages by 2030 (United for all ages, January 2020)
• How to combat loneliness in older age (Gransnet)
• Report suggests old age could start at 70 instead of 65 (itv)
• Not slow, frail or dim-witted: railing against ageist stereotypes (Big Issue)
• Researchers asked older adults about the strategies they use for combatting loneliness. Here’s what they said (British Psychological Society)
• Yale researchers find ageism is literally hurting people all over the world (Ladders)
• Different places, common challenges: Age-friendly Sefton visit Leeds (Centre for Ageing Better)
• Older people on Love Island…seriously, why not? (Guardian)
• Minority ethnic pensioners ‘24% worse off’ than white pensioners (Guardian)
• Older people are fitter than ever – but I wish everyone would shut up about it (Guardian)
• Does the ‘old age’ threshold need to be reconsidered? (Home Care Insight)
• Odes by Sharon Olds review – in praise of tampons and other reviews (Observer)

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