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:

• Care home residents ‘losing will to live’ amid Covid restrictions in England (Guardian)
• Thousands of older staff dropped out of the workforce during lockdown (People Management)
• Older people ignored in proposed planning revolution, says ARCO (Laing Buisson)
• Ravers and boomers: is intergenerational Covid tension real? (Guardian)
• Are young people replacing older people as the key volunteering group? (nfp Synergy)
• “I’ve realised my dream”. Italy’s oldest graduate top of the class at 96. (Guardian)
• Retired women owed millions in underpaid state pension (Independent)
• The new long life (International Longevity Centre UK)
• Why socially distanced streets could damage older people’s mental health (Guardian)
• Isolating the over 50s? It’s an idea whose purpose is to sow discord (Guardian)
• We need an intergenerational response to the pandemic (Thrive Global)
• Dance on – Keeping older people in Leeds moving and grooving through lockdown (Better Lives Leeds)
• Did we abandon our most vulnerable old people to Covid-19? (Open Democracy)
• Why Britain can learn about Japan and Germany’s social care fix (The Week)
• Four thought – ending ageism Audio, 26 minutes (BBC Radio 4)
• The importance of self-identification for trans older adults in the UK (Innovative Ageing, Swansea University)

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