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:

• The 10 words you should never use to describe older people (Wales Online)
• Older people in ‘urgent’ need of mental health support amid pandemic (Home Care Insight)
• There’s a second wave of Covid – how do I get my dad to rein in his social life? (Guardian)
• UK government’s ‘disastrous’ care homes policy violated human rights of the elderly, Amnesty International says (i)
• Depression and anxiety twice as common among older people who were shielding (UCL)
• Age UK calls on government to fix Domestic Abuse Bill blind spot (Age UK)
• 50 regrets everyone has over 50 (BestLife)
• Report calls for universal care service to transform UK economy (Guardian)
• How can taking an age-friendly approach to volunteering help charities in the context of coronavirus? (Civil Society)
• Asking older people to shield is ‘age-based apartheid’, boss of NHS England says. (Guardian)
• Older people in fiction (Fiction can be fun)
• Ageism starts at 57 (Actuarial Post)
• Disabled and older people deserve better than ‘making do’ (The London Economic)
• Alcohol and ageing: the hidden harms (Centre for Ageing Better)
• BBC subjects older female radio presenters to ageism and sexism… (Independent)
• Persistent chronic pain undetected in half of people living with dementia (mobihealthnews)
• The retirement injustices we can still fix: women are STILL second class citizens for pensions (This is money)

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