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:
- Fears of a cashless society: “I don’t think anyone is thinking how this might affect elderly people like me” (i)
- Digital-only agenda excludes many older people and violates their human rights (NPC)
- Retirement homes have an image problem – but that may be about to change (i)
- Pensioners overwhelmingly back vaccine passports for pubs and travel, poll shows (Mirror)
- State pension: Thousands of married women on state pension could be owed millions (i)
- Letting Go: my battle to help my parents die a good death (Guardian)
- Britons aged 75 and over using internet nearly double in seven years (Guardian)
- Poorest hit hardest by pandemic (Centre for Ageing Better)
- Growing older as a Trans and/or Non-Binary person (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
- Cadbury replaces Dairy Milk branding with stories of older people (Metro)
- Action needed to tackle post-Covid ‘loneliness emergency’, MPs say (Guardian)
- Only the lonely: how the pandemic has changed attitudes towards older people (nfpSynergy)
- Over 70s face driving curfews, trackers and distance limits (Auto Express)
- Does the meaning of life change with age? (Retire Easy)
- How to avoid stereotypical communication when talking about ageing and older people (Age Platform Europe)
- In pictures: hidden depths of a life lived (BBC News)
- Elderly vital to revival of towns (Insight)
- Older people more likely to catch Covid a second time (Guardian)
- Over a million people in UK postpone retirement as a result of pandemic (i)
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