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Use this page for Seniors appeals and events, support and advocacy contacts, information and research links,
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"I want to make an appeal to the older generation who built modern Britiain.  It was you who rebuilt our country after the war, kick started our economy, built our NHS and created our social security system, it was your generation that built the council housing, won our rights at work and made our country a better place for all.  It was your work and taxes that paid for a better retirement for those that went before you, so we owe it to you, the older generation, to rebuild Britain so you have peace of mind and dignity.  We will fulfil that obligation with a triple lock on pensions protected along with the winter fuel allowance, a bus pass and a national health and care service that can look after you and your families with a respect you deserve.  This is solidarity between all generations" (Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party Conference 2018)

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INEQUALITIES IN LATER LIFE:
Collaborative research with Newcastle University Institute for Ageing.
The review highlights that severe inequalities for older people are largely a product of poverty and disadvantage throughout life
Whilst women suffer these inequalities more than men, people from BAME backgrounds and some from LGBT are also disproportionately disadvantaged.
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​The Guardian - Older People - archive of interesting articles


Corbyn urged to win votes by pledging £10bn more on care for disabled elderly
Fabian Society research identifies shortfall in funding for 1.2 million older people
www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/18/labour-corbyn-older-voters-social-care-fabians


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Dementia and us: portraits of heartbreak and hope: Parents, children, patients, doctors, campaigners: the stories of those facing down Alzheimer’s
​Excellent insight into living with dementia 
https://www.ft.com/content/0553345c-e511-11e7-8b99-0191e45377ec


Study predicts 'We'll live longer but suffer more ill-health by 2035'
Time to stop talking about integrated health and support services - it should have become best practice decades ago...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/23/well-live-longer-but-suffer-more-ill-health-by-2035-says-study

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HOW DO WE EVOLVE TO LIVE LONGER?  INSTITUTE FOR AGEING AT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY:
http://ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2018/01/howdidweevolvetolivelonger/


UK POVERTY 2017 - a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
poverty rates increased to 16% for pensioners and 30% for children last year
POVERTY IN THE UK DEFINED BY THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE TRUST
Poverty = earning less than 60% of MIS adjusted for size and type of household 
Minimum Income Standard (MIS) – the benchmark of minimum needs based on what members of the public think people need for a minimum socially acceptable standard of living and includes the cost of meeting needs - food, clothing, household bills, transport, and social and cultural participation. 
​Deprivation: a household with an income below 60% of MIS is typically more than four times as likely to be deprived as someone at 100% of MIS or above. 
2017 MIS figures:
a single person now needs to earn £17,900 a year to reach MIS;
a dual-earner couple with two children requiring childcare need to earn £20,400 each;
lone parent with a preschool child must earn £25,900


Forgetting but not forgotten
the use of comedy for residents with dementia in care homes
www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/nov/21/comedy-care-home-dementia


​Use it or lose it
the potential of cognitive reserve for optimising the brain’s resilience
​https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/03/age-old-problem-how-to-stay-clever-for-longer


​"Julie Walters - who cares about getting old?"
www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/12/julie-walters-who-cares-about-getting-old-film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool


​'The Coming Back Out Ball' 
Melbourne elders celebrated for all they have done in the fight for LGBTI rights - stunning photos...
www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/10/ive-seen-it-all-lgbti-elders-come-back-out-at-the-ball


Caring and being Cared for
Writer Judith Cameron on caring for her father Charles; Charles on life at 91 and being cared for:
www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/16/caring-elderly-parent


​'Silver Splitters' 
Retired divorcees, unable to buy, become a new demographic trend as they rent in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/jun/12/rise-silver-splitters-elderly-renters-retired-divorcees-trend
CULTURE:


Allelujah!
a new play by Alan Bennett
interview with Andrew Marr


UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE - U3A
NEWSLETTERS

FILM:

"An actor having to stay tough while life and showbusiness give her the fuzzy end of the lollipop"
www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/02/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool-review-jamie-bell-annette-bening-gloria-grahame


TECHNOLOGY: 

VIRTUAL REALITY
Pioneering the use of virtual reality in dementia care
"...offers the opportunity to live in the moment, to go back in time and to just ‘be’ again and to feel valid"
​“It was the idea you could move forward by going back, maybe use those memories as a starting point for a shared experience"
"...she was immersed in this and it took her back to a time of happy memories, when she was productive and emotionally fulfilled"
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/nov/20/virtual-reality-taking-dementia-patients-back-to-future-wayback-vr-film


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