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Int Longevity Centre

@ilcuk

Look at impact of ageing populations on society. Interested in health, finance, communities. Small team, huge agenda.

Posts by team ILC. Also @ilcuk on bsky

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Great to interview Martin Jones MBE on the future of care at home - ultimately we need a big and honest conversation about what ageing and care needs to look like!

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Breakout sessions giving us an experiential understanding of ageing: - Touring Home Instead UK's Dementia Bus - Birth cohorts & inclusive ageing by UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies - Value of play across long lives by Climate Play - Could commonhold help with later living Travers Smith #FutureofAgeing

Breakout sessions giving us an experiential understanding of ageing:
- Touring <a href="/Homeinsteaduk/">Home Instead UK</a>'s Dementia Bus
- Birth cohorts &amp; inclusive ageing by <a href="/CLScohorts/">UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies</a>
- Value of play across long lives by Climate Play
- Could commonhold help with later living <a href="/traverssmith/">Travers Smith</a>
#FutureofAgeing
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We’re delighted to have Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester as our keynote speaker today. As a leading voice on ageing, Andy shares his pioneering ideas on how we can and should use public money to support living well, particularly across our long lives. #FutureofAgeing

We’re delighted to have <a href="/AndyBurnhamGM/">Andy Burnham</a>, <a href="/MayorofGM/">Mayor of Greater Manchester</a> as our keynote speaker today.

As a leading voice on ageing, Andy shares his pioneering ideas on how we can and should use public money to support living well, particularly across our long lives.

#FutureofAgeing
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Our new #MindTheAgeGap report finds that: 🟢 Ageism reduces older people's access to #MentalHealth services 🟢 A person loses 7.2 days a year to poor #MentalHealth 🟢 4.2% of GDP is lost to #MentalHealth conditions across the OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Read the report 👇 ilcuk.org.uk/mind-the-age-g…

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Ageism: older people are much less likely to seek help for depression, in part due to clinicians' preconceptions. Older people's mental health far too often seen as an afterthought in public policy and research (International Longevity Centre UK Report) CPlummer

Ageism: older people are much less likely to seek help for depression, in part due to clinicians' preconceptions. Older people's mental health far too often seen as an afterthought in public policy and research 
(International Longevity Centre UK Report)
<a href="/olderp/">CPlummer</a>
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Last week, the Isle of Man came close to defusing a pensions timebomb. Like the UK, the island has a pensions triple lock. Plans to drop it for some pensioners were dropped for now, following a backlash. Here’s why it’s relevant to the UK. A🧵 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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It's #ShinglesAwarenessWeek. Ageing populations are at greater risk for the disease and governments must do more to protect people. Read our work on shingles here: ilcuk.org.uk/painfully-unaw… Relaying in World Heart Federation and Alliance for Renal Patients (ARPMHA)

It's #ShinglesAwarenessWeek. Ageing populations are at greater risk for the disease and governments must do more to protect people. Read our work on shingles here: ilcuk.org.uk/painfully-unaw…
Relaying in <a href="/worldheartfed/">World Heart Federation</a> and Alliance for Renal Patients (ARPMHA)
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🧬 As longevity increases, are societies ready? Join UK Research and Innovation & @InnovateUK's Human Futures: Human Longevity, exploring how longer lives will reshape work, pensions & society. 📅 27 March 2025, 12pm–4pm 📍 Prince Philip House, London 🔗 Register: ow.ly/cUWU50VaQf9

🧬 As longevity increases, are societies ready?

Join <a href="/UKRI_News/">UK Research and Innovation</a> &amp; @InnovateUK's Human Futures: Human Longevity, exploring how longer lives will reshape work, pensions &amp; society.

📅 27 March 2025, 12pm–4pm  
📍 Prince Philip House, London
đź”— Register: ow.ly/cUWU50VaQf9
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Mid-retirees do not have the skills to navigate the decisions around how they access, allocate and spend their pensions - top line findings from new research from Aviva plc and Age UK