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Joyce Williams: A Positive Perspective on Ageing

Joyce Williams: A Positive Perspective on Ageing What have we done to the word “OLD”? What is going on that we have let ourselves hear someone else’s view of our lives? Others say that getting...

Blogger: Grandma Williams

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Living life as an older LGBT+ person.

Getting older without getting old: Living life as an older LGBT+ person Estimates say there are over 1m LGBT+ people over 50 in the UK. Being an older LGBT+ person comes with a unique set of experiences,...

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A make-over for your next birthday (card).

How are you feeling about your next birthday? Once past the jelly and musical statues stage, it gets complicated, doesn’t it? Whilst being alive is (mostly) good, getting closer to death carries the...

Society

It’s time to create a Britain for all ages.

‘The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.’ So goes the famous quote from The Go-Between. Life before COVID-19 seems like a very different place to the world we now live in....

United for All Ages

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Creativity knows no age limit.

Creativity knows no age limit. It isn’t diminished by age but only by the barriers society puts on it. As we change and grow, our creativity adapts, imagining new possibilities when former interests...

Magic Me

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Stephen Burke: intergenerational activity is crucial.

Stephen Burke from United for All Ages shares his perspectives on ageism within our society and how promoting intergenerational activities can help in the fight against ageism: We live in historic times....

United for All Ages

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Why is the language of ageing so ageist?

We’re all getting older, so why is it that when you pass a certain age bracket it’s OK to be insulted? Why is the language of ageing so ageist? ‘Codger’, ‘old fogey’, ‘biddy’,...

Homeshare

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How can we counteract ageism with creativity?

Not to put too fine a point on it, from an entirely disinterested economic perspective, the COVID-19 might even prove mildly beneficial in the long term by disproportionately culling elderly dependents. Jeremy...

Magic Me

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Eugene Marchese: let’s bring generations together.

In this article Eugene Marchese, co-founder of Guild Living, discusses the ageing population, the issues surrounding the current retirement model and the unique Guild Living approach. Read the full column...

Guild Living

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How can we connect generations during a lockdown?

We talk about intergenerational environments as being one of the key ways that we can create socially-inclusive communities and combat loneliness. But how can we connect older to younger people in the...

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British Society of Gerontology urges Government to reject age-based COVID-19 policy.

We object to any policy which differentiates the population by application of an arbitrary chronological age in restricting people’s rights and freedoms. A statement has been released by the President...

Guild Living

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Sex: It’s Not Over Till It’s Over.

“My grandparents don’t have sex. They’re too old.” We’re calling BS on that one. We need to stop cringing at the thought of our older generations ‘doing it’ and come to the realisation that...

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