Reports and briefings

Active communities

We believe that everybody should be able to play a full role in our communities, whether this is through work, volunteering or civil action, helped by age-friendly neighbourhoods, good transport links and digital technology that meets our needs.

Care and support

We're looking at how wider public services and society at large ensure that everyone is able to stay as independent as possible within their community.

2018

Why call it care when nobody cares? September

Behind the Headlines: the battle to get care at home, June (300 KB)

2017

The health and care of older people in England report, February (2,148 KB)

Social care and what MPs can do briefing, July (253 KB)

2016

Behind the Headlines: Are older people to blame for delayed hospital discharge? March (232 KB)

Discharging older people from hospital briefing, June (275 KB)

2015

The cost to meet unmet social care needs of older people in England, September (386 KB)

The end of formal adult social care report, December (1,241 KB)

2014

Services for older people - what works, March (1.6 MB)

Earlier reports

Care in Crisis report, 2014 (751 KB)

Supporting older carers, September 2013 (489 KB)

Diversity in older people and access to services evidence review, 2012 (1,244 KB)

Health care quality for an active later life report, May 2012 (3,937 KB)

Invisible but Invaluable: Campaigning for greater support for older carers, October 2010 (1658 KB)

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Equality and human rights

We seek to raise awareness of diversity among the older population, promote equality and ensure everyone’s human rights are respected.

2017

Human rights of older persons and their comprehensive care briefing, July (215 KB)

2016

Diversity in older age, Centre for Policy on Ageing rapid review: Disability, May (1173 KB)

Diversity in older age, Centre for Policy on Ageing rapid review: Gypsies and Travellers, May (487 KB)

Diversity in older age, Centre for Policy on Ageing rapid review: LGBT, May (787 KB)

Diversity in older age, Centre for Policy on Ageing rapid review: Older homeless people, May (734 KB)

Diversity in older age, Centre for Policy on Ageing rapid review: Older Offenders, May (615 KB)

Diversity in older age, Centre for Policy on Ageing rapid review: Refugees and asylum seekers, May (423 KB)

Diversity in older age, Centre for Policy on Ageing rapid review: Minority religions, May (1,303 KB)

Earlier reports

Digital inclusion evidence review, 2013 (1 MB)

Diversity in older people and access to services, 2012 (1.2 KB)

Ban on Age Discrimination in Services briefing, October 2012 (47 KB)

Delivering the Equality Duty report, October 2011 (669 KB)

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Health and wellbeing

We’re working to see more and more of us living well in later life, with access to high quality health and care services when we need them.

2018

Promising Approaches to Living Well with Dementia (February 2018)

2017

Painful Journeys in-depth policy report, December (2 MB)

The health and care of older people in England report, February (2 MB)

2016

Predicting the prevalence of loneliness at older ages report, January (1,171 KB)

Excess winter deaths briefing for MPs, June (398 KB)

Hidden in plain sight: The unmet mental health needs of older people report, October (1,089 KB)

No one should have no one report, October (636 KB)

2015

Improving later life for people with sight loss, RNIB summary (708 KB)

Improving later life for people with sight loss, RNIB full report (1,229 KB)

Promising approaches to reducing loneliness and isolation in later life report, January (1,546 KB)

Improving later life: Vulnerability and resilience in older people report, April (629 KB)

Lonelines in later life evidence review, June (881 KB)

Loneliness at local and neighbourhood level report, July (279 KB)

The Age UK almanac of disease profiles in later life, October (2,146 KB)

2014

Understanding the lives of older people living with frailty report, March (1,626 KB)

Cognitive decline and dementia evidence review, October (767 KB)

NHS Five Year Forward View report, October (912 KB)

What is preventing progress? Time to move from talk to action on reducing preventable illness, November (709 KB)

I'm Still Me: A narrative for coordinated support for older people, December (1,405 KB)

Services for older people - what works, March (1.6 MB)

Earlier reports

Improving Later Life: Understanding the oldest old, February 2013 (1,225 KB)

End of Life Evidence Review, October 2013 (646 KB)

Health care quality for an active later life, May 2013 (3,937 KB)

Securing dignity in care for older people in hospitals and care homes, June 2012 (974 KB)

Healthy ageing evidence review, April 2011 (2, 474 KB)

Improving later life: Ageing well, July 2011 (2,182 KB)

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Money matters

We cover state and private pensions, welfare benefits, poverty and financial disadvantage, banking and financial services.

2018

Women's pensions, expenditure and decision-making in retirement

The Age UK 'Your Money MOT' impact evaluation

Poverty in later life, April 2018 (502 KB)

Financial resillience during retirement - Summary (600 KB)

Financial resillience during retirement - Stage two: Qualitative research with retired people, January (1 MB)

2017

Financial resillience during retirement - Stage one: Literature review, November (854 KB)

Spring Budget briefing, March (176 KB)

Financial Guidance and Claims Bill briefing, July (173 KB)

Triple lock briefing, July (383 KB)

Autumn Budget briefing, September (425 KB)

2016

Age-friendly banking report, April (2,070 KB)

Age-friendly banking infographic (46 KB)

Bank branch closure briefing, August (170 KB)

Attendance Allowance survey report, September (710 KB)

Autumn Statement briefing, October (507 KB)

Working later, waiting longer: The impact of rising State Pension age report, November (2,874 KB)

2015

The Winter fuel payment briefing, April (358 KB)

Age UK's Chief Economist's report, Summer (902 KB)

Attitudes to a secondary annuity market survey report, July (387 KB)

Financial abuse evidence review, November (748 KB)

Earlier reports

Dashboards and jam-jars: Defined Contribution pension pots and retirement income report, December 2014 (2,443 KB)

Poverty in later life evidence review, 2014 (763 KB)

Neighbourhood effects and pension protection amongst ethnic minorities, September 2014 (351 KB)

Building an income for retirement report, September 2014 (5,733 KB)

Ethnicity and occupational pension membership in the UK report, September 2014 (527 KB)

Pension receipt in the UK, September 2014 (319 KB)

Transitions in older age, December 2013 (316 KB)

Problem Debt Among Older People, June 2013 (456 KB)

Financial Services Commission

Age UK held a commission on financial services. The commission looked at how to improve financial resilience in later life with the aim of setting out a roadmap of actions to be taken by the industry, regulators and Government.

The Financial Services Commission report sets out our roadmap for industry, Government and regulators to take to improve the financial resilience of our ageing society.

Financial resilience in later life report, June (981 KB)

Accompanying the report are supporting pieces of research and provocations:

Generation R report: risk, resilience, ready for ageing? June (674 KB)

The financial resilience of the recently retired, Pensions Policy Institue report, June (399 KB)

Roundtable discussion: is it too late to save? Financial Services Commission presentation, December (364 KB)

What next for generation R? Resolution Foundation briefing, December (328 KB)

Resilience of recent retirees, Just Retirement briefing, January (256 KB)

RImproving income for recently retired, Mercer briefing, June (PDF 33 KB)

Later older age: how do you maintain control and stay financially included? Toynbee Hall briefing, March (PDF 316 KB)

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Safe at home

We’re working to ensure that everyone can live in accessible, warm and energy efficient housing, free from scams and crime.