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The World Health Organisation global campaign to combat ageism

Today, for the first time in history, most people can expect to live into their sixties

Discrimination in Belgian health care: People 65+ are excluded from refund for consulting a psychologist

Nils Vandenweghe Director of the Flemish Elderly Council shares a characteristic example of ageism in access
Age doesn't define you video

The UN global report on ageism kicks a worldwide campaign

“YES to ageing. NO to ageism!” by AGE Platform Europe The United Nations has published the first
A couple enjoying the sunshine during New York City's #Coronavirus Quarantine, found walking up Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, USA

Younger People and Ageism during Covid-19

By Lindsay Maughan, PhD candidate at the School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK. “If it
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Suicide ideation and behaviour of older people in care homes: Who is giving up?

Moving into a care home is a major life event in later life and most people
Bridget Penhale portrait

Elder Abuse, Ageism and Human Rights: an exploration

After qualifying as a social worker in 1981, Bridget Penhale specialised in clinical work with older
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Religion, an overlooked factor of older persons’ participation in society

Are older persons more religious than other age groups? To avoid generalisation about older persons’ relation
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News from the Sex and Intimacy in Later Life UK Campaign Forum: a big society-wide conversation on sex in later life

Much research has identified that older people are excluded from sexual/intimate citizenship. Older people become desexualized
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When your reproductive years are over, sexuality is not!

Anne-Sophie Parent, Secretary General of AGE Platform Europe, refers to a few telling examples that older
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Homelessness is not only about housing… and it is experienced by people of all ages!

Most often homelessness is associated with accelerated ageing due to the living conditions of sleeping rough