We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Materials from the Foresight 'Future of an ageing population' project, which analysed the challenges and opportunities of an ageing society.
An estimation of the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on physical activity and falls in older adults and recommendations to mitigate these effects.
Report looking at the social and cultural factors which affect our attitudes to ageing.
Report looking at how advances in technology will affect older people's ability to maintain social networks of support.
Report looking at the psychological factors which affect our attitudes to ageing.
Information for healthcare professionals to protect the public from pressure ulcers (bed sores).
This report sets out the results of a study investigating the extent to which age is a factor in oncology treatment decisions. Download The impact of patient age…
Summarises the findings of a project on the impact of an ageing population on the world of work, on private savings and public finance, and …
Interventions that can be made by pharmacy teams, to improve quality of life for older people.
Professor Chris Whitty's annual report says we can improve older citizens' quality of life, and this should be a major aim of policy and medical practice.
Evidence and guidance for health and care professionals to support the understanding of healthy ageing and how it can be promoted in practice.
Report exploring how new media and new technologies are changing our attitudes to the ageing process.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).