What’s in a label?
Ageing according to labels. Jabeer Butt from the Race Equality Foundation looks back at ageing through the eyes of others.
By Jabeer Butt
Find out what older people and other experts have to say about ageism and other forms of discrimination in our blog series.
Ageing according to labels. Jabeer Butt from the Race Equality Foundation looks back at ageing through the eyes of others.
By Jabeer Butt
“How am I going to grow old in the UK?” Jazz Browne wonders, when racism and discrimination is rife in the social care sector.
By Jazz Browne
He’s lived in the UK for years so why does Joe feel like an outsider?
By Joe
People from the Irish community are not usually seen as a distinct group from the majority British population. Dr Mary Tilki explains why this can cause problems for older Irish community members.
By Dr Mary Tilki
People from BAME groups have a higher risk of dementia and an added challenge of living with this condition in a place very far away from everything they knew as home.
By David Truswell, Dementia Alliance for Culture and Ethnicity
People aged 65 and over are the age group most likely to experience bereavement, and most at risk of severe mental health consequences that often accompany grief, but least likely to be offered support.
Catherine Seymour, Independent Age
The astonishing pervasiveness of the belief that ageing inevitably means being depressed or lonely.
By Dr Amanda Thompsell, Old Age Psychiatrist
Ageing doesn’t have to mean sadness, loneliness and decline and there is no upper age limit to benefiting from counselling.
By Jeremy Bacon from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Mental health services do not cater well for older people, but peer support can build resilience and improve health and happiness.
By Jolie Goodman from the Mental Health Foundation