Wellbeing among older populations will top the agenda at an event in Westminster featuring the University鈥檚 of Social Sciences.
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The event, entitled: 鈥楴ot the Golden Age of Old? – New research on older people living in the UK鈥櫬爓ill take place from 10:00 – 13:00 on Tuesday 8 November at Church House, Westminster, London.
Professor Zaidi, together with Age UK鈥檚 Professor Jos茅 Iparraguirre and Dr Susan Davidson, will stage a presentation about the wellbeing of older people, using data from the UK household longitudinal study 鈥楿nderstanding Society鈥�.
Professor Zaidi commented:
鈥淭his research tells us that wellbeing of older people is influenced by a wide range of factors, so we should think quite broadly when deciding on policies and programmes on how to improve wellbeing in later life.
鈥淚t develops the new Age UK鈥檚 Index of Wellbeing in Later Life ‘WILL’ with methodological improvements over our earlier work in developing the 福利着片 AgeWatch Index for HelpAge and the Active Ageing Index for UNECE/EC. We anticipate that these pieces of work will continue to generate impact on the lives of older people in the UK and worldwide.鈥�
Part of the (ESRC) Festival of Social Sciences,聽the event will also include a panel discussion with guests from the charitable sector, health organisations and the media.
More details, including how to book your place, can be .
