Quantitative analysis: understanding the experiences of those approaching later life
Report - November 15, 2021
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Ethnic inequalities in health in later life, 1993-2017: the persistence of health disadvantage over more than two decades
Journal Article - November 10, 2021
Caregiving and allostatic load predict future illness and disability: a population-based study
Journal Article - October 15, 2021
Living longer: impact of working from home on older workers
Report - August 25, 2021
Older women living alone in the UK: does their health and wellbeing differ from those who cohabit?
Journal Article - August 8, 2021
Social needs of older adults can’t be met by technology alone, says new COVID-19 research
COVID-19, inter-household contact and mental well-being among older adults in the US and the UK
Virtual contact was worse for older people during the pandemic than no contact, study finds
Virtual contact in pandemic prompts misery in people over 60
Virtual contact worse than no contact for over-60s in lockdown, says study
Over-60s with only virtual contact ‘more lonely’
Understanding the friendship networks of older Black and Minority Ethnic people living in the United Kingdom
Journal Article - July 15, 2021
The ageing of parent carers: classed and gendered care-giving patterns at higher ages
Journal Article - July 12, 2021
Work-family lifecourses and later-life health in the United Kingdom
Journal Article - June 15, 2021
Home carers’ mental health worsened during lockdown
Media - June 14, 2021
The effectiveness and suitability of interventions for social isolation and loneliness for older people from minoritised ethnic groups living in the UK -PhD thesis-
Thesis/Degree/Other Honours - June 1, 2021
Living longer: older workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Journal Article - June 1, 2021
The extent and predictors of discrepancy between provider and recipient reports of informal caregiving
Journal Article - May 15, 2021
People over 60 ‘eating less during pandemic’
Media - May 5, 2021
Living longer: older workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Report - May 4, 2021
Finances and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
Report - April 15, 2021
Why making women retire later comes with hidden cost: state picks up £5,600 bill for the caring of elderly relatives that could have been covered by women if they were not still working
Media - April 13, 2021
Extending retirement age risks piling pressure on NHS
Media - April 12, 2021
Downsides of postponed retirement: UK evidence of reduced informal care support for parents and greater pressures on the NHS
Media - April 12, 2021
Should I care or should I work? The impact of working in older age on intergenerational support
Conference Paper, Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2021 - April 12, 2021
1 in 10 (1.4 M) aged 60+ have been eating less since the start of the pandemic
Media - March 12, 2021
1 in 10 (1.4 M) aged 60+ have been eating less since the start of the pandemic
Media - March 12, 2021
Written evidence submitted by Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study, University of Essex (SVL0005) [House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts. Covid 19: supporting the vulnerable during lockdown inquiry]
Parliamentary Paper - February 23, 2021
Tracking the mental health of home-carers during the first COVID-19 national lockdown: evidence from a nationally representative UK survey
Journal Article - January 25, 2021
The effects of health on the extensive and intensive margins of labour supply
Journal Article - January 15, 2021
Area deprivation, perceived neighbourhood cohesion and mental health at older ages: a cross lagged analysis of UK longitudinal data
Journal Article - January 15, 2021
Is the grass greener on the other side? The health impact of providing informal care in the UK and the Netherlands
Journal Article - January 15, 2021