NGRF - UK National Guidance Research Forum

I've just come across a summary document that considers the impact of ageism and discrimination against older people, and notes that this has devastating effects, not just on over-fifties but,  on over-forties too!  I've already added it as a new resource on the Website, but to alert users to this latest update, you can also access it from this comment, by clicking on the 'resources' button above.

The report is based on qualitative research carried out  by SMA Associates for the Third Age Foundation, its opening paragraph states:

Why do so many people who want to work find it difficult to so do? Why are employers reluctant to employ ‘older people’? Is it purely the effect of discrimination and ageist attitudes? Or are there some other reasons? Whatever the causes, what can and should be done to achieve change for the better in the future?

This piece of qualitative research begins to find some answers to these difficult questions. It is a
contribution to the increasingly urgent debate about how to ensure that as many people as possible,
from all age groups, can find suitable work, which benefits both employers and the wider economy.
With the current concerns about the effects of the ageing population on future pension provision
and, as this report shows, the striking lack of pension provision for many people now in their forties
and fifties, the policy implications are more significant than ever.

Food for thought perhaps!