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• ‘I don’t fall, I slide’: older people rebel to keep sense of control, study finds

  21-12-2022 13:55
  Study of people born in 1921 shows happiness is linked to independence, with many using ‘subversive tactics’ to maintain thisIt is the age of rebellion. They may be frail, but 95-year-olds engage in miniature campaigns of “resistance and subversion” to foster a sense of control over their lives, a study has confirmed.From refusing to wear emergency call buttons to casting aside walking sticks, many members of a cohort born in 1921 studied by health scientists at the Unive
  
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• ‘I don’t fall, I slide’: older people rebel to keep sense of control, research finds

  21-12-2022 13:55
  Study of people born in 1921 shows happiness linked to independence, with many using ‘subversive tactics’ to maintain itIt is the age of rebellion. They may be frail, but 95-year-olds engage in miniature campaigns of “resistance and subversion” to foster a sense of control over their lives, a study has confirmed.From refusing to wear emergency call buttons to casting aside walking sticks, many members of a cohort born in 1921 studied by health scientists at the Universiti
  
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• Teachers and social workers suffer most from ‘lost decade’ for pay growth in UK

  21-12-2022 07:00
  Research shows public sector salaries have fallen significantly behind those in the private sectorTeachers and social workers have experienced the worst pay growth in the UK in the past decade, while public sector salaries have fallen significantly behind those in the private sector, according to research.The years between 2010-11 and 2020-21 have been a “lost decade” for pay growth in the UK labour market, but new analysis tracking workers in different sectors over the period reveal
  
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