English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Providing key insights into the #ageing population since 2002.
Also know as ELSA-Study in the other place

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

📈New ELSA research reveals that many older adults in England maintain stable mental health following major life events such as bereavement, retirement or hospitalisation:

https://t.co/UFxORthsqP

#LaterLife #MentalHealth #AgeingWell

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

Book your place at the ELSA latest data release and data user event:

📅Wednesday 3rd December, 11am-3pm
📝Hear all the latest developments in Wave 11
📊Submit your data queries
🌎Get a guided tour of the @g2aging

Register: https://t.co/8mKGerUrg6

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

New ELSA research shows women with early or surgical menopause face greater risk of leaving work.

Hormone therapy soon after menopause could help more women stay employed: https://t.co/Gp5TNW3UPX

#Menopause #WomensHealth #Workforce #MenopauseAtWork #ELSAstudy

📷@Ageing_Better

[Age UK Campaigns @ageukcampaigns]

We have launched the 10th anniversary of our 'State of Health & Care of Older People' report.

Did you know? Healthy life expectancy at 65 has fallen to just 11.2 years for women and 10.1 years for men.

Read more 👉https://t.co/2poQmf5ysw

[Heidi Karjalainen @Heidi_Karj]

We have a new @TheIFS report out today (with @JCribbEcon) on the effects of a higher state pension age on those already out of the labour market in their late 50s.

Very few of them return to work as SPA rises, meaning they face bigger hits to incomes.

[CPC (@cpc-cg.bsky.social 🦋) @CPCpopulation]

🗓️Date for your diaries #poptwitter

CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni is a speaker at 2025's final @NCRMUK Data Resources Training Network webinar on 19 Nov:

'Exploring #digital life, #technology change & attitudes to #AI through national #datasets'

Register: https://t.co/s6XOSgDCTX

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

Come and join the ELSA team! We are looking for a Research Fellow in Ageing and Epidemiology to work on a new NIHR-funded grant:

https://t.co/oUQuCGwaqM

📆Closing date: 8th October

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

New article in The Conversation by Giorgio Di Gessa on grandparenting: who provides grandparental childcare in England, how often, and how this varies by gender and socio-economic background

📊 https://t.co/UrXIpvn2YP

#ELSAStudy #GrandparentCare #Ageing #Childcare

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

Monday anxiety found to leave lasting stress signs across body https://t.co/SF4sYFe5SR

📚 Read the ELSA research: https://t.co/ogcCxts5D9

[Jonathan Cribb @JCribbEcon]

As part of the @TheIFS Pensions Review, we drew on a huge amount of data.

@ELSA_Study was a key source of data with 20+ years of information on older people's wealth, work and health in England.

@Heidi_Karj and I have written about it here:

https://t.co/ZM2Qok5PG3

[Dementias Platform UK @DementiasUK]

New study suggests dementia rates declining in younger generations, but data limited by:
• High-income country data only
• Prediction models vs clinical diagnosis
• No socioeconomic analysis

Global projections still show cases rising to 139M by 2050
https://t.co/JK31HJl3sS

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

📰 "Govt must act swiftly after IFS findings to support pensions system"

Read @DavidGauke and @JoanneSegars article about our final Pensions Review report in the @FTAdviser👇

https://t.co/unhVKan7DH

[Social Biobehavioural Research Group @UCL_SBB]

New paper from our Research Group 🔔

The world’s population is aging. Using data from @ELSA_Study we show the potential of #CulturalEngagement to enhance multiple #Wellbeing domains for older adults 🎶🖼️📽️

Read more 👇
https://t.co/WRvtgfH1Ha

[Gateway to Global Aging Data @g2aging]

This week, in collaboration with @KingsCollegeLon Institute of Gerontology, the Gateway hosted a workshop to discuss how social care data could be leveraged to inform long-term care policymaking, with presentations from @CPEC_LSE, @ELSA_study, @ludokarr, @PasiniCaFoscari, & more.

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

🗓️Note that this is the unweighted dataset, weighted data due to be archived later this month

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

🚨ICYMI: ELSA Wave 11 data now available on UKDS:

https://t.co/HDyiN9BGpB

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

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📱 Complete a daily questionnaire
🎁 Get your personalised report + £30 voucher

Sign up now:
👉 https://t.co/GL0hVHRqLZ

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

Positive mindset about ageing in over-60s linked to better recovery after a fall https://t.co/ptklDL2kDN

[Teta Kontari @PKontari]

📝New paper with Kim Smith and Chris Fife-Schaw is published, exploring the independent and combined effects of depressive symptoms and cardiometabolic conditions on #dementia incidence in England @ELSA_Study, the US @hrsisr, and China #CHARLS @g2aging
👉https://t.co/yjAmxC5CXa

[English Longitudinal Study of Ageing @ELSA_Study]

Using #ELSA data, @TheIFS finds that women who work into their early-60s improve their thinking skills and walking speed, especially in active (non-sedentary) jobs #CognitiveHealth #ActiveAgeing

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

NEW: On average, working helps women in their 60s maintain cognitive function and delay the onset of physical disability.

Not all types of work are beneficial, however.

James Banks, @JCribbEcon, Carl Emmerson and @David_Sturrock summarise their new research: