Ipsos MORI Politics & Society Podcast: Centre for Ageing Better and the Good Home Inquiry

In this podcast, Lauren Porter (a Research Manager in Ipsos MORI’s Politics and Society team), is joined by Millie Brown (Evidence Manager at the Centre for Ageing Better) and David Orr (CBE, Chair of the Good Home Inquiry). In this episode, we discuss the research findings from a project commissioned by the Centre for Ageing Better in 2020, which aimed to explore the lived experiences of people approaching later life who live in homes which do not meet their needs. The discussion covers: The background to the Centre for Ageing Better commissioning this project, and the rationale behind their development of the research questions A summary of the key findings: the main issues that people experienced in their homes and the barriers they faced to making improvements to their living situations How the findings from the research have fed into the recently launched Good Home Inquiry, and have informed the development of recommendations The Inquiry’s stance on the role of the government in making improvements to homes Next steps for the Inquiry recommendations