elsa podcast Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/elsa-podcast A podcast exploring how the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing is used in research, practice and policy to help us to better understand what happens to us as we age and how we can live longer, happier, healthier lives. This website and its content is copyright of The ELSA Podcast – © [The ELSA Podcast] [2019]. All rights reserved. b9cd5b1c-7c09-5eda-9f91-eb15ed504fce no en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:35:27 +0000 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 03:29:27 -0100 http://elsa-podcast.libsyn.com/website https://img.transistor.fm/HOm7IcOdrTMUllwVX7HmLMaP6yU4FTvqBI0SUV1YenM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NWU4/NjVmYTI5YTNmZDNh/MThlZWUxZmExYzc3/YjBlYi5wbmc.jpg elsa podcast http://elsa-podcast.libsyn.com/website episodic English Longitudinal Study of Ageing A podcast exploring how the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing is used in research, practice and policy to help us to better understand what happens to us as we age and how we can live longer, happier, healthier lives. A podcast exploring how the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing is used in research, practice and policy to help us to better understand what happens to us as we age and how we can live longer, happier, healthier lives.. Fitness,age,culture,dementias,economic,fifty,health,loneliness,longitudinal,middleage,pension,retirement,social,wellbeing Chris Garrington No No Volunteering: good for others and good for you 8 8 Volunteering: good for others and good for you full f25827ca-4c41-4e3e-9dda-f281e761c71e https://share.transistor.fm/s/6f845f02 In Episode 8 of the ELSA Podcast we discuss what the study tells us about the benefits of volunteering with James Nazroo from the University of Manchester, John Hannen from Ambition for Ageing and Oldham-based volunteer Pauline Coltman. 

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]]> In Episode 8 of the ELSA Podcast we discuss what the study tells us about the benefits of volunteering with James Nazroo from the University of Manchester, John Hannen from Ambition for Ageing and Oldham-based volunteer Pauline Coltman. 

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]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:47:51 -0100 The ELSA Podcast The ELSA Podcast 1524 In Episode 8 of the ELSA Podcast we discuss what the study tells us about the benefits of volunteering with James Nazroo from the University of Manchester, John Hannen from Ambition for Ageing and Oldham-based volunteer Pauline Coltman.  Read/Download a full transcript  In Episode 8 of the ELSA Podcast we discuss what the study tells us about the benefits of volunteering with James Nazroo from the University of Manchester, John Hannen from Ambition for Ageing and Oldham-based volunteer Pauline Coltman.  Read/Download a health,volunteer,mentalhealth No Dementia - who's at risk and why? 7 7 Dementia - who's at risk and why? full 3acf7ed0-2e9c-484c-bb09-0553a23bfe47 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a830f58b In Episode 7 of the ELSA Podcast, UCL researcher Dorina Cadar and Hannah Churchill from the Alzheimers Society talk about how a specially-designed sub-study of ELSA is helping us better understand dementia.  

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]]> In Episode 7 of the ELSA Podcast, UCL researcher Dorina Cadar and Hannah Churchill from the Alzheimers Society talk about how a specially-designed sub-study of ELSA is helping us better understand dementia.  

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]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2020 13:26:45 +0000 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 1134 In Episode 7 of the ELSA Podcast, UCL researcher Dorina Cadar and Hannah Churchill from the Alzheimers Society talk about how a specially-designed sub-study of ELSA is helping us better understand dementia.   Useful links The Healthy Cognitive Ageing Project (ELSA-HCAP) World Alzheimers Month Read/Download a full transcript  In Episode 7 of the ELSA Podcast, UCL researcher Dorina Cadar and Hannah Churchill from the Alzheimers Society talk about how a specially-designed sub-study of ELSA is helping us better understand dementia.   Useful links The Healthy Cognitive Ageing Pro Fitness,age,culture,dementias,economic,fifty,health,loneliness,longitudinal,middleage,pension,retirement,social,wellbeing No Pension freedoms: how is it working? 6 6 Pension freedoms: how is it working? full de13a9fb-1490-4b04-8292-d0e41d750c1f https://share.transistor.fm/s/af77c81d In Episode 6 of the ELSA Podcast, DWP Deputy Director for Pensions & Later Life Analysis Laura Webster and Rowena Crawford, Deputy Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, talk about Pension Freedoms. Laura explains how and why the policy was introduced, how it works and why the English Longitudinal Study is so important in helping the DWP understand people's pension behaviours. Rowena Crawford talks about what we know already from ELSA about how people are responding to the changes and some of the challenges and concerns around it.  

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]]> In Episode 6 of the ELSA Podcast, DWP Deputy Director for Pensions & Later Life Analysis Laura Webster and Rowena Crawford, Deputy Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, talk about Pension Freedoms. Laura explains how and why the policy was introduced, how it works and why the English Longitudinal Study is so important in helping the DWP understand people's pension behaviours. Rowena Crawford talks about what we know already from ELSA about how people are responding to the changes and some of the challenges and concerns around it.  

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]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2020 08:42:02 +0000 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 1218 In Episode 6 of the ELSA Podcast, DWP Deputy Director for Pensions & Later Life Analysis Laura Webster and Rowena Crawford, Deputy Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, talk about Pension Freedoms. Laura explains how and why the policy was introduced, how it works and why the English Longitudinal Study is so important in helping the DWP understand people's pension behaviours. Rowena Crawford talks about what we know already from ELSA about how people are responding to the changes and some of the challenges and concerns around it.   Useful links Savings, pensions and wealth, IFS Pensionwise website\ Read/Download a full transcript  In Episode 6 of the ELSA Podcast, DWP Deputy Director for Pensions & Later Life Analysis Laura Webster and Rowena Crawford, Deputy Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, talk about Pension Freedoms. Laura explains how and why the policy was int Fitness,age,culture,dementias,economic,fifty,health,loneliness,longitudinal,middleage,pension,retirement,social,wellbeing No Adding life to our years: The Centre for Ageing Better and ELSA 5 5 Adding life to our years: The Centre for Ageing Better and ELSA full 6d1c58eb-72e7-4251-84b7-acde6eadf63d https://share.transistor.fm/s/b856a30f In Episode 5 of the ELSA Podcast, Catherine Foot, Director of Evidence at the Centre for Ageing Better, discusses how the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) helps the charitable foundation create change in policy and practice to improve employment, housing, health and communities.

She discusses the Foundation's State of Ageing in 2019 report, which uses publicly available data including ELSA to give a snapshot of what life is like for people aged 65 and older today and explains why the study is crucial to the foundation's efforts "to add life to our years". 

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]]> In Episode 5 of the ELSA Podcast, Catherine Foot, Director of Evidence at the Centre for Ageing Better, discusses how the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) helps the charitable foundation create change in policy and practice to improve employment, housing, health and communities.

She discusses the Foundation's State of Ageing in 2019 report, which uses publicly available data including ELSA to give a snapshot of what life is like for people aged 65 and older today and explains why the study is crucial to the foundation's efforts "to add life to our years". 

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]]> Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:32:45 -0100 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 1033 In Episode 5 of the ELSA Podcast, Catherine Foot, Director of Evidence at the Centre for Ageing Better, discusses how the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) helps the charitable foundation create change in policy and practice to improve employment, housing, health and communities. She discusses the Foundation's State of Ageing in 2019 report, which uses publicly available data including ELSA to give a snapshot of what life is like for people aged 65 and older today and explains why the study is crucial to the foundation's efforts "to add life to our years".  Read/Download a full transcript  In Episode 5 of the ELSA Podcast, Catherine Foot, Director of Evidence at the Centre for Ageing Better, discusses how the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) helps the charitable foundation create change in policy and practice to improve employmen work,age,health,older,policy,employment,people,Disability,evidence,Housing,communities,longitudinal,ageing No Social prescribing: how can ELSA help to investigate its potential benefits? 4 4 Social prescribing: how can ELSA help to investigate its potential benefits? full 15462769-69a0-4698-832b-93c9e5a9670d https://share.transistor.fm/s/5b686f6f In Episode 4 of the ELSA Podcast Dr Daisy Fancourt, Associate Professor in Psychobiology and Epidemiology at UCL, talks about her research looking at the benefits of social prescribing to help people age more happily and healthily. She explains how data from ELSA has been key in exploring the links between social factors and health. 

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]]> In Episode 4 of the ELSA Podcast Dr Daisy Fancourt, Associate Professor in Psychobiology and Epidemiology at UCL, talks about her research looking at the benefits of social prescribing to help people age more happily and healthily. She explains how data from ELSA has been key in exploring the links between social factors and health. 

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]]> Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:33:12 -0100 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 1063 In Episode 4 of the ELSA Podcast Dr Daisy Fancourt, Associate Professor in Psychobiology and Epidemiology at UCL, talks about her research looking at the benefits of social prescribing to help people age more happily and healthily. She explains how data from ELSA has been key in exploring the links between social factors and health.  Read/Download a full transcript  In Episode 4 of the ELSA Podcast Dr Daisy Fancourt, Associate Professor in Psychobiology and Epidemiology at UCL, talks about her research looking at the benefits of social prescribing to help people age more happily and healthily. She explains how data f arts,social,doctor,education,health,older,community,mental,WHO,cognition,wellbeing,patients,nhs,gp,referral,DOH,Prescribing,ageing,DCMS,dofe No Getting to grips with ageing: evidence for policy 3 3 Getting to grips with ageing: evidence for policy full 7fd43929-3354-4dea-8da4-a99136cc7903 https://share.transistor.fm/s/92f2cc1d In Episode 3 of the ELSA Podcast, we speak to Dr Elizabeth Webb, Senior Research Manager at AGE UK. She shares her experiences of using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing to influence policy both as an academic researcher and more recently at Age UK where the research she and colleagues undertake is used to influence decision makers, develop public policy proposals and shape policy agendas to transform older people's lives for the better.

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]]> In Episode 3 of the ELSA Podcast, we speak to Dr Elizabeth Webb, Senior Research Manager at AGE UK. She shares her experiences of using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing to influence policy both as an academic researcher and more recently at Age UK where the research she and colleagues undertake is used to influence decision makers, develop public policy proposals and shape policy agendas to transform older people's lives for the better.

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]]> Mon, 06 Jan 2020 08:28:58 -0100 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 999 In Episode 3 of the ELSA Podcast, we speak to Dr Elizabeth Webb, Senior Research Manager at AGE UK. She shares her experiences of using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing to influence policy both as an academic researcher and more recently at Age UK where the research she and colleagues undertake is used to influence decision makers, develop public policy proposals and shape policy agendas to transform older people's lives for the better. Read/Download a full transcript  In Episode 3 of the ELSA Podcast, we speak to Dr Elizabeth Webb, Senior Research Manager at AGE UK. She shares her experiences of using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing to influence policy both as an academic researcher and more recently social,age,loneliness,research,pass,Bus,isolation,cadbury,Transport,longitudinal No ELSA and her sisters: an international family of studies on ageing 2 2 ELSA and her sisters: an international family of studies on ageing full 6de3cce4-aad7-47b4-9331-e33cd1cd4796 https://share.transistor.fm/s/add1896f In Episode 2 of the ELSA Podcast, Jim Smith, one of the architects of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and its 40 sister studies around the world talks about ELSA's US counterpart and big sister, the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and why having an international family of ageing studies is helping us get to grip with what happens as we get older. 

We also hear from Rose Anne Kenny, the academic behind the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA), which is working to make Ireland the best place in the world to grow old. 

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]]> In Episode 2 of the ELSA Podcast, Jim Smith, one of the architects of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and its 40 sister studies around the world talks about ELSA's US counterpart and big sister, the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and why having an international family of ageing studies is helping us get to grip with what happens as we get older. 

We also hear from Rose Anne Kenny, the academic behind the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA), which is working to make Ireland the best place in the world to grow old. 

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]]> Mon, 16 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0100 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 1558 In Episode 2 of the ELSA Podcast, Jim Smith, one of the architects of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and its 40 sister studies around the world talks about ELSA's US counterpart and big sister, the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and why having an international family of ageing studies is helping us get to grip with what happens as we get older.  We also hear from Rose Anne Kenny, the academic behind the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA), which is working to make Ireland the best place in the world to grow old.  Read/Download a full transcript    In Episode 2 of the ELSA Podcast, Jim Smith, one of the architects of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and its 40 sister studies around the world talks about ELSA's US counterpart and big sister, the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and why havin age,health,older,retirement,people,dementia,tilda,Ireland,longitudinal,ageing No Coming of age: reflections on the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 1 1 Coming of age: reflections on the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing full bdef2a1a-3408-4a82-97f1-f22683cb2ff5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f416797b In Episode 1 of The ELSA Podcast we talk to Professor Sir Michael Marmot who helped launch the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing in 2002 about how it came about and how it can help tackle social inequality. We also hear from the study's current Principal Investigator Professor Andrew Steptoe about how the study works, how researchers can use it to better understand what happens as we age, how Government Departments use it to develop policies on pensions, loneliness and dementia and his hopes for the study's future.   

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]]> In Episode 1 of The ELSA Podcast we talk to Professor Sir Michael Marmot who helped launch the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing in 2002 about how it came about and how it can help tackle social inequality. We also hear from the study's current Principal Investigator Professor Andrew Steptoe about how the study works, how researchers can use it to better understand what happens as we age, how Government Departments use it to develop policies on pensions, loneliness and dementia and his hopes for the study's future.   

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]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:26:43 -0100 Kate Coughlin Kate Coughlin 1711 In Episode 1 of The ELSA Podcast we talk to Professor Sir Michael Marmot who helped launch the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing in 2002 about how it came about and how it can help tackle social inequality. We also hear from the study's current Principal Investigator Professor Andrew Steptoe about how the study works, how researchers can use it to better understand what happens as we age, how Government Departments use it to develop policies on pensions, loneliness and dementia and his hopes for the study's future.    Read/Download a full transcript  In Episode 1 of The ELSA Podcast we talk to Professor Sir Michael Marmot who helped launch the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing in 2002 about how it came about and how it can help tackle social inequality. We also hear from the study's current Princip health,government,loneliness,research,dementia,INEQUALITY,pensions,longitudinal,ageing No