How to do well

Home-based provision of welfare rights advice to economically disadvantaged older people is being trialled in the North east of England in the Do-Well study.  In this qualitative study, participants will be recruited from general practice registers.  Research from Denmark looks at the effectiveness of a preventive home visit programme for older people, finding that although takeup by people from lower socioeconomic groups was less good, more proactive invitation could improve this.  Data from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study is used to consider the impact of mid-life income and retirement income on mortality.