Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @IndependentAge
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
209
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-16
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-25
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
Over 70 organizations are calling for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England to give older people a stronger voice in decision making and champion their issues and experiences. This has the support of NPCUK, Ageing_Better, IndependentAge, and Age_UK. The Commissioner would ensure the long-term needs of older people are met as the UK has a rapidly ageing population. There is a need for better representation of older people across government policy. The organizations have launched a statement and an open letter asking for an independent voice to champion the issues and experiences of later life.
Topic Modeling
- Call for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing
- Better representation of older people in government policy
- The need for strategic thinking from policymakers for the rapidly ageing population
- Championing the voices and issues of later life
- The importance of meeting the long-term needs of older people and not neglecting their experiences
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are primarily frustration and urgency regarding the need for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in the UK. The tweeters are advocating for better representation of the voices and issues of older people in government policy, and believe that a Commissioner would help champion their needs. The tone of the tweets is generally positive and supportive of the organizations leading this call to action.
Trend Analysis
- Call for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing
- Collaboration between various organizations to support the call
- Better representation of older people across government policy
- Championing the voices and issues of later life
- Concerns about the rapidly ageing population and ensuring their long-term needs are met
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
93
Percentage of total tweets
44%
Number of Original tweets
92
Percentage of total tweets
44%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
209
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
13
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
25
Percentage of total tweets
11%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
159
Percentage of total tweets
76%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 90 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 44 |
| Twitter for Android | 43 |
| Twitter for iPad | 16 |
| Hootsuite Inc. | 4 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| ParkinsonsUK | Parkinson's UK | We are Parkinson's UK. Powered by people. Funded by you. Improving life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. Together we'll find a cure. | 74,351 |
| CarersUK | Carers UK | Caring for a relative or friend? When caring affects you and your family Carers UK is here to provide the support and advice you need. | 68,493 |
| CentreforMH | Centre for Mental Health | Speaking up for social justice in mental health. | 59,070 |
| CarersTrust | Carers Trust | One in ten of us are providing unpaid care to someone. Carers Trust is here to provide action, help and advice to 7 million carers across the UK. Join us. | 46,700 |
| theRCOT | Royal College of Occupational Therapists | We're RCOT. Championing #OccupationalTherapy and helping achieve life-changing breakthroughs for our members, the people they support and society as a whole. | 42,917 |
| Ageing_Better | Ageing Better | The Centre for Ageing Better is a charity working to create a society where everyone enjoys later life. Supported by @TNLComFund | 29,801 |
| IndependentAge | Independent Age | Working to ensure that as we grow older, we have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice & purpose. We connect, advise, support & campaign for change. | 27,813 |
| reengageuk | Re-engage | Committed to combating social isolation and loneliness amongst older people. (Account monitored Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) | 26,974 |
| mikecoulson48 | Mani Isna La #NativeLivesMatter 🇵🇸 🇨🇺🕊 | Socialist ex-Labour, Unite community. Supporting Indy Lifeboats & Water Safety. Homelessness. Indigenous Rights. Mastodon mikecoulson48@mindly.social | 26,334 |
| SandraDunn1955 | 🐟Dame Rainbow Warrior💙 🇪🇺 | Seriously annoying. Retired court official. Baby Boomer who wants a future for her daughters and grandson with all the benefits she had!❄🖤 | 26,150 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| mikecoulson48 | Mani Isna La #NativeLivesMatter 🇵🇸 🇨🇺🕊 | Socialist ex-Labour, Unite community. Supporting Indy Lifeboats & Water Safety. Homelessness. Indigenous Rights. Mastodon mikecoulson48@mindly.social | 20,860 |
| SandraDunn1955 | 🐟Dame Rainbow Warrior💙 🇪🇺 | Seriously annoying. Retired court official. Baby Boomer who wants a future for her daughters and grandson with all the benefits she had!❄🖤 | 16,881 |
| reengageuk | Re-engage | Committed to combating social isolation and loneliness amongst older people. (Account monitored Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) | 13,261 |
| shirleyayres | Shirley Ayres | Promoting innovation & collaboration across the social sector. Co-founder Connected Care Network, Co-editor Sex, Intimacy & Sexual Wellbeing in Later Life | 10,135 |
| EUtopean | Thomas Austin 🇪🇺#FBPD -SVBEEV- | For my sins...I mostly comment btl in The Guardian as; Oudeis1 I am not an happy bunny. | 8,357 |
| RobinHadley1 | Dr Robin Hadley 💙💚 | Social Gerontologist. Author of 'How is a man supposed to be a man? Male childlessness a Life Course Disrupted': https://t.co/zUdSxD0ZQU https://t.co/C9MCT6SBic | 7,239 |
| ParkinsonsUK | Parkinson's UK | We are Parkinson's UK. Powered by people. Funded by you. Improving life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. Together we'll find a cure. | 6,099 |
| terryelaineh1 | Elaine #FullRestitution | My tweets are my own opinion. Re-tweets not endorsements #BackTo60 | 5,535 |
| StevenGothard | Steven Gothard | Born at St Helier Hospital carshalton | 5,001 |
| newdawn75 | sarah leadbetter | i have a guide dog Kiki now retired, Nellie my new Guide dog and Rosie, i volunteer and campaign for my local charities , | 5,000 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| NPCUK | The campaigning voice of Britain's pensioners, with over 1 million members across the UK. Contact info@npcuk.org or 020 7837 6622. | 16 |
| beverley888 | National Public Affairs Manager, National Pensioners Convention Journalist & Media Executive | 16 |
| MorganVine_ | Passionate about Angela Lansbury, cake & expressing my personal opinion. Cis: she/her. Head of Policy & Influencing @IndependentAge & Trustee @AgeUKBandG | 7 |
| HLINConsult | Ideas and Innovation into Practice - Building on @HousingLIN highly-prized learning and improvement ethos, we offer a wide range of consultancy services. | 3 |
| LiveInCareHub | ‘The Live-in Care Hub’ is an impartial information resource where you can learn all you need about arranging live in home help for yourself or a relative. | 3 |
| MsCarolCooper | - | 3 |
| mikecoulson48 | Socialist ex-Labour, Unite community. Supporting Indy Lifeboats & Water Safety. Homelessness. Indigenous Rights. Mastodon mikecoulson48@mindly.social | 3 |
| Ageing_Better | The Centre for Ageing Better is a charity working to create a society where everyone enjoys later life. Supported by @TNLComFund | 3 |
| gray32sharon | - | 2 |
| RNIB_campaigns | We campaign for blind and partially sighted people's independence and inclusion. Also at @RNIB. | 2 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638149358796275714 | We’re leading 70+ organisations in calling for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing. The UK has a rapidly ageing population, and we urgently need strategic thinking from policymakers. @IndependentAge @NPCUK @Age_UK | 29 |
| 1638162169366818819 | Encouraging to see all the many organisations joining together to call for a Commissioner for Older People in England. It has my support of course! @NPCUK @Ageing_Better @IndependentAge @age_uk https://t.co/Vy7EYZN1dE | 16 |
| 1638156024782761986 | We're supporting @IndependentAge, @Ageing_Better, @NPCUK and @age_uk in calling for better representation of older people across govt. policy. A Commissioner for Older People and Ageing would champion the voices and issues of later life. https://t.co/4j1YEVZDuw #VoiceForLaterLife https://t.co/Hs78xMxamE | 15 |
| 1638078345953832961 | Create Older People's Commissioner to fight pensioners' corner, say campaigners @NPCUK @age_uk @IndependentAge https://t.co/tYsjbFTSI1 https://t.co/AgXyI5UAqC | 14 |
| 1638426886291218434 | Thanks to @ExpressOGrady for featuring the call we're making for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing. We know there are many people on later life who feel invisible and @IndependentAge believe a Commissioner could help #VoiceforLaterLife https://t.co/qI6GiArKbl | 11 |
| 1638154071919169542 | We call on the UK government to establish a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England to act as an independent champion for older people https://t.co/PQyXGOjXFS #COPA #Commissioner #OlderPeople #Ageing #VoiceForLaterLife @Ageing_Better @IndependentAge @age_uk @NPCUK https://t.co/Uzi2PnVcga | 10 |
| 1638168653123272705 | We're supporting @IndependentAge, @Ageing_Better, @NPCUK & @Age_UK in calling for better representation of older people across govt. policy. A Commissioner for Older People and Ageing would champion the voices and issues of later life. https://t.co/sWkFJhiIFA #VoiceForLaterLife https://t.co/Lepi3vCdHh | 10 |
| 1639311768634769423 | We’ve just updated our #SocialPrescribing webpage with links to all the reviews we have completed on behalf of @NASPTweets for @NaturalEngland @NHSEngland @IndependentAge covering #nature #arts #heritage #socialwelfarelegal #olderadults #poverty & > https://t.co/iNIJoGpktA | 9 |
| 1638210015474401280 | We're supporting @Ageing_Better, @IndependentAge, @NPCUK and @Age_UK in calling for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing to champion the voices older people across gov policy. Read more: https://t.co/2SNeSDwUMX #VoiceForLaterLife https://t.co/Ng1Nb8EKzI | 8 |
| 1638169389781647362 | A Commissioner for Older People in England could bring some much needed joined up thinking to policy making for our ageing society and give older people a stronger voice in decision making. Great to be working with @IndependentAge @Ageing_Better @NPCUK and many more on this. https://t.co/8GveB78J5B | 8 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638149358796275714 | We’re leading 70+ organisations in calling for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing. The UK has a rapidly ageing population, and we urgently need strategic thinking from policymakers. @IndependentAge @NPCUK @Age_UK | 60 |
| 1638162169366818819 | Encouraging to see all the many organisations joining together to call for a Commissioner for Older People in England. It has my support of course! @NPCUK @Ageing_Better @IndependentAge @age_uk https://t.co/Vy7EYZN1dE | 45 |
| 1638156024782761986 | We're supporting @IndependentAge, @Ageing_Better, @NPCUK and @age_uk in calling for better representation of older people across govt. policy. A Commissioner for Older People and Ageing would champion the voices and issues of later life. https://t.co/4j1YEVZDuw #VoiceForLaterLife https://t.co/Hs78xMxamE | 33 |
| 1638169389781647362 | A Commissioner for Older People in England could bring some much needed joined up thinking to policy making for our ageing society and give older people a stronger voice in decision making. Great to be working with @IndependentAge @Ageing_Better @NPCUK and many more on this. https://t.co/8GveB78J5B | 33 |
| 1638210015474401280 | We're supporting @Ageing_Better, @IndependentAge, @NPCUK and @Age_UK in calling for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing to champion the voices older people across gov policy. Read more: https://t.co/2SNeSDwUMX #VoiceForLaterLife https://t.co/Ng1Nb8EKzI | 30 |
| 1638168653123272705 | We're supporting @IndependentAge, @Ageing_Better, @NPCUK & @Age_UK in calling for better representation of older people across govt. policy. A Commissioner for Older People and Ageing would champion the voices and issues of later life. https://t.co/sWkFJhiIFA #VoiceForLaterLife https://t.co/Lepi3vCdHh | 26 |
| 1638154071919169542 | We call on the UK government to establish a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England to act as an independent champion for older people https://t.co/PQyXGOjXFS #COPA #Commissioner #OlderPeople #Ageing #VoiceForLaterLife @Ageing_Better @IndependentAge @age_uk @NPCUK https://t.co/Uzi2PnVcga | 26 |
| 1638164271602302976 | We're supporting @IndependentAge @Ageing_Better @NPCUK & @age_uk in calling for better representation of older people across govt. policy. A Commissioner for Older People and Ageing would champion the voices and issues of later life. https://t.co/i6zdl3IQGH #VoiceForLaterLife https://t.co/BRthDdce22 | 22 |
| 1639614866347683842 | Over 70 organisations join our call for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing Add your name to our open letter asking for an independent voice to champion issues and experiences of later life: https://t.co/XDzvQwYZxE #VoiceForLaterLife @IndependentAge @NPCUK @Age_UK https://t.co/T9yWJ1xvxU | 20 |
| 1639311768634769423 | We’ve just updated our #SocialPrescribing webpage with links to all the reviews we have completed on behalf of @NASPTweets for @NaturalEngland @NHSEngland @IndependentAge covering #nature #arts #heritage #socialwelfarelegal #olderadults #poverty & > https://t.co/iNIJoGpktA | 19 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #voiceforlaterlife | 105 |
| #pensioncredit | 37 |
| #creditwhereitsdue | 33 |
| #ageing | 12 |
| #copa | 11 |
| #commissioner | 11 |
| #olderpeople | 11 |
| #poverty | 4 |
| #costoflivingcrisis | 3 |
| #socialprescribing | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @independentage | 210 |
| @ageing_better | 120 |
| @npcuk | 119 |
| @age_uk | 111 |
| @dwpgovuk | 29 |
| @morganvine_ | 5 |
| @benglaze | 5 |
| @expressogrady | 4 |
| @ageuk | 4 |
| @anchorlaterlife | 3 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
7
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| ☎️ | 4 | telephone |
| 👇 | 4 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 🔗 | 2 | link |
| ✍️ | 2 | writing_hand |
| 💛 | 1 | yellow_heart |
| 💭 | 1 | thought_balloon |
| 💚 | 1 | green_heart |
| 🌰 | 1 | chestnut |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Objects | 6 |
| People & Body | 6 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 3 |
| Food & Drink | 1 |