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| The challenge of ageing in tomorrow's Britain | | Author(s) | Miriam Bernard, Judith Phillips |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 20, part 1, January 2000 |
| Pages | pp 33-54 |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Services ; Social policy ; Histories. |
| Annotation | Some 50 years after the creation of a welfare state and at the start of a new millennium, this paper considers the current and future status of older people in Britain. It argues that as the population ages, the situation of older people is becoming an increasingly important element in social policy debates. The first half of the paper critically reviews developments of the last five decades, emphasising the salience of accommodation issues during this time. In the light of recent initiatives such as Better Government for Older People (BGOP), the rest of the paper outlines a policy agenda for the early years of the 21st century. The authors argue for an integrated social policy which addresses the broad needs of an ageing society, as opposed to narrow, age-based interests, or the interests of specific problem or stigmatised groups. The Labour government has the opportunity to fashion such a policy for all citizens as we move into the 21st century. This article is an amended and shortened version of the opening and closing chapters of "The social policy of old age: moving into the 21st century", edited by the authors, and published by the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) in 1998. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000307202 A |
| Classmark | BG: I: TM2: 6A |
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