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When I'm sixty four
 — the case for a new approach to ageing
Author(s)Paul Burstow, James Sandbach
Corporate AuthorCentre for Reform
PublisherCentre for Reform, London, 2003
Pages52 pp
SourceCentre for Reform, Museum House, Museum Street, London WC1A 1JT. E-mail: info@cfr.org.uk Website: www.cfr.org.uk
KeywordsAgeing process ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social policy ; SDP/Liberal Alliance.
AnnotationIn the next fifty years, the UK will have to come to terms with a 'grey' majority: more than half of the population will be over 50 years old. Far from posing a danger to our economy which many theses predict, this report argues that the 'demographic time bomb' will not bankrupt our pensions or bleed the NHS dry. Rather, it suggests that the predictions of these commentators are damaging the prospects for our own old age. The authors reveal the absence of comprehensive policies for older people on health and social services, education, and employment and pensions. They also explore how the law fails adequately to protect older people from age discrimination. Far from being a drain on resources, the baby boomer generation represent an important stimulus, as participants in the community and wider civil society, and as consumers with spending power. The report was launched at a meeting sponsored by Help the Aged at the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference in March 2003. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-040312001 B
ClassmarkBG: TOB: TM2: VL6

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