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Policy digest
— policy into practice into changing lives | | Corporate Author | Better Government for Older People - BGOP; Older People's Advisory Group - OPAG |
| Publisher | Better Government for Older People - BGOP, London, October 2008 |
| Pages | 43 pp |
| Source | Better Government for Older People, 25-31 Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QP. Website: www.bgop.org.uk |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | A compilation published for the Better Government for Older People (BGOP) "10th birthday" conference held in Blackpool in October 2008. It includes contributions from: Blackpool Council; the Older People's Commissioner for Wales, Ruth Marks; the Department of Health (DH) initiatives Putting People First and Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPs); Early Years Equality (EYE); the Scottish Government's All Our Futures; LinkAge Plus; the All Parliamentary Local Government Group; the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA); and the Welsh Assembly Government. Also included are the main points of the Public Service Agreement (PSA) 17 - Tackle poverty and promote greater independence and well-being in later life - being led by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), with contributions from the DH and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Mervyn Eastman (Director, BGOP) introduces and concludes this policy digest, by considering whether attitudes to ageing have changed and progress with the age agenda. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081031001 B |
| Classmark | BG: TOB: TM2 |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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