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Building a society for all ages
— [summary of] consultation response | | Author(s) | Andrew Harrop |
| Corporate Author | Age Concern and Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Age Concern and Help the Aged, London, October 2009 |
| Pages | 3 pp (Consultation response, Ref: 5309(S)) |
| Source | Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. www.ageconcern.org.uk Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Employment of older people ; Services ; Social policy ; Age Concern ; Help the Aged ; Comments or Evidence submitted. |
| Annotation | 'Building a society for all ages' (Cm 7655) is the government's refreshed ageing strategy, replacing 'Opportunity Age' (2005), and which describes current policy and sets out a number of new initiatives. Age Concern and Help the Aged consider that new strategy as "disappointing", as important issues - such as reducing levels of inequality, tackling social isolation and pension provision - have been "almost totally sidelined". While issues such as extending working lives and changes in attitudes to older people have been included, the proposals are "not proportionate to the scale of of the challenges". There are many "re-announcements" of policies and initiatives; and notwithstanding the economic situation, there are almost no new resources. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091127003 P |
| Classmark | BG: TOB: GC: I: TM2: PT: PYH: 6PM * |
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