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The new old age
— perspectives on innovating our way to the good life for all | | Author(s) | Geraldine Bedell, Rowena Young |
| Corporate Author | The Lab, NESTA (Public Services Innovation Laboratory, National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts) |
| Publisher | NESTA, London, 2009 |
| Pages | 82 pp (Lab account, part 2) |
| Source | NESTA, 1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE. www.nestalab.org.uk |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Employment of older people ; Health [elderly] ; Attitudes to the old of general public. |
| Annotation | It has been known for some time that falling birth rates and increasing life expectancy are creating an ageing society. But we are only gradually realising the extent of this challenge. By the 2020s, the number of older people relying on community care services will rise by nearly 40 per cent to more than two million. At the same time, the ratio of the working-age population to retired people will halve over the next 40 years. An ageing society will - and should - challenge everything. This collection of ten essays provides both personal and professional perspectives on this challenge and the new thinking needed in response. The challenge of an ageing society is one of the initial themes for NESTA's public services innovation Lab and its Age Unlimited programme. Further information and publications about the Age Unlimited programme are available from NESTA's website. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100218202 B |
| Classmark | BG: F: GC: CC: TOB |
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