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Agenda for later life 2011
— public policy and an ageing society | | Author(s) | Andrew Harrop |
| Corporate Author | Age UK |
| Publisher | Age UK, 2011 |
| Pages | 80 pp |
| Source | Age UK, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. Download: http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/For-profes... |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The report is Age UK's second annual audit of the way public policy is shaping later life in the UK. The 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review, announcing spending cuts on an unprecedented scale, is likely to hit vulnerable older people badly and this forms a backdrop to the report. Twelve challenges for an ageing population are set out in the report - these are about how individuals, the private and public sectors and the Government will need to change, rather than focusing on the traditional delivery of public services or welfare benefits. Five pillars, all reflected in the report, are set out as Age UK's priorities, namely: money matters, health and well-being, travel and lifestyle, home and care, and work and learning. Other themes discussed include health and income inequality, the digital divide, age discrimination, retirement and pensions, age-friendly neighbourhoods, and global ageing. Each chapter begins with a series of key indicators, setting out the medium-term trend, and a summary of Age UK's agenda for the years ahead. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110317004 B |
| Classmark | BG: TM2 |
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