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Getting older
— a new experience | | Author(s) | Anne Bailey |
| Corporate Author | West Midlands Later Life Forum |
| Publisher | West Midlands Later Life Forum, March 2017 |
| Pages | 39 pp |
| Source | Email: baileyanne600@gmail.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Projects ; Midlands [England]. |
| Annotation | The West Midlands Later Life Forum undertook this Getting Old - a New Experience' project in 2016, to explore both the individual experience of ageing and the implications of this for society as a whole. This report comments that we cannot afford to ignore the fact that a falling birth rate and increasing longevity has resulted in the proportion of the age 65+ now being almost 1 in 5 of the UK population. While there upsides such as freedom from the pressures of work, there are downsides of failing abilities and health problems. Changes in attitude towards money and possessions, consumption patterns and what is important in life such as relationships with family, friends and others in the community are considered. Appendices include an explanation of how views were gathered in World Cafe and 'Thought Cloud' sessions. Also included are summaries of a 2015 report on happiness in later life by Ipsos MORI for the Centre for Ageing Better (CfAB), and of the International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK) 2015 report on understanding retirement journeys, which identified five categories of consumers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180803006 B |
| Classmark | BG: 3E: 82X |
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