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Older people's housing: policy, performance and practice
- Author:
- NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In the last few years there has been an unprecedented level of interest across Government in Britain's ageing population and the challenges this presents for all aspects of society. One in three households living in social housing is headed by someone of pensionable age. Housing providers have to look at both the needs and aspirations of today's older population and at future markets.
Strategy for an ageing society: delivery plan 2022
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 23
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This strategy document sets out the Welsh Government's delivery plan in 2022 to create an age friendly Wales that supports people of all ages to live and age well. The strategy has two top level domains: supporting local authorities to work with partners to create age friendly communities; and promoting a rights based approach. The strategy has four aims: enhancing well-being; improving local services and environments; building and retaining people's own capability; and tackling age related poverty. Priorities are themed around: improving support for unpaid carers; Improving access to health, social care services and mental health services; improving local services and environments in relation to housing; open spaces and buildings and transport; community participation; preventing abuse of older people; planning for the future; skills and lifelong learning; commencing the socio-economic duty; increasing take up of pension credit and investing in Wales' foundational economy. (Edited publisher abstract)
The future for older workers: new perspectives
- Editors:
- LORETTO Wendy, VICKERSTAFF Sarah, WHITE Phil, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 237p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Across the world governments in mature industrial and post-industrial economies are concerned about the ageing population. Dealing directly and exclusively with the issue of older workers, this book brings together up-to-the minute research findings by many of the leading researchers and writers in the field.
Anchor 2020: meeting the challenges of older people’s housing and care: discussion paper
- Author:
- ANCHOR TRUST
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The older people of tomorrow will be increasingly demanding and are likely to have higher care needs and for longer. That means decisions have to be made now in order to ensure we can meet those rising needs, expectations and aspirations. Anchor 2020: Meeting the challenges of older people’s housing and care is intended to inform the debate on the opportunities and challenges presented by our ageing society and help us ensure future generations of older people get the best out of life.
All our futures: planning for a Scotland with an ageing population: 1 summary and action plan
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This strategy sets the vision for a future Scotland which will value and benefit from the talents and experience of its older people; a Scotland which welcomes its ageing population. Six priority areas for strategic action have been identified; to improve opportunities for older people, to forge better links between the generations, to improve the health and quality of life of older people, to continue to improve care, support and protection for those older people who need it, to ensure that the right infrastructure is in place, and to offer learning opportunities throughout life. For each priority area, what the Scottish Executive needs to do and what it invites public, private, voluntary, community and older people’s organisations to do to bring about change is highlighted, along with success criteria.
Facing the cost of long-term care: towards a sustainable funding system
- Author:
- HIRSCH Donald
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 38p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Over the past decade it has become ever clearer that the UK lacks an adequate, coherent and fair basis for paying for long-term care for older people. As a result, services are already under strain, not all needs are being met, and all are ill-prepared to meet future challenges as the population continues to age. This study brings together evidence and discussions assembled by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It identifies some key challenges that need addressing in order to start moving towards a fairer, more rational and adequate system of funding It deliberately avoids proposing a radical redesign of the whole system, though there is a case for that. Rather it provides a platform for sensible discussion of how to design improvements in the funding system.
Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020–2030
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 26
The United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) is a global collaboration, aligned with the last ten years of the Sustainable Development Goals, that brings together governments, civil society, international agencies, professionals, academia, the media, and the private sector to improve the lives of older people, their families, and the communities in which they live. This document describes the plan for a Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020–2030, which will consist of 10 years of concerted, catalytic, sustained collaboration. It is the second action plan of the WHO Global strategy on ageing and health, building on the United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and aligned with the timing of the United Nations Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. The plan identifies four areas for action: change how we think, feel and act towards age and ageing; ensure that communities foster the abilities of older people; deliver person-centred integrated care and primary health services responsive to older people; and provide access to long-term care for older people who need it. (Edited publisher abstract)
The temporal aspects of mobility intentions: older people's reflections on present and future support arrangements
- Author:
- BARKEN Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 41(3), 2021, pp.561-581.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Discourses on later-life housing and care are polarised. Ageing in place – typically in one's long-term dwelling – is often presented as the most desirable living arrangement, while moving to a congregate environment tends to be regarded as a last resort. Such polarised discourses obscure older people's experiences as they contemplate needs for housing, health and social care. To expand current understandings of mobility intentions, this paper examines ‘time work’ – or actions undertaken to exert some agency over time – as older people with chronic health conditions and disabilities navigate present and future support arrangements. Based on an interpretive analysis of qualitative interviews with 22 older persons receiving home care in Ontario, Canada, I identify three themes that highlight the temporal aspects of mobility intentions: (a) maintaining continuity with the past and present, (b) constructing alternative futures and (c) facing precarity. Focusing on time work shows how people make sense of ageing in place and/or relocating not only in relation to their physical, social and psychological capacities, but also in relation to perceptions of the past, present and future. Time work, moreover, has implications for feelings of security in the present and a sense of control over the future. Based on these findings, I make suggestions for developing a comprehensive continuum of supports, so all older people can make meaningful choices concerning housing and care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Green paper on ageing: fostering solidarity and responsibility between generations
- Author:
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- European Commission
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
The purpose of this green paper is to launch a broad policy debate on ageing to discuss options on how to anticipate and respond to the challenges and opportunities it brings, notably taking into account the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and UN Decade for Healthy Ageing. The paper takes a life-cycle approach that reflects the universal impact of ageing and focuses on both the personal and wider societal implications of ageing. These include everything from lifelong learning and healthy lifestyles to how to fund adequate pensions or the need for increased productivity and a large enough workforce to sustain healthcare and long-term care for older people. The life-cycle approach takes into account the fact that the traditional stages of education and training, work and retirement are becoming less rigidly defined and more flexible. It also reflects the fact that responding to population ageing is a question of striking the right balance between sustainable solutions for our welfare system and strengthening intergenerational solidarity and fairness between both young and old. There are many interdependencies across generations that create challenges, opportunities and questions for our societies. This is why young people – and those of all ages – should play an active part in shaping our policy response. The paper discusses: healthy and active ageing; education and training in a lifelong learning perspective; bringing more people into the workforce; new opportunities and challenges in retirement; staying active; old-age poverty; adequate, fair and sustainable pension systems; meeting the growing needs of an ageing population; meeting the health and long-term care needs of an ageing population; mobility, connectivity and accessibility; territorial differences in access to care and services; and improving well-being through intergenerational solidarity. (Edited publisher abstract)
Providers supporting carers: supporting older carers and ageing parent carers to plan for a future when they are less able or unable to care
- Author:
- CARERS TRUST
- Publisher:
- Carers Trust
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 7
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource is one of a suite of resources developed alongside a report, No Longer Able to Care: Supporting older carers and ageing parent carers to plan for a future when they are less able or unable to care. Most unpaid carers will need support at some point in their caring journey. There will come a point in most carers’ lives where they will be less able or unable to care. Carers must be supported at this stage to make sure the best possible outcomes are achieved for them and the people they care for. This resource will help providers support carers to plan for a future when they are less able or unable to care. It gives suggestions on what they can do as providers to make sure you can provide this support. Top tips include: early identification and support of carers are vital; once a carer is identified, the support plan that is developed for the carer should set out trigger points where a carer will receive support when they are less able or unable to care; subsequent assessments should revisit these; planning must take into account the carer’s individual needs and circumstances and reflect the views and needs of the person with care needs; when other family members take caring responsibilities, they must be identified and supported with their own needs; work with service users to develop and design services. (Edited publisher abstract)