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Valuing older people update report 2004-08
- Author:
- MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- Manchester City Council
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Valuing Older People, aims to challenge stereotyping of older people and provide a framework to develop a city in which older Londoners have the support they need to lead active, healthy and independent lives.
Valuing older people: highlights of the Mayor of London's older people strategy
- Author:
- GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY
- Publisher:
- Greater London Authority
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
London is often seen as a city of young people, but almost 16 per cent of the city's population – nearly 1.2 million people – are aged 60 or over, and almost a quarter of a million people are aged over 80. Valuing Older People, the Mayor's Older People's Strategy, aims to challenge stereotyping of older people and provide a framework to develop a city in which older Londoners have the support they need to lead active, healthy and independent lives.
Valuing older people: the Mayor of London's older people strategy
- Author:
- GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY
- Publisher:
- Greater London Authority
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 92p.
- Place of publication:
- London
London is often seen as a city of young people, but almost 16 per cent of the city's population – nearly 1.2 million people – are aged 60 or over, and almost a quarter of a million people are aged over 80. Valuing Older People, the Mayor's Older People's Strategy, aims to challenge stereotyping of older people and provide a framework to develop a city in which older Londoners have the support they need to lead active, healthy and independent lives.
Happy 85th birthday?
- Authors:
- McCLELLAND Siobhan, FELVUS Jeremy, TAYLOR Robert
- Publishers:
- Age Concern, Pfizer
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
As we get older our state of health affects our ability to fully participate in society and to fulfil our ambitions. The proportion of older people within society is growing and will continue to grow throughout the first half of the 21st Century. Wales has taken an important step in addressing these challenges in developing its Older People's Strategy. Politicians, policy makers and society at large must look even further ahead and consider the future of healthy ageing and provide imaginative solutions to the longer term issues it presents. The analysis provides detailed comment on the main themes to emerge across the four discussion dinners. The report takes these themes and poses a series of challenging questions for policy makers and society alike. Overall the project, is intended to stimulate debate in Wales on the future of healthy ageing and to identify areas for future research and discussion.
'Ageing well' - a new health programme in the UK
- Author:
- ASHTON Loraine
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 4(2), May 1995, pp.17-30.
Explains the need for promoting the health of older people and describes the UK Ageing Well Programme, which is being developed across the UK.
Demographic aspects of population ageing
- Authors:
- FALKINGHAM Jane, GRUNDY Emily
- Publisher:
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- Swindon
It is well known that the population is ageing but the implications for policy, and the statistics needed to inform policy, are the subject of current discussion amongst demographers. The growing proportion of the population that are older people is of primary interest in some key policy areas such as health, housing, social services and pensions, this latter including policies on benefits and tax allowances. Intergenerational transfer between older and younger people, both financial and social, needs to be analysed. Whilst it is accepted that population ageing is inevitable, the speed of ageing and the future ageing structures of the population will vary depending on the key demographic components that cause population change. For example, the impact of fertility needs to be considered, as this is one of the main drivers of population ageing. This migration of older people and their geographical distribution will be important to those concerned with a service provision.
Poverty and hardship among the aged in urban China
- Authors:
- SAUNDERS Peter, LUJUN Sun
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 40(2), April 2006, pp.138-159.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
China's record in reducing poverty over the last three decades has been impressive, yet few studies have examined the incidence of poverty among older people despite the rapid ageing of the population. This article uses a unique national data set to examine patterns of poverty, deprivation and exclusion among the urban aged population (60 years and over) in 2000. The results point to the importance of poverty as an issue for older people, particularly for women and those who live alone. A number of indicators of hardship are developed in four areas – economic insecurity, housing, health, and social isolation – and the incidence of these is examined, separately and in combination, by living arrangement and gender. Women are shown to experience greater levels of hardship and isolation than men, and to be more likely to experience multiple deprivation across two or more areas. Finally, the overlap between poverty and hardship is examined as a way of validating the poverty estimates and giving them greater credibility. The results indicate that there are strong overlaps, although these differ across the different dimensions of hardship. Access to pension income and concern over the cost of necessary visits to see a doctor emerge as strong predictors of poverty and point to areas where policy change is needed.
Ageing and health care : social science and policy perspectives
- Editors:
- ORY Marcia, BOND Kathleen
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 265p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses the use of formal and informal health care by elderly people, the interplay between them and the policy implications.
Government response to ACMD report 'Ageing cohort of drug users'
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Place of publication:
- London
A policy document which sets out the government's response to the four recommendations made in the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) report Ageing cohort of drug users. Officials from each of the four nations reviewed the council's advice and this document provides a coordinated response from the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations. The recommendations of the ACMD report include the need for training for specialist community-based drug treatment services on treatments and specific risks for older drug users and a pilot programme to assess whether the navigator model would help older drug users to engage with services. (Edited publisher abstract)
The age agenda 2006: public policy and older people
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 104p.
- Place of publication:
- London
. This annual publication provides an overview of public policy on ageing and older people. It outlines significant policy developments and trends during 2005 and looks ahead to likely developments in 2006 and beyond. It provides a reference on the major policy issues affecting older people including pensions, age discrimination, health, social care, housing, work, learning, transport, crime and local services.