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Building a society for all ages: consultation response
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document, written in response to 'Building a Society for All Ages’ published in July 2009 (a strategy paper addressing the problems and potential of the demographic changes consequent on the increasing longevity of the population), is based on 345 written responses to the government document. Divided into four chapters – ‘Creating a society for all ages’, ‘Preparing well for later life’, ‘Living well in later life’, and ‘The right support for those who need it’ – followed by a summary of consultation findings, this document outlines the next steps in delivering the strategy. Key points include a £2.9m ‘get digital’ programme, new employment measures aimed at over 50’s, promotion of age equality, better local service delivery, and a guarantee of free personal care for 280,000 older people.
Independence and well-being of older people: baseline report: a social portrait of ageing in the UK
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The implications of an ageing society are wide reaching. As well as ensuring financial security, it is equally important to promote wider well-being and independence for older people, both before and after retirement. Older people continue to contribute to the economy, society and their local communities and to enjoy active lives. Income is not the only factor – and often not the main factor – in ensuring a happy and fulfilling later life. Housing, health, care, transport and social contacts all play a crucial part in enabling older people to live life to the full. A set of indicators of older people’s independence and well-being that have been selected and cover five domains a) Independence in supportive communitiesp; b) Healthy active living; c) Fairness in work and later life; d) Material well-being; and e) Support and care.