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Retirement in flux: changing perceptions of retirement and later life
- Author:
- INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE UK
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 22p
- Place of publication:
- London
Retirement and what it means to be a citizen in an ageing society is changing. Traditionally, our understanding of retirement implies that people make contributions in their working life in return for support in later life. This think-piece argues that society needs to abandon the notion that people make contributions in their working life in return for support in retirement. Such an approach implies that retirement marks the point where older people’s contributions are no longer valuable. An ageing society, with many people living longer and healthier lives, means that contributions should continue into later life. This publication discusses the rights and responsibilities of later life, arguing that the concept of ‘gradual retirement’ may be better suited to an ageing society. Older citizens have a responsibility to remain in the labour market, where possible, to enable skills retention and minimise the fiscal burdens on taxpayers. Alongside this, they should have a right to support to enable longer working lives. Older people should have a right to remain in their own home, but it is fair that they should draw upon property wealth to help fund care costs where possible. In addition, there should be opportunities for older people to volunteer in ways that are flexible, enjoyable, and oriented towards utilising their skills.
Age of opportunity: putting the ageing society of tomorrow on the agenda of the voluntary sector today
- Authors:
- COMMISSON ON THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND AGEING, NEW PHILANTHROPY CAPITAL, INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE UK
- Publisher:
- New Philanthropy Capital
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- London
This discussion paper from the Commission on the Voluntary Sector, a partnership between the National Philanthropy Capital and ILC-UK, aims to raise questions and prompt thinking about how the voluntary sector can prepare and adapt to an ageing society over the next 20 years. The report tackles a number of key areas, and for each area presents key statistics and two extreme scenarios, outlining what they might mean for the voluntary sector in 20 years time. Areas discussed are: the voluntary sector's relationship with the public and private sectors; the health and wellbeing of an ageing population; an increasing use of the internet and new technology; the numbers of older people volunteering; changes in employment and retirement; and financing and donations to charities. (Original abstract)