16 Sep 2016
New manifesto launched by the Ready for Ageing Alliance
Ageing Better responds to a manifesto for action launched by the Ready for Ageing Alliance which calls for an urgent focus on social care.
The Alliance – a coalition of independent organisations – was formed in 2013, prompted by the Filkin report 'Ready for Ageing'. The organisations came together to call for action from Government and all political parties to prepare for the increasing numbers of older people in the UK.
The manifesto calls for more action on saving for later life and to improve employment opportunities, housing, social care, health care and care provisions.
Lord Filkin CBE, Chair of the Centre for Ageing Better said:
“The Ready for Ageing Alliance raises important questions and issues in its report. Many of these were identified in the original Ready for Ageing report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change, which I chaired. Our growing ageing population is the biggest societal change of our time. The full benefit – for individuals and society – of longer lives will not be realised without change at many levels. There are things individuals can do for themselves like saving, looking after their health and planning to work for longer. Government and business also have a responsibility to improve our housing, health and care, and job market to be fit for purpose for the future. The Centre for Ageing Better was created to ensure more people in future enjoy a good later life; to harness the opportunities as well as address the challenges of an ageing population”.
Find out more about the Ready for Ageing Alliance manifesto, and read the Centre for Ageing Better’s report, Later Life in 2015.