Older People
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Opportunity Age
Opportunity Age is the Government's strategy for an ageing society. The strategy aims to:
- End the perception of older people as dependent.
- Ensure that longer life is healthy and fulfilling.
- Ensure that older people are full participants in society.
It was first published in ‘Opportunity Age: Meeting the challenges of ageing in the 21st century’ in March 2005.
Coordinated and led by the DWP Secretary of State, in his role as Champion for Older People, the strategy focuses on three key areas:
- Work and income - to achieve higher employment rates overall and greater flexibility for over 50s in continuing careers, managing any health conditions and combining work with family (and other) commitments.
- Active ageing - to enable older people to play a full and active role in society.
- Services - that allow us all to keep independence and control over our lives as we grow older, even if we are constrained by the health problems which can occur in old age.
It also sets out what steps Government, at national and local level, must do in order to organise ourselves to deliver the strategy.
To download Opportunity Age - Volume One: Main Report, click here.
To download Opportunity Age - Volume Two: Evidence Volume, click here.
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