Resources, good practice, reports, and research
This page contains links to resources and good practice to help meet the challenges presented by an ageing society.
Directgov – Pensions and retirement planning – information for people aged over 50 on working, retirement, health and well-being, learning, benefits and travel and leisure
- Pensions and retirement planning (Directgov)
Age Positive is a DWP initiative that promotes good practice standards to employers for example operating without a retirement age, and the business benefits of recruiting, training and retaining older workers. Guidance and employer case study examples are featured on the Business Link website:
Age isn’t an issue employers’ guide to you 21st century workforce
- Age isn’t an issue (380KB)
How the UK is ageing – an interactive mapping tool which allows you to see how the population has aged over time and is projected to continue to age, in Local Authority areas.
- Ageing in the UK (ONS website)
Intergenerational activity – a list of other websites and publications about bringing generations together.
Public Service Agreement (PSA) 17 commits the Government to “tackle poverty and promote greater independence and wellbeing in later life”. It brings together action across Government to tackle pensioner poverty and to ensure that we adapt to an ageing society by promoting greater independence and wellbeing in later life.
- Good practice designing services for older people to meet (PSA17)
LinkAge Plus pilots are providing older people with access to a wide range of more integrated, joined-up services. There are eight pilots developing good practice to bring together central government, local authorities and other organisations in partnerships to deliver services focussing on local needs.
International Plan of Action on Ageing sets out the 10 commitments agreed by Governments to bring about the adjustments needed to address the challenges and opportunities of an ageing society.
Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPs) aims to deliver and evaluate locally innovative approaches to create a sustainable shift in resources and culture away from institutional and hospital-based crisis care for older people towards earlier, targeted interventions within their own homes and communities. It is led by the Department of Health's Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships Directorate and delivered through 29 local authority pilots.
- Partnerships for Older People Projects (Department of Health website)
Reports
- Don’t stop me now – Preparing for an ageing population (July 2008) is an Audit Commission report on preparing for the opportunities and challenges of the ageing population in England (Audit Commission website).
- Sure Start to later life (January 2006) examines how to tackle exclusion in later life and sets out 30 agreed cross-government action points (Communities and Local Government website).
Research
- Research in the Department for Work and Pensions includes links to all research published by DWP.
- The UK Age Research Forum (UKARF) is a strategic partnership between government, research councils and charities that aims to make a difference to the lives of older people through research.
