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Future of ageing
by Future of Ageing team
3y ago
We've published the final outputs of our Future of an Ageing Population project and will no longer be updating this blog. Population ageing will affect all of us. To help us understand the issue, our project looked at the best scientific evidence on how population ageing will affect us as individuals, and society as a whole, both now and in the future. We collected evidence from a wide range of sources. We commissioned 22 peer-reviewed evidence reviews; held expert meetings to discuss topics ranging from health and care to housing; and visited 10 different regions and administrations across t ..read more
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Materials to help you plan for population ageing
Future of ageing
by Future of Ageing team
3y ago
During the Foresight Future of an Ageing Population project we worked with Policy Lab to run a series of workshops. In these sessions, we presented policymakers with evidence from our project on specially-designed cards, and asked them to use these cards to think about what population ageing means for their area of policy. We’ve received considerable interest from across the UK and Europe in our materials since the workshops and so have updated them and made them available. Download the resources from the Foresight projects blog. Sign up for , or follow us on Twitter ..read more
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How will an ageing population change the way we work?
Future of ageing
by Future of Ageing team
3y ago
Our working lives are becoming longer as the UK population ages. Work will be a critical part of the how the UK adapts to having an older population. This post presents 5 pieces of evidence from the Foresight Future of an Ageing Population project describing the current picture of UK employment for older workers, and the challenges people face working later in life. Read more about it on the Foresight projects blog. Sign up for , or follow us on Twitter ..read more
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Data for our future selves
Future of ageing
by Future of Ageing team
3y ago
Many people wonder how government scientific and economic reports are used in practice. Do they feed directly into policy, can they influence industrial action or do they just gather dust on the shelf? Here’s a slightly unusual story of government data finding its way into a national design exhibition. Read more about it on the Foresight projects blog. Sign up for , or follow us on Twitter ..read more
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A new approach to understanding Scotland's ageing population
Future of ageing
by Alison Griffin
3y ago
How an evidence ‘safari’ helped us to think about the policy issues facing the ageing Scottish population. Like all advanced economies, Scotland’s population is ageing. The number of people aged 75 and over is projected to increase by 85% over the next 25 years. This ageing is happening at a faster rate than the rest of the UK. The pace of change over future years will be dramatic and will challenge how Scottish policy-makers think about and design policy. The safari used fictional personas to understand the impact on individuals. Bill is 72 and wants to participate in local activities. For ..read more
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Why housing matters for the future of an ageing population
Future of ageing
by Stephen Bennett
3y ago
Seven facts that explain why housing will be critical for the ageing UK population. Poor quality housing in the UK costs the NHS an estimated £2.5 billion per year through negative effects on health. Housing will be a critical part of the government’s future response to ageing. The Foresight future of an ageing population project analysed the main challenges that result from the UK population becoming older. Find out about the 7 facts on the Foresight projects blog. Sign up for , or follow us on Twitter ..read more
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Mapping the ageing population
Future of ageing
by Henry Green
3y ago
People in the UK are living longer than ever - a major achievement of modern science and healthcare. To help policy makers understand the implications of ageing, Foresight created interactive maps showing data at a local authority level. Read more about it on the Foresight projects blog. Sign up for , or follow us on Twitter ..read more
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Design for an ageing population
Future of ageing
by Cat Drew
3y ago
The UK is in the midst of significant changes to our population. Foresight recently worked with Policy Lab and Central Saint Martins to investigate how design can help an ageing population. Read more about it on the Foresight projects blog. Sign up for , or follow us on Twitter ..read more
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The future of an ageing population needs a response today
Future of ageing
by Anna Dixon
3y ago
By Anna Dixon, CEO, Centre for Ageing Better. The UK population is ageing. More of us are living longer than ever before and the proportion of the population aged 65 years and older is growing as the baby boomers age. Thanks to advances in medical science and rising living standards, many diseases which would have led to death or disability in the past, are now preventable or survivable. These profound demographic changes will not only affect us in years to come, but are already changing the way we live today. A recent report by the Government Office for Science, 'Future of an Ageing Populatio ..read more
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Exploring the evidence
Future of ageing
by Future of Ageing team
3y ago
The Future of an Ageing Population team has worked with academics for over a year collecting together 200,000 words of evidence for what an ageing population in 2040 might look and feel like. No busy civil servant would ever have time to read the whole report, so we broke it down into bite-sized chunks and commissioned Data Design to create infographic style cards that people could pick and mix. They’ve also made this video showing how this activity fits into a wider idea generation workshop. Cat Drew has written more about the process on the Open Policy Making blog. Sign up for , or follow u ..read more
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