United Kingdom and Ageing
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- The future of the public sector pensions: final report
- Pension Policy Institute, UK, 2010
- This report on the future of the public sector pension schemes identifies policy objectives that any Government considering further reforms to the public sector pensions might aim to address, identifies a set of possible further refor...
- Which countries are preparing for old age?
- R. Jackson; N. Howe; K. Nakashima / Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2011
- The Global Aging Preparedness Index (or GAP Index) aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the progress that countries are making in preparing for global ageing, and particularly the “old-age dependency” dimension of...
- How to build more a sustainable pension for future generations
- D.C. John; R. Levine / Retirement Security Project, Brookings, 2010
- Americans today face precarious retirement prospects that have only been made worse by the recession that began in 2007. The US social security system will only be solvent until 2019, after which it will spend more in benefits than it...
- Demands to reduce the use of antipsychotics for people with dementia
- S. Banerjee / Department of Health, UK, 2009
- There have been increasing concerns over the past years about the use of these drugs in dementia. The findings of this review confirms that there are indeed significant issues in terms of quality of care and patient safety. These drug...
- Involving the elderly in climate change policy making
- G. Haq; J. Whitelegg; M. Kohler / Stockholm Environment Institute, 2009
- Climate change and an ageing population bring together two key policy challenges which need to be addressed to ensure a safe, secure, equitable and sustainable future. to, and casualties of, climate change as well as potential campaig...
- Working with older prisoners workshop
- Nacro . / Department of Health, UK, 2009
- Document to facilitate running a workshop on the special requirements of older prisoners. It is the accompanying document that can be uses in conjunction with "A resource pack for working with older prisoners", produced by the U...
- Guide to improving services for older prisoners
- Nacro . / Department of Health, UK, 2009
- This pack and its related resources are aimed at wing-based prison staff, disability liaison officers, peer support workers and anyone else who wishes to practically enhance the day-to-day lives of older prisoners. It is produced by t...
- Government initiative to prepare for an ageing population
- Building a society for all ages, UK Government, 2009
- UK Government strategy paper to designed to help Britain prepare for our ageing society. The paper highlights the need for a cultural shift, to build a vision of a society for all ages – where people are not defin...
- Improving conditions for ageing populations in prison
- Prison Reform Trust, 2009
- Prison staff working with older prisoners require specialist training and support, as the needs of older people can be hard to detect. The increase in numbers of people needing significant health and social care input has created huge...
- Are the wealth rankings of countries being incorrectly measured?
- I Almås; M. Mogstad / Luxembourg Income Study, 2009
- Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this finding relies on cross-section data, the authors of this paper argue that we may be confusing older with wealthie...
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