Older people’s Day 1st October

UK Older People’s Day is on 1st October every year to coincide with the UN International Day of Older Persons. The main aim for the day is to be a celebration of the achievements and contributions that older people make to our society and the economy. Older People’s Day supports the campaign to challenge negative attitudes and outdated stereotypes.

You can help this year by signing up to our pledge of support organising an event or activity linked to one of our themed months or just by taking part in something going on in your community on October 1st. Nothing going on? Then make it happen!!

Kris Scotting Care Consultants Ltd has pledged to continue to campaign for the best quality care in later life.

The Living Later Life Conference

AgeUK Somerset are holding a free one day conference on 26th October at Taunton Racecourse.

Their website says:

This conference will tackle the issues that matter most when it comes to ensuring  a good quality of later life: housing, mutually-supportive relationships, retaining independence and control, enjoying an active lifestyle, health and social care services, living well with long-term conditions and much more.  It will encourage us all to envisage and plan for how we want to live our later life.

 

Listen to a number of high-profile speakers, including:

 

• Sir Andrew Dillon, CEO, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
• Professor Ann Bowling, Professor of Health Sciences, University of Southampton
• Dr Chrystalina Antoniades, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford
• Tony Watts, OBE, Chair of South West Forum on Ageing and Founding Editor of Mature Times
• Conference Chair – Clinton Rogers, Somerset Correspondent for BBC Points West

To book online and for more details visit their website:

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/somerset/activities–events/north-somerset1/

I look forward to seeing you there 🙂

Working in later life

I’m not sure what I think about this latest government strategy.

On the one hand it seems like a plan to keep us all working longer, so we don’t need as much state support.

On the other supporting people working in later life is a good thing, and the economic and health benefits are clear.

As a young man with an NHS pension I looked forward to retiring at 50!

Now that’s only a few years off, I wouldn’t dream of downing tools.

What do you think?

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-framework-for-action

Age Action Alliance South West update

I know I’ve mentioned this group before, but a quick update on activity and a pointer to the website and report on the first meeting is in order.

Im looking forward to the next meeting and hopeful we can get something positive out of the whole initiative.

http://ageactionalliance.org/theme/south-west-age-action-alliance-network/