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Paul Burstow writes… Time to prepare for life in an ageing society

Grey_Pride_logo_headerLast week Anchor launched their grey pride manifesto, calling on political parties to do more for older people. Not only to end the discrimination that we know many older people suffer, but to face up to the many challenges that living in an ageing society presents, challenges for which we are “woefully unprepared”, as last year’s House of Lords Committee on Demographic Change warned.

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  • Steve Trevethan
    Thank you for a much needed article! "If our basic needs are neglected: our need for safety, economic security, loving connection, autonomy, self-realization...
  • Mike Peters
    Agreed with most of this article except the idea that the State has failed if it does not step in to provide baby-sitting to fit round when parents work. That�...
  • Steve Trevethan
    Thank you for an important article! May i recommend a small and relevant book entitled "The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence" by The Care Coll...
  • Mike Peters
    Sorry, should read ‘medicating the symptoms’...
  • Mike Peters
    Good article. The example of the single parent, full-time working mum, who is desperate for their child to be diagnosed with ADHD is really pertinent - the beha...