Meeting the Needs of an Ageing Population 2021
Online Event 27 July 2021, 9:00am - 4:00pm
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Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Deborah Alsina, Chief Executive, Independent Age
9:40am
Keynote Address: Post-Pandemic Challenges For All Ages In An Ageing Society
Stephen Burke, CEO, Hallmark Care Homes Foundation and Co-Founder, United for All Ages
10:00am
Improving Older People’s Access To Fully Accessible Homes To Enable Independence And Promote Wellbeing
- Maximising collaboration between housing associations, local care providers, councils and charities to deliver the best services and support for older people in their homes
- Developing a range and mix of housing and accommodation required and inviting investment to deliver housing solutions
- Adapting and improving current housing stock and ensuring that new build homes are accessible
- Enabling older people with disabilities to live in homes that support their health and wellbeing
- Obtaining funding from the Better Care Fund to provide high quality, cost-effective and streamlined adaptation services
Julie Ogley, Director of Social Care, Health and Housing, Central Bedfordshire Council
10:20am
Case Study: Responding To The Impact Of COVID-19 On Older People In Greater Manchester
Nicola Waterworth, Partnership Manager – Greater Manchester, Centre for Ageing Better
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break And Networking
11:35am
Case Study: Looking To The Future: Preparing For Different Retirement Scenarios
Daniela Silcock, Head of Policy Research, Pensions Policy Institute (PPI)
11:55am
Case Study
Rebecca Dunkerley, Head of Camden Integrated Adult Services, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
12:15pm
Helping Older People Age Well Through A Healthy Lifestyle Programme For The Over 50s
- Addressing the financial limitations of local government by working in partnership with the voluntary, community and statutory sectors
- Meeting the challenge of more people living with multiple long-term conditions by helping people to self-manage their conditions, live well and stay active
- Developing an Older Person’s Health and Housing Plan and identifying ten priority areas to enable people to be active, decrease social isolation and help people live well with frailty and long-term conditions
- Creating the Active for Life project aimed at the over 50s and offering a rolling programme of activity taster sessions
- Evaluating the impact of the work so far and formulating future plans to create a dementia-friendly community
Emma Keating Clark, Community Health and Wellbeing Manager, Stroud District Council
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:55pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Case Study: Housing, Ageing, Health And Care: Using The Data
- What are the important numbers and what do they tell us about where people live as they age
- Making the critical connections between healthy homes for ageing well: emerging NHS interest and opportunities for including housing in integration and the proposed greater focus on prevention and inequalities
- Retrofit, carbon reduction and enabling safe, independent living in later life: how we can create a win-win approach of making homes not only greener, but also healthy and age friendly
Sue Adams, CEO, Care & Repair England
2:00pm
Possible Public Health Implications of Raising the State Pension Age and How to Mitigate Them
- Understanding the background and the impact of the increased State Pension Age
- An overview of the unintended consequences including worsening health and an increase in the mortality rate of those employed in the most demanding occupations
- Assessing the damage to the NHS and charity sector as a result of the increase
David Blane, Emeritus Professor, Imperial College London
2:20pm
Keynote Address: Analysing The State Of Ageing Today And Taking Steps To Change The Trajectory In The Future
- Examining how the pervasiveness of poor health, unsafe and low-quality housing and a lack of social connections has exacerbated the impact of the pandemic for older people
- Reducing the health-wealth gap and reducing health inequalities by tackling poverty, financial insecurity, employment and housing
- Focusing on prevention and support for those with health conditions in the poorest communities to narrow inequalities between the richest and poorest
- Promoting an age-diverse workforce and ensuring that flexible working and training is offered to workers of all ages
- Testing new approaches and supporting innovation to develop effective interventions to ensure that the next generation of older people reap the benefits of longer, healthier and happier lives
Louise Ansari, Director of Communications and Influencing, Centre for Ageing Better
2:40pm
Question And Answer Session
3:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close
Deborah Alsina, Chief Executive, Independent Age