Summary of Key Points

• Need for easily accessible summaries of all the relevant information/statistics
• Sharing of good practice between professions/disciplines/Councils
• Importance of involving older people at early stages of planning any research/initiatives etc.
• The nature of poverty - income poor plus asset rich BUT some elderly income rich plus asset poor.
• How to engage isolated older people
• Older people are a very diverse group
• Gap in care as numbers of older people increase and carers decrease
• Housing - moving from family homes/transition
• Alternatives to care homes
• Shared responsibility for health - NHS/LA/individuals/communities/private and voluntary sectors
• Volunteering leading to better health in the long run
• Motivations for keeping active - fully involve older people in society
• Intergeneration learning - 2 way
• Difficulty re-entering labour market after 50 years old
• Age discrimination/attitudes