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a think-tank impacting policy on longevity, ageing and population change
 This policy brief aims to stimulate debate and drive improvements in dementia research, diagnosis, treatment and care by identifying key priorities for action at the Member State and EU level. 03 February 2010 |
 This new ILC-UK Think-Piece from Simon Roberts, design anthropologist at Intel, considers the role of design in tackling the digital divide. 01 February 2010 |
 This brief summarises a public “Green Paper” debate exploring the future of funding long-term care for older people. 20 January 2010 |
 Notes of an ILC-UK Dinner Debate on the subject of the Myths and Realities of the Older Worker. 11 January 2010 |
 This brief summarises a public debate exploring decumulation in the context of the economic downturn. 09 December 2009 |
 The speech of Michael Foster MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Government Equalities Office, at the ILC-UK Partners Breakfast on 1st December 2009. 01 December 2009 |
To accommodate an ageing population people will need to work for longer but to what extent is this happening in reality and to what extent do barriers to working longer include poor health? 17 February 2010 |
To accommodate an ageing population people will need to work for longer but to what extent is this happening in reality and to what extent do barriers to working longer include poor health? 03 March 2010 |
Gordon Brown has this week pledged to introduce a personalised approach to social care. Dubbed the National Care Service, it could see 350,000[1] of the nation’s elderly gain greater control over how and where they are cared for. The scheme would allow the most frail or in-need to be looked after in their own homes [...] |
Over recent decades, rates of childlessness have increased substantially in many European countries, including the UK. The percentage of British women remaining childless has risen since it was at its lowest level for women born in 1945 (9%), doubling to approximately 18% for women who are currently completing their childbearing years.
Most studies of the consequences [...] |
The Government should allocate more resources to dementia according to a new report by the International Longevity Centre. 03 February 2010 |
The International Longevity Centre - UK (ILC-UK) has today published “The Fictions, Facts and Future of Older People and Technology” a think piece by Simon Roberts 01 February 2010 |
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