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Healthy Ageing Profile By Dave Leonard WHO Healthy City Co-ordinator Sunderland Improving the wider social determinants of Health in Sunderland through..........
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Aims of Presentation The aims of the presentation are to demonstrate: Sunderland’s challenges Sunderland’s response What Next
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Part 1 Sunderland’s Challenge
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Sunderland Demographic Time Bomb 'Will it compromise future economic development and strain health and social care services?'
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Health Revolution Adding years to life
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Mental Health & Well-being Depression reversible? Dementia not yet?
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Adding Years to life A life course approach 'helps maintain physical and mental capacity in later life.'
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Intelligence & Wisdom Intelligence: 'Fluid' (peaks @ 30) v 'Crystallized' (develops past 70) Wisdom: Expert knowledge about fundamental life matters Good judgement and advice on important but uncertain matters of life
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Expanding the 3rd Age And Compressing the 4th Age
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Part 2 Sunderland’s Response
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Caring for older people Needs & Responsibilities 'Commissioning & Providing'
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Families Main carers ‘Contributing over 600 million euros’
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Healthy City Approach "Upstream" & "Downstream"
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Housing investment Improves the health and well-being of older people
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Access and mobility Design a city for older people and you design it for everyone
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Security Measures to improve security will improve physical and mental health of older people
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Inclusion Depends on good relationships
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Work Older people have the potential to contribute more to Sunderland's economy
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Older people as a resource Formal and Informal Older people of all ages are an ‘informal’ resource to family and society. 15% of those aged 65- 74 are formal volunteers
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Empowerment Older people contribute to society & economy but they also want a say in how the city develops
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Next Steps - Age Friendly City
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Summary Our Healthy Ageing Profile has brought together a range of information and services, raising awareness of the issue through it’s production. The Profile has been shared with partners and organisations throughout the City so that Healthy Ageing issues are understood by decision makers. The development of the Healthy Ageing Profile has led to our involvement with the WHO Age Friendly City movement, and this is being incorporated into Citywide Regeneration work of connecting with our communities. The WHO initiative has now been transformed from an information document, has informed organisational thinking and development and has led to a mainstream area of work that will continue to address Healthy Ageing issues.
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