Strategy For Older People 2013 – 2023
Phase 3 of the Strategy for Older People in Wales: Living Longer, Ageing Well will span the 10 years from 2013 – 2023.
Population ageing is a permanent feature of our modern society. There is a need to work collectively and embrace this reality for the opportunities and challenges it brings.
The Welsh Government’s challenge for the next ten years is:
- to create a Wales where full participation is within the reach of all older people and their contribution is recognised and valued
- to develop communities that are age-friendly while ensuring older people have the resources they need to live
- to ensure that future generations of older people are well equipped for later life by encouraging recognition of the changes and demands that may be faced and taking action early in preparation
To find out more, please click on the online version of the Strategy.
Strategy for Older People in Wales – 2013-2023
Ageing Well in Wales 2014 – 2019
Following from the Strategy for Older People (2013), The Ageing Well in Wales Programme is a Partnership approach across local and national government, the NHS, the third sector, and, importantly older people themselves, and is led by the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales. The first three priorities of the programme are Age-Friendly and Dementia-Friendly Communities and Preventing and Managing Falls and Fractures.
Ageing Well in Wales – 2014-2019
Ageing Well in Ceredigion
Ageing Well in Ceredigion follows the Older Peoples Strategy for Ceredigion (2004). The purpose of the document is to demonstrate how Ceredigion County Council will work with residents in the communities, partner agencies and organisations to take forward the Ageing Well in Wales programme and phase 3 of the Strategy for Older People in Wales 2013-2023: Living Longer, Ageing Well.
The challenge in Wales, as set out by Welsh Government to be undertaken and met by all 22 Local Authorities in Wales by 2023 is to:
- Create a Wales where full participation is within the reach of all older people and their contribution is recognised and valued
- Develop communities that are age-friendly while ensuring older people have the resources they need to live
- Ensure that future generations of older people are well equipped for later life by encouraging recognition of the changes and demands that may be faced and taking action in preparation
In order to demonstrate how these and other national priorities are being delivered in Ceredigion and how they interact with other local influencing documents, an ambitious Delivery Plan has been prepared based on the 5 headings as identified within the Ageing Well in Wales programme.
Theme 1: Age Friendly Communities
Theme 2: Dementia supportive communities
Theme 3: Falls Prevention
Theme 4: Opportunities for employment and new skills
Theme 5: Loneliness and isolation