Transcript A city for all ages: Making Sheffield a great place to grow older

a city for all ages:
making Sheffield a great place to grow older
Sheffield Executive Board
12th September 2012
Laurie Brennan
Sheffield City Council
the argument is well made…
• 139% increase in 85+ age
group in last decade
• A triumph for social &
economic development
• Current and future
pressure on budgets
• Long-term ill-health means
poor outcomes for
individuals and the city
• Ageing is malleable
• Maximise wellbeing and
functionality throughout
life (active ageing)
Sheffield’s approach to ageing
Sheffield will be a city for all ages in which people live,
healthy, active, independent lives, and enjoy everything
that the city has to offer
Three main goals:
1.
2.
To influence and shape decision making in Sheffield
To challenge and engage all individuals, organisations and
society as a whole to take a more positive, planned and
reasoned approach
3.
To implement a delivery plan
the framework: what is it about?
• Smarter decision-making
• Enabling people to make better
choices
• Practical implementation:
– eg. design, physical infrastructure,
culture
• Habitual change:
– Individuals
– Organisations
– Society
• Shifting mindsets:
– positive attitudes to ageing and older
people
– challenging ageism
9 principles
1. Aspiration
2. Fairness
3. A long-term view
4. Prevention
throughout people’s
lives
5. Dignity & respect
6. Independence
7. A key part to play
8. Working better
together
9. Cultural diversity
5 themes, many opportunities for change
Where I live
• transport
• street environment
• housing
Finance, employment, learning for
life
• learning for life
• employment
• incomes and savings
• welfare
Excellent care and support
• high quality care and support
if/when people need it
• personalised to individual’s needs
• reduce demand for acute care
Part of the community
• community safety
• access to information
• community facilities
• digital inclusion
• respect and social inclusion
• active citizenship
Better health and wellbeing
• a healthy and successful city
• health & wellbeing is improving all the
time
• health inequalities are reducing
• people can get the health, social care,
children’s and housing services they need
• health and wellbeing system is
affordable, innovative and delivers excellent
value for money
the plan: what next?
• delivery plan development
– shape identify key actions for Sheffield
– prioritise 2 or 3 issues for coming year(s)
• consultation in depth on actions:
– discussions with partners: what is possible; what is
realistic; what can make a difference?
• city for all ages board:
– lead, advocate, challenge, support
• Promote:
– sign-up to be WHO age-friendly city
– forming UK age-friendly cities network
• Identify measures of success
things to consider
• Is there anything missing?
• How can partners on the SEB lead
and support this agenda?
• What specific issues can we
address:
– as a city?
– as individual organisations?
• How can we best enable and
encourage people to take more
positive approaches to ageing?
Past…
…future?