Age Friendly Communities in Practice
Welcome Pam Smith Chief Executive of Stockport Council GM Lead Chief Executive for Equalities, Fairness and Inclusion. #agefriendlygm
Session One: Introductions #agefriendlygm
Session Two: Age-friendly good practice sharing #agefriendlygm
Why is Ageing a Core Issue for GM? Chris Phillipson Professor Sociology & Social Gerontology The Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) #agefriendlygm
Why is ageing a core issue for GM? Challenges & Priorities for ‘Ageing in Place’ Chris Phillipson SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES MANCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON AGEING THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER #agefriendlygm
AREAS FOR DISCUSSION • Why are age-friendly places important? • Challenges for creating age-friendly places • Key issues • If we could do four things ……….. #agefriendlygm
• The influence of the neighbourhood: 80% of the time of people aged over 70 is spent at home or the immediate environment; hence the importance of a high quality physical & social environment (Wahl et al., 2012) • Neighbourhood as a source of inclusion (e.g. social connections) and exclusion (e.g. poverty, crime) #agefriendlygm
Challenges for age-friendly places: population change • Around 29% of people 65 + in GM have a Long-term limiting illness where their day-to-day activities are ‘limited a lot’ • Substantial increase projected (2036) in people 65 + in GM unable to manage one domestic task (41.5%) or one self-care activity (34%) (Buckner et al., 2011) • Substantial growth in single-person households over the next two decades – especially amongst those 7 5 and over #agefriendlygm
Challenges for age-friendly places: economic deprivation • 36% of the population of GM live in a neighbourhood among the most 20% deprived* nationally • 22% of the population of GM live in a neighbourhood among the most 10% deprived • In Manchester, the majority of people (59%) live in deprived neighbourhoods • Unmet need for social care highest in deprived areas* Based on Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2015 (DCLG) Health Survey for England (2018) #agefriendlygm
Challenges for ageing in place for GM • Many communities lack resources to support ageing populations – age-friendly initiatives not a panacea • Resources to enable ageing in place may need to be increased to support those with cognitive and/or physical disabilities • Ageing in place may be unattractive where the places in which people are ageing are facing economic and social decline • Decline in community nursing & social work and rationing of home care – over 400,000 fewer people 65+ in the UK receiving care since 2009 #agefriendlygm
Ageing in place: core issues for GM • Develop GM as a ‘ social city ’ – one which promotes connections across different ethnic groups, communities and generations • Develop partnerships which can tackle deep-rooted poverty within communities • Tackle loss of core services affecting communities • Developing co-research with older people • Encouraging innovations in community-based support #agefriendlygm
Creating age-friendly places: core issues for GM • Planning for greater diversity in ethnic identities in old age will be a significant issue for realising an age- friendly GM . • Strengthening support networks/advocacy groups within the BAME community (e.g. the Manchester BME Network/Ethnic Health Forum). • Developing specialist programmes to support carers within the BAME community. • Expanding programmes which tackle social isolation amongst older people from minority ethnic groups (especially given the increase in people from BAME communities living alone) #agefriendlygm
Creating age-friendly places: core issues for GM • Encourage greater innovation amongst housing associations e.g. co-housing, shared housing, intergenerational housing • How can the principle of lifetime homes and neighbourhoods be applied across the GM region? • How will the need for housing vary within and between different generations/age cohorts? #agefriendlygm
If we could do four things……….. • Promoting neighbourhood networks : developing informal networks to combat social exclusion and provide support to informal carers; • Support co-operative enterprises: e.g. food co- ops, mobile food deliveries • Housing interventions : assistance with adaptations, review of housing options, help with jobs in the home, assistance with home safety • Environmental interventions : promotion of green spaces, importance of local parks, age- friendly shops and transportation #agefriendlygm
Break Please come back to the room for 11.45 #agefriendlygm
Session Three: Good practice in more detail #agefriendlygm
Lunch Please come back to the room for 1:40 #agefriendlygm
Introducing a Community Shuttle Bus Dr. Mark Hammond Research Associate Manchester School of Architecture (Ambition for Ageing) #agefriendlygm
Manchester Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods Dr. Mark Hammond Manchester School of Architecture m.hammond@mmu.ac.uk @MSAphase #agefriendlygm
1. Partnership approach Moston 2. Action planning Miles Platting methodology City Centre Hulme and Moss Side 3. Co-creating projects Burnag e #agefriendlygm
Transport: St. Georges • Located in area with poor health, bad public transport, low car ownership • Discussion - residents reporting missing appointments. Problems when given early appointments #agefriendlygm
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Learning from Marginalised Communities Nicola Shore Engagement & Wellbeing Service Manager Age UK Oldham (Ambition for Ageing) #agefriendlygm
Introduction to the Afternoon John Hannen Programme Manager, Ambition for Ageing, GMCVO #agefriendlygm
Developing a framework for age-friendly places #agefriendlygm
Understanding There is a clear identification of boundaries, a demographic profile of place, clear identification of relevant inequalities #agefriendlygm
Insight There should be mechanisms for local people to contribute, a recognition of barriers some will face in engagement and should not rely on a single means of engagement #agefriendlygm
Planning Using asset mapping techniques to identify strengths to be built on alongside the identification of key physical, economic and socio-cultural barriers to connection #agefriendlygm
Promotion People change when they see others changing – local institutions can motivate and mobilise others by showing how they’re contributing to making a place more age friendly. #agefriendlygm
Session Four: Developing a framework for Age-Friendly Places and Communities #agefriendlygm
Thank you and next steps Paul McGarry Head of the GM Ageing Hub Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) #agefriendlygm
Refreshments and Networking Please take this time to catch-up and grab a drink #agefriendlygm
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