SILVER project searches for new, innovative ways to acquire public sector health services by utilizing a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) process. The goal is to find new technologies to assist the elderly enabling them to continue living independently at home. With mobile assistant robot LEA the elderly can enjoy homelife even if they have physical or cognitive disabilities. By the summer[Read More…]
The adult social care sector in England faces a gap of 200,000 care workers by the end of this Parliament because of restrictions on immigration and a failure to attract British workers. Longer term, the sector could face a shortfall of 1 million workers in the next twenty years. This is one of several key findings from ‘Moved to Care’,[Read More…]
New research by the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) and Prudential busts the myth of older people splashing their retirement cash on leisure and holidays. Research busts the myth of a hedonistic retiree population Retirees are saving £48.7bn per year Rather than spending their kids inheritance on holidays and leisure, older people spend decreasing amounts on non-essentials On average[Read More…]
The EU population is projected to increase in size slightly by 2060, but with a much older age profile than today. This will have an effect on public policies and public spending in areas such as pensions, healthcare or long-term care. Age-related public expenditure is expected to increase by 1.4 % of GDP in the EU as a whole. However[Read More…]
Europe must reform and modernise its policies to preserve its values. Modernisation is essential to continue keep Europe’s historically high levels of prosperity, social cohesion, environmental protection and quality of life. The European Commission’s Report ‘European Values in a Globalised World’, its contribution to the Informal Summit of Heads of State and Government on 27 October in the UK states[Read More…]
Europeans are living longer and healthier lives, and subsequent generations can benefit from longer lifespans lived together. This spectacular achievement of European societies is accompanied, however, by fertility rates below replacement levels and, in a remarkably large number of countries, far under that level. As a result, population growth is slowing down while population ageing accelerates. In particular, rapid increases[Read More…]
Telecare and telehealth will be most effective if adopted as an alternative way of engaging with and supporting service users and not simply as an “add on” or supplementary to the traditional ways of working. The Deloitte report looks at the role that telecare and telehealth can play in helping to transform health and social care by enabling commissioners and providers[Read More…]
Europe is seeing its population become older with the potential for economic problems due to a population that could be a drain on ressources. If we look at the projected old age dependency ratio (No. Of persons over 65 as a % of those between 15 and 64) we see dramatic changes predicted by 2050. Why is this happening ?[Read More…]
The ‘silver economy’ covers a host of different but interlinked strands ; together these can improve the quality of life and inclusion in society and involvement in economic activity of the ageing population through developing innovative policies, products and services to meet their needs, bringing more growth and jobs. The concept has been emerging over the years, and recently gathered momentum[Read More…]
This Research Report forms part of our series on global societal trends and their impact on the EU in 2030. This analysis is embedded within the framework of the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) set up to develop a lasting framework to assess global trends and to develop policy responses across EU institutions over the next institutional cycle[Read More…]
