Challenging Attitudes & Assumptions About Ageing
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Challenging Attitudes & Assumptions About Ageing
Mary Sinfield
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NDA Older People’s Reference Group
2008-2013
WHO AM I & WHY AM I HERE?
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Define ‘Ageing’?
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. . . AFTERREPORT!
. . . AFTER REPORT . . .
REPORT . . .
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THE LATEST:‘Filkin Report’ - & Response
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What happened next?
• Well, firstly . . . • . . . secondly . . .
Sir Mark Walport, Government Chief Scientific
Advisor
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. . . and thirdly.
http://www.centreforageingbetter.com/
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CHALLENGES
• Get INFORMATION
• Get pOLITICAL
• Get ASSERTIVE
• Age UK Blog & Knowledge HubAssumes you have Internet access, but if so, is really useful source of information
• Note the small ‘p’.Join local campaigning, community and interest groups and ‘network’.
• The REAL ‘Grumpy Old (Wo)Man’ Don’t just grumble; make your views known directly!
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Did you listenOR
did you HEAR?
DON’T ACCEPT ASSUMPTIONS – CHALLENGE THEM!