Questions on … transport
Posted by Anne Moore on Feb 13 2007 under Older people, Transport, Questions on...
Questions on … older people
Posted by Anne Moore on Feb 13 2007 under Older people, Questions on...
Older People - from the NICVA Policy Manifesto
Posted by Feargal O'Kane on Feb 12 2007 under Older people, Policy Manifesto
Our population is ageing quickly, but the maze of policies and lack of connection between them means that older people living here face discrimination, poverty and lack of recognition of the very positive contribution they make to their communities.
In Northern Ireland in 2004, there were 233,400 people over the age of 65, or 14% of the population, with further variation in some areas. By 2015 this is set to rise to 293,700, or 16%, and the increase will be highest in the 70+ age group, with numbers predicted to more than double in the forty years from 2001.
