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We've published the final outputs of our Future of an Ageing Population project and will no longer be updating this blog.

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Materials to help you plan for population ageing

Posted by: Future of Ageing team, Posted on: 21 June 2017 - Categories: Project update
Icons used on the evidence cards

Use our workshop materials to understand how population ageing will impact your area of interest.

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How will an ageing population change the way we work?

Posted by: Future of Ageing team, Posted on: 15 February 2017 - Categories: Project update
Graph showing employment rate by type of employment and by age in the UK, 2014

Our working lives are becoming longer as the UK population ages.

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Data for our future selves

Posted by: Future of Ageing team, Posted on: 10 February 2017 - Categories: Uncategorized
2D visualisation of a figure from Foresight's Future of an Ageing population project report.

How Foresight data has found its way into a national design museum.

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A new approach to understanding Scotland's ageing population

Posted by: Alison Griffin, Posted on: 5 January 2017 - Categories: Project update
A cartoon of Bill, a fictional 72 year old in 2040.

How an evidence ‘safari’ helped us to think about the policy issues facing the ageing Scottish population.

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Why housing matters for the future of an ageing population

Posted by: Stephen Bennett, Posted on: 30 November 2016 - Categories: Project update
Infographic shows that housing costs the NHS £1.4 to 2.5 billion, an amount comparable to the costs for physical inactivity; overweight and obesity; smoking; and alcohol intake.

Seven facts that explain why housing will be critical for the ageing UK population.

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Mapping the ageing population

Posted by: Henry Green, Posted on: 21 October 2016 - Categories: Project update
An infographic displaying ageing data from Hull, as it is displayed on the new online mapping tool

People in the UK are living longer than ever - a major achievement of modern science and healthcare.

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Design for an ageing population

Posted by: Cat Drew and Stephen Bennett, Posted on: 19 October 2016 - Categories: Project update
A Pad'io, a cuboid, wooden interface for tablet computers.

The UK is in the midst of significant changes to our population. Foresight recently worked with Policy Lab and Central Saint Martins to investigate how design can help an ageing population.

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The future of an ageing population needs a response today

Posted by: Anna Dixon, Posted on: 27 September 2016 - Categories: Project update
Two people walking on a road through the mist (Sebastian Pichler/CC0)

By Anna Dixon, CEO, Centre for Ageing Better. The UK population is ageing. More of us are living longer than ever before and the proportion of the population aged 65 years and older is growing as the baby boomers age.

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Exploring the evidence

Posted by: Future of Ageing team, Posted on: 8 March 2016 - Categories: Project update

The Future of an Ageing Population team has worked with academics for over a year collecting together 200,000 words of evidence for what an ageing population in 2040 might look and feel like.

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Using design and open policy making techniques to address complex problems

Posted by: Stephen Bennett, Posted on: 1 October 2015 - Categories: Local meetings, Project update
Cards used in PolicyLab event

Some of the big drivers of population change seem immovable in their trajectories and prominent in their profile. Yet deeper analysis reveals a world of complexity just below the surface.

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