Agenda item - New Dynamics of Ageing Programme

Presentation by John Barry, former Secretary, OPC.

96.1         John Barry informed the OPC of a university project he was involved called the New Dynamics of Ageing.

96.2         The programme is an 8 year programme with the aim of improving the quality of life for older people and is the largest and most ambitious research programme on ageing ever mounted in the UK.

96.3         The programme will harness inputs from a wide range of disciplines to reveal the dynamic interplay between ageing individuals and their changing technological, cultural, social and physical environments - local, national and global - and to develop methods and means for overcoming the consequent constraints on the quality of life of older people.

96.4         John sits on the Older People’s Reference Group for the project, which aims to:

·        Significantly raise awareness within the Programme about the major issues of concern to older people.

·        Provide constructive advice and comments on how the NDA should reflect the difference perspectives of older people.

·        Engaged constructively with individual projects and encouraged awareness of the specific needs of older people.

·        Act independently, flexibly and proactively to help to ensure that the NDA Programme achieves its objectives.

96.5         There are a wide range of projects and research being undertaken, or recently published. JB distributed some of the findings literature and encouraged members to access the website.

96.6         It was agreed the OPC would have leaflets from the NDA available at its public meetings.