Our public services are not set up to cope with the ageing population. It is important that we harness innovation more effectively to overcome this new challenge.
Preparing for ageing, describes the challenge of an ageing society, assesses the role that innovation is currently playing in meeting this challenge, and identifies where innovation needs to be harnessed more fully.
It covers the public, private and voluntary sectors, across five areas: housing; the local environment; health and social care; personal finance; and social inclusion.
The research is a summary based on a full report commissioned by NESTA from Deloitte.
Published
April 2008
Author
The original research was conducted by Deloitte and the summary was produced by Dr Michael Harris, NESTA.
Report
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