ALL OF OUR FUTURES; Scotland’s ageing population and what to do about it in 2021-2045

Primary Author or Creator:
Bill Johnston
Additional Author(s) / Creators
Craig Dalzell
Publisher:
Common Weal
Alternative Published Date
2022
Category:
Type of Resource:
Book
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A challenge to the negative approach toward ageing and old age exposing the baleful influence of neoliberalism and ageism on policy and public perceptions.

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The idea that ‘Scotland is ageing’ has become embedded in our politics but is couched in language suggesting that this is a negative feature of society. Ageist phrases like ‘demographic time bomb’ and presentations of ‘the old’ as a threat to welfare and the future of ‘the young’ proliferate. However, few commentators have attempted to tackle the real consequences of an ageing society overall and how to adapt so that we treat ageing as a natural and valued part of all of our lives instead of a regrettable and perhaps humiliating one.

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