Issue - meetings
Aging Well Strategy
Meeting: 05/10/2017 - Health & Adults Scrutiny Sub-Committee (Item 3)
3 Aging Well Strategy PDF 59 KB
Tower Hamlets council recently introduced the
Aging Well strategy. This report provides the Health Scrutiny
Sub-Committee with an overview of the Aging Well strategy, insight
into the implementation of the strategy, and details its impact on
residents health and wellbeing
Additional documents:
- Ageing Well Strategy Presentation, item 3 PDF 441 KB
- Ageing Well Strategy 2017 - 2020, item 3 PDF 2 MB
Minutes:
The Sub-Committee that received and noted a report that provided an overview of the Aging Well Strategy; insight into the implementation of the Strategy, and set out details its impact on resident’s health and wellbeing.
The questions and comments from Members on the report may be summarised as follows:
The Sub-Committee:
· Stated that it would wish to see figures on the local capacity to support the aging population in a small London Borough (Including those living in borough or those in adjacent boroughs to be near families); The Housing Providers needed to become more involved in the development of this Strategy;
· Agreed it was important to engage Housing Providers on the configuration and building of future provision so as to get the best deal for older residents;
· Agreed that there was a need to recognise that there are older people needing extra accommodation for those that look after them, otherwise they have to go into a care home. Therefore, careful consideration is need on what is that the best way forward to meet the needs of the older residents;
· Noted that it was accepted that there is a challenge around addressing those issues but this is looking over a longer term 5 years to 10 years;
· Noted that it is felt that a strategy should be developed to ensure that LBTH has an overview of meeting the housing needs of the older residents (e.g. the nature of the offer to those living on their own and those in private and public sector); and
· Noted that there should be no differences in offer between the private and public sector and there are a number of innovative schemes to such people living in their own homes (e.g. sheltered properties or adaptions to a person’s own home).
Accordingly, the Chair Moved and it was:-
RESOLVED
To note the report