Research and analysis

Future of ageing: attitudes to ageing

Report looking at our attitudes to ageing and the individual and societal factors factors that contribute to them.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 21 August 2015

Documents

The barriers to and enablers of positive attitudes to ageing and older people, at the societal and individual level

Ref: GS/15/15

PDF, 371 KB, 35 pages

Details

This review examines our attitudes to ageing and how they result in discrimination and other damaging consequences. It explores the individual and societal factors that contribute to more positive or negative attitudes to age and how they can help reduce experiences of ageism.

Comment on the report.

This evidence review was commissioned as part of the Foresight future of an ageing population project.

Published 21 August 2015