A Strategy for Positive Ageing in Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia Senior’s Secretariat, a Canadian provincial government agency responsible for seniors, has published a strategy for managing an ageing society. This document provides a wealth of guiding principles for developing policies or programmes tailored to the needs of senior citizens.
Description
The challenges that an aging society poses are becoming a
central concern for policy development. This strategy acknowledges
the negative aspects of ageing, among which a declining labour
force and a growing pressure on welfare programmes and governmental
spending, but nonetheless invites policy officers to assume a
positive attitude about this phenomenon.
This strategy for positive aging, founded on the experiences of
organisations, government officials as well as seniors themselves,
proposes the following main areas of policy interest:
- Celebrating Seniors;
- Financial Security;
- Health and Well-Being;
- Maximizing Independence;
- Housing Options;
- Transportation;
- Respecting Diversity;
- Employment and Life Transitions;
- Supportive Communities.
Each theme is set out in detail in a separate chapter, in which common issues are identified for which subsequently a range of policy recommendations are presented.
Publication Date
2005
Contact
Nova Scotia Senior’s Secretariat
Phone: 001 902 424-0065
E-Mail: scs@gov.ns.ca
Website: http://www.gov.ns.ca/seniors/
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