Policy

9.30am

• Registration 

10.00am

• Chair's Welcome
  Jackie Ashley‚ Guardian columnist
• One Voice: Shaping our ageing society
  Tom Wright‚ Chief Executive‚ Age Concern and Help the Aged
• An ageing society: the challenges for health and social care
  Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP‚ Secretary of State for Health
• Social Care: the voices of older people
  Selling homes to pay for care
  Eligibility criteria
  One care system for all
  Adapting for long term disability

11.15am

• Refreshment break

11.35am

• Discussion Seminars

12.45pm

• Lunch

1.45pm

• Discussion Seminars

2.55pm

• Refreshment break

3.15pm

• Key challenges for the governments ageing strategy
  Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP‚ Minister of State for Pensions reform

• Panel Response
  Widening inequalities
  Professor Sir Michael Marmot‚ Epidemiology and Public Health‚ University College London
  Inclusive communities
  Mathew Cherian‚ CEO‚ HelpAge India
  Attitudes to ageing
  Dr Nicola Brewer‚ Chief Executive‚ Equality and Human Rights Commission 
• Effects of economic downturn on older people
  Theresa May MP‚ Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Chair's concluding thoughts

4.30pm

• Close

Contact:
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Age Concern and Help the Aged
Astral House
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London
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