The transition to longevity: A Framework for Action

Dr Kathleen Brasher

Creating liveable communities

Increase return on investment

Positive social impact

Leave a lasting legacy

Longevity

is our

‘Green field’

New space between

The end of formal work and/or child rearing

and

frailty and death

Increasing proportion of the population

Positive contribution to the nation

A$74 billion per annum

As carers or volunteers

de Vause, 2003

A$53 billion per annum

Intergenerational transfer of money

O’Dwyer et al. 2012

Social ‘glue’

Share knowledge

Enact community values

Intergenerational solidarity

Connecting people to place

And to their history

Create liveable communities that include older people

What stops us?