PM100 Innovative Business Idea - AGE Pass

Scotland, there is concern
In
the ability of the
regarding
system to meet the
healthcare
demands of the ageing
rising
Within the next
population.
there will be over 2.8
decade,
people in the United
million
over the age of 65 who
Kingdom
require health and social
will
This is due to the increasing
care.
of dementia within
prevalence
ageing population, rising 40%
the
people aged 65-84 with
among
co-morbidities expected to
other
31% (Guzman-Castillo et al.
rise
The National Health
2017).
(NHS) is already an
Services
social care
under-resourced
with limited funding and
system,
to address health
abilities
of the ageing
demands
Additionally, age-
population.
disabilities are predicted
related
increase by 25% (Guzman-
to
et al. 2017), which has
Castillo
implications for the
serious
overburdened NHS. To
already
the increasing health
address
there must be a call to
demands,
on health service planning
action
funding, and older adult
and
ageing needs to occur
successful
prevention outside of the
by
sector, focusing on
healthcare
programmes and
community
to support healthy ageing
services
and Health Care for an
(Health
Population 2013).
Aging
ACTIVITY
PHYSICAL
activity benefits cognitive functioning and
Physical
and musculoskeletal systems. Within the
cardiorespiratory
population, physical activity also leads to an increase
elderly
quality of life and the ability to maintain independence.
in
there have also been efforts by epidemiological
Additionally,
to demonstrate the health benefits of social
investigations
and social support within the elderly population
integration
2017; Seeman et al. 2001). The social environment
(Rellinger
older adults (i.e. group classes) also has an impact on
of
functioning, reducing physiological reactivity and
cognitive
decline (Seeman et al. 2001). More recently, Jones
cognitive
colleagues (2013) examined the role of community
and
in promoting health and well-being for the adult
centres
The study examined activities within the
population.
centres such as cooking, befriending, arts and
community
leisure and exercise. The results of the study
crafts,
the positive changes in self-reported general
demonstrated
physical activity and multiple aspects of well-being:
health,
personal and social (Jones et al. 2013). This study
mental,
the importance of encompassing both physical
highlighted
and leisure classes to benefit the elderly population.
activity
SCOTLANDS
HEALTH