Never too Old Strategy for Older People in Bridgend County Borough

The Strategy was developed through close collaboration between service users and carer’s, with statutory and voluntary organisations. It provides a clear direction for the improvement of services for older people, in order to promote their health and well-being and to enable them to maintain their independence, potential and participation.

It is generally recognised that older people are more likely than others to need help and support. This help comes not only from Health and Social Services, but from a wide variety of other organisations and from the community in which they live. There are now more opportunities than ever before for supporting the independence of older people and for improving the quality of their lives.

This Strategy for the County Borough offers the means for all people who are concerned about, and involved with, older people to work together to improve services. A vital ingredient will be to listen to as many older people themselves as possible, and to those who care for them. We need to learn from them what will help to keep them fit and active, as well as the kind of services they are looking for when they do need help.

This five year Strategy sets out the kind of changes that are needed, especially to support independence. It will require close co-operation between organisations that already work together with older people. It also needs increased awareness from other services to the way older people can be more involved in the life of their community, and achieve greater self-fulfillment.

Older people are a valued part of the life of Bridgend County Borough and they themselves have much to offer their community. There is much that can be done therefore through the implementation of the Strategy to bring about the greater social inclusion of older people as full citizens of the County Borough.

WORKING TOGETHER WITH OLDER PEOPLE, FOR OLDER PEOPLE.

Read The Bridgend Never Too Old Strategy for Older People Here