Recommendation 7

In addition, a preventative approach requires a cross-sector approach, with stakeholders across a range of policy areas pulling together in the same direction. We were impressed by the work in areas like Greater Manchester where local authorities are collaborating with third sector and community organisations to provide integrated support for pensioners, in spheres such as housing, health, community support and benefit take-up. However, the lack of framework to hold local government to account for this work and lack of central government strategy for an ageing society is holding back progress. Wales’s national ageing strategy has given older people, organisations and their funders confidence that the Welsh Government has a commitment to improve the lives of older people long-term. (Conclusion, Paragraph 49)