How to keep older people active in society | Letters
The key to continued social and economic inclusion in later life is threefold, notes Alan Walker
Your summary of the demographic challenges facing the world thankfully avoided the usual negative economic narrative about the “burden of dependency” (Editorial, 16 June).
The Scandinavian experience demonstrates your point about family-friendly policies being welcome in their own right. Extensive public childcare provision was introduced to further gender equality in the labour market, not to boost the birthrate.
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