Its population is getting older
One of the youngest boroughs in the UK, Blackburn with Darwen, is expected to see a sharp increase in the number of older people.
He tells colleagues that the authority must take steps to help its population cope with getting older. His report, to be discussed at the board’s meeting on Thursday, proposes a new strategy to deal with the change. It says: “The Positive Ageing Framework is designed to improve and support positive, healthy ageing for the population of Blackburn with Darwen. It aims to promote an ‘asset and rights’ based approach to ageing rather than the ‘needs-based, deficit’ approach.
“The census also shows that in the ten years since 2011, Blackburn with Darwen has seen an 18 per cent increase in those aged 65 and over compared to just a three per cent increase in both children aged under 15 and adults aged 15 to 64 indicating that the population profile of the borough is changing, with the 65 plus population expected to rise by almost 40 per cent in the next 20 years and the 85 plus population by more than 80 per...
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