Live Longer Better – Partner Map
We’ve put together this mind map to showcase all of our partners working together to support the Live Longer Better in Cornwall revolution.
Live Longer Better
- Live Longer Better is a national network of Active Partnerships, led by Sir Muir Gray and managed by the Active Partnerships National Team
- Network objectives strive to develop a new culture:
- From care to enablement, using physical activity as the driver to increase healthspan for older adults
- To enable people to live longer better
- To reduce the need for health and social care
- The network is a Community of Practice and Learning: sharing a common concern, examples of projects, exploring ideas and building understanding of enabling an active ageing local community
- Striving to deliver change through building networks; challenging stereotypes, negative language and culture; and creating new opportunities to increase activity and improve wellbeing
- Population estimates by the ONS show that there will be an increasing number of older people and the proportion aged 85 years and over is projected to almost double over the next 25 years. Healthy life expectancy is currently 63.2 years for men and 63.5 years for women in England (2017-2019 estimates).
- Without a change of approach, the already stretched health and social care system, will face significant challenges.
- Living Longer Better has been designed to meet these challenges.
Why is Live Longer Better important?
Population ageing¹:
People aged 65 and over will increase by almost 5 million (40%) over the next 20 years from 12.2 million currently:
- 19% of the UK population was aged 65 or over in 2019; an increase by 23% between 2009 and 2019, (whole UK pop. only increased by 7%).
By 2043 people aged……
- 65+ will make up 24% of the population (17.4m people)
- 75+ is projected to rise from 8% in 2018 to 13% in 2043
- 85+ is projected to rise from 2% to 4%.
Frailty²:
- Frailty is a distinctive health state related to the ageing process in which multiple body systems gradually lose their in-built reserves. Around 10% of people aged over 65 years have frailty, rising to between a quarter and a half of those aged over 85 years.3
- Frailty is generally characterised by issues like reduced muscle strength and fatigue (it is not the same as living with a LTC).
- Around 10% of people aged over 65 live with frailty. This figure rises to between 25% and a 50% for those aged over 85
Long-term conditions³:
- By 2035 there will be higher proportions of people aged 65+ with multiple chronic conditions
- Multimorbidity is common: 62% in over 65s and 81% in over 85s
- Those with 4+ conditions will double by 2032
Dementia:
- Estimation of global prevalence of dementia in 2019 – forecasted prevalence 2050: increase from 57.4m cases in 2019, to 152.8m cases in 2050⁴.
- In the UK, predict a 75% increase in dementia⁴.
The focus needs to extend beyond an ageing society towards a longevity society with an increased focus on healthy life expectancy which requires a shift from intervention towards preventive health⁵
