Social Policy in an Ageing Society
Programme: Welcome from Chair - Professor Martin Knapp (co-director LSE Health and Social Care). The effect of "social participation" on the subjective and objective health status of the over 50: evidence from SHARE - Dr Tiziana Leone and Philipp Hessel (LSE Health). The economics and fiscal sustainability of long-term care for older people - Raphael Wittenberg (PSSRU, LSE). The impact of budget cuts on social care services for older people - Dr Jose-Luis Fernandez and Professor Julien Forder (PSSRU, LSE and Kent).