How Japan is supporting its ageing population

“Japan’s imaginative initiatives for its older population show that prevention, postponement and interventions do not have to be dull or rooted in a context of care and that there is a strong link between social capital and health.”

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2015/dec/08/casinos-leaf-picking-new-god-supporting-older-people-japan-cities

Will innovations such as these happen in East Devon? Not a chance as older people were last week classed as “unproductive” by EDDC CEO Mark Williams and therefore, by implication, unworthy of attention or funds from East Devon District Council plc – a sub- division of Local Enterprise Partnerships Conglomerate Inc.