Nursery World - Shared nursery and elder care sites will end ‘age apartheid’

A new report has called for the introduction of 500 intergenerational shared sites to unite young and old people and counter ‘age apartheid’.

According to think-tank United for All Ages in its ‘Mixing Matters’ report published this month, urgent action is needed to create shared sites across the country by 2022 to tackle growing social divides in ‘Brexit Britain’.

In the report’s analysis of recent research, it found that Britain is one of the most age-segregated countries in the world, particularly for the oldest and youngest generations, and said this gap has widened over the past 50 years.

The report suggested a lack of age integration makes it harder to solve long-term unemployment, recruitment and career progression, and community health and well-being.

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