Overall there is huge amounts of funding channelled towards older people by state and non state actors at EU, national and local and regional level via health and social care, pensions etc. I think it will be very hard to justify shortage of funds alone as a barrier. However there may be a lack of funding for certain areas and also for innovative activities

This is a poor characterisation of the issue in my opinion. There is inadequate understanding of how to shift resources from responsive to proactive measures (e.g. prevention and anticipation). The key is how incrementally to decommission some services/activites in order to enable others. Without decommissioning resource will always be ploughed into current solutions rather than looking to solutions that shift the balance away from responsive measures. There is a very good NESTA report on this (entitled "The Art of Exit"): https://www.nesta.org.uk/sites...

I'd say a key enabler here is an understanding of decommissioning and how to blend it with innovation in service delivery.

- agree with all that is mentioned re: funding - sometimes the problem is also the lack of a cohesive and comprehensive set of policies (not necessarily concerning funding issues, but policies in general that address or intend on addressin IC and/or AHA). The silos mentality is reflected not only on funding and funding policies but also in policy and decision-making in general.

thanks very much, Stuart, David and Filomena. I have integrated your comments into the report.