Adopting an adaptation?mitigation?resilience framework to ageing

Abstract Population ageing is presented as one of the ‘grand challenges’ 21st century. Yet, policies designed to offset these challenges seem be a jumbled, disjointed mix with no clear, overarching narrative. One successes climate change science development distinguishable framework plan action: adaptation, mitigation and resilience. This can applied designing better policy for ageing: adapting support people in need today; mitigating future by ensuring that institutions ‘age better’; building resilience developing both longer-term perspective learning framework.