AQW 36819/11-15 Written question to the First Minister and deputy First Minister
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their Department's definition of an 'older person'.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 1 October 2014
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 October 2014
- Answer due by
- 16 October 2014
- Answered
- 9 October 20148 days after tabling
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Department is currently in the process of finalising its Active Ageing Strategy, which was subject to public consultation earlier this year. For the purposes of the Strategy, an older person is defined on the basis set out in the Commissioner for Older People Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
The Act defines an older person to be a person aged 60 or over; however, in particular circumstances, a person aged 50 or over can also be categorised as an older person.