1.0Ageinghttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/ageingeuroresidenteshttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/ageing/author/euroresidentes/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JiNrIJ0b85"><a href="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/ageing/voice-of-older-people/">A Voice of Older People</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/ageing/voice-of-older-people/embed/#?secret=JiNrIJ0b85" width="600" height="338" title="«A Voice of Older People» — Ageing" data-secret="JiNrIJ0b85" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Broadcaster and writer, Dame Joan Bakewell, has been appointed as a champion of the elderly by the government’s Minister for Women, Harriet Harman, who says that the 75-year-old has agreed to be a Voice of Older People, and will act as an «independent and informed advocate» on older people’s issues. Her role will apparently include raising the profile of age equality issues and encouraging public debate around age discrimination laws. She will be invited to give her views on key policy developments and to speak at government events. This is all part of the government’s plans announced last June to