Exclusion of Ageing in Social Policy Analyzing Development Plans after the Revolution

The living of the elderly has been turned into a problematic issue affected by social, cultural and economic changes, however, this problematic is not registered in policy makings and there is not appropriate social polices associated to the elderly. The subject of the current study is observe social policies in the context of development plans after the Revolution, to discover overt and covert concepts and to understand the ways of political encounter to this emerging phenomenon. Thematic analysis technique has been selected for data analysis from among different qualitative methods. Reviewing ageing policies in Iranian development plans demonstrates the themes like “imprisoning ageing in the retirement”, “gradual withdrawal of the government , "commodification of social services” and “a propaganda for establishment of comprehensive social security system” that after all, explain the theme of "exclusion of ageing in social policy". The lack of elderly care policies, the marginalization of gender in the social policies of the elderly, the absence of active and friendly elderly policies, and the rural elderly are also political gaps. Finally, we suggest intergenerational planning for the ageing period, active and successful ageing policies, elderly-friendly urban policies, prospecting in policy-making for elderly, gender-based social support policies, and eventually, social support for vulnerable elders in social policy of elderly.