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Keywords challenge, investment, policy, need
THE WORLD IS AGEING. Today, worldwide, there
are some 600 million persons aged 60 and over
this total will double by 2025 and will reach
virtually two billion by 2050 when there will be
more people aged 60 and over than children under
the age of 15.
World Health Organization (2004) Towards
age-friendly primary health care.
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The world is ageing why?
Adults aged 60 and over Mortality
rates Children Fertility rates
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By 2030, almost one in three Europeans will be
older than 60 years, and most will still have
many years of life ahead of them.
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What can we do?
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Ageing is definitely no longer a first world
issue. What was a footnote in the 20th century is
on its way to becoming a dominant theme in the
21st. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General
active and healthy ageing
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Healthy ageing?
the process of optimising opportunities for
physical, social and mental health to enable
older people to take an active part in society
without discrimination and to enjoy an
independent and good quality of life.
The Swedish National Institute of Public Health
(2007)
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Healthy ageing is one of the major challenges for
Europe.
Increasing knowledge about how to promote good
health and lifes quality among older people
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Healthy ageing how can we promote?
adaptation to and acceptance of changes in the
life situation
older people have the right to self-determination
autonomy
new paradigm
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Healthy ageing how can we promote?
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Healthy ageing when can we promote?
Yesterdays child is todays adult and tomorrows
grandmother or grandfather.
Life course perspective
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Healthy ageing the first steps
Age-friendly Cities Project
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An age-friendly city encourages active ageing by
optimizing opportunities for health,
participation and security in order to enhance
quality of life as people age.
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Keywords capacity, decision, protection,
inclusion
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Autonomy and
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Some questions
How do we help people remain independent and
active as they age? How can we strengthen health
promotion and prevention policies, especially
those directed to older people? As people are
living longer, how can the quality of life in old
age be improved? Will large numbers of older
people bankrupt our health care and social
security systems? How do we best balance the role
of the family and the state when it comes to
caring for people who need assistance, as they
grow older? How do we acknowledge and support the
major role that people play as they age in caring
for others?
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The time to act is now.
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