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World Health Day, 2012 Ageing and Health

World Health Day, 2012 Ageing and Health. Good Health Adds Life to Years. Big Challenges. Historical Uniqueness of this Change There is no historical precedent for a majority of middle-aged and older adults having living parents, as is already the case today Rapidity of this Change

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World Health Day, 2012 Ageing and Health

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  1. World Health Day, 2012Ageing and Health Good Health Adds Life to Years http://phrg.ceu.hu

  2. Big Challenges • Historical Uniqueness of this Change • There is no historical precedent for a majority of middle-aged and older adults having living parents, as is already the case today • Rapidity of this Change • It took more than 100 years for the share of France’s population aged 65 or older to double from 7 to 14%. It will take countries like Brazil or China less than 25 years to reach the same growth point http://phrg.ceu.hu

  3. Dispelling Myths • Most individuals maintain mental competence and learning abilities well into older age • Older people are not helpless • Memory lapses are common at any age. Although it is true that the risks of developing dementia rises with age, dementia is not an automatic consequence of old age • Old age need not equate with infirmity. Treatable conditions and illnesses are often overlooked or dismissed as a “…normal part of ageing.” http://phrg.ceu.hu

  4. Global Ageing Plan of Action • 2002 Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) • Built upon the Vienna Plan of Action on Ageing (1982) http://phrg.ceu.hu

  5. The MIPAA Vision Active and Dignified Ageing For All http://phrg.ceu.hu

  6. MIPAA Core Concepts • a development approach to population ageing; and, • a life-course intergenerational approach http://phrg.ceu.hu

  7. What does a developmental approach to ageing mean? • Integrating the evolving process of global ageing with the larger process of economic and social development • Viewing elders as agents rather than objects of change • Recognizing elders as contributors to economic and social development • Emphasizing elders’ fundamental human rights to equal treatment and self-determination http://phrg.ceu.hu

  8. Global Demography of Aging • It is expected that the number of people over 60 years of age will increase from about 600 million in year 2000 to about 2 billion by year 2050 • Increases are expected to be the greatest and most rapid in developing countries where the older population is expected to quadruple (4x’s) during the next 50 years. http://phrg.ceu.hu

  9. Global Demography of Aging • Fastest growing group will be the oldest old, that is those 80 or more years. In 2000, the oldest old numbered 70 million but by 2050, estimates are that this number will be about 395 million • In developing countries, unlike developed countries, most older people will be living in rural areas as part of multi-generational families. http://phrg.ceu.hu

  10. Policy Challenges • Developed countries • Ageing and employment • Pension systems • Health systems • Developing Countries • Simultaneous investment in development and population ageing • Shared Challenge • Rebalancing investments between elders and children (within next 5 years, adults aged 65 and over will outnumber children under the age of 5 by 2050, older adults will outnumber all children under the age of 14) http://phrg.ceu.hu

  11. A Sample of MIPAA Policy Suggestions • Ensure full enjoyment of human rights by elders • Ensure elder representation in decision-making across all sectors of social policy • Enable older persons to continue working as long as they want to and are able to • Alleviate marginalization and increase integration and inclusion of elders • Increase literacy levels for all adults and elders • Reduce the proportion of elders living in extreme poverty • Focus on improving health status of elders through education and lifestyle interventions • Promote access to clean water and adequate nutrition • Provide universal and equal access to health-care services • Ensure adequate housing and community supports • Eliminate all forms of neglect, abuse and violence directed at elders http://phrg.ceu.hu

  12. The Bottom Line • It is not their age that limits the health and participation of older people. • It is individual and societal misconceptions, discrimination and abuse that prevent active and dignified ageing http://phrg.ceu.hu

  13. Thank You • Information used in the presentation was taken from the WHO World Health Day 2012 internet site http://phrg.ceu.hu

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