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Active ageing, empowerment and security workshop Adelaide 25 September 2012

Active ageing, empowerment and security workshop Adelaide 25 September 2012. Dr Alex Kalache, Adelaide Thinker in Residence. Active Ageing: A Policy framework.

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Active ageing, empowerment and security workshop Adelaide 25 September 2012

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  1. Active ageing, empowerment and security workshopAdelaide25 September 2012 Dr Alex Kalache, Adelaide Thinker in Residence

  2. Active Ageing:A Policy framework

  3. WHO definition of Active Ageing:The process of optimizing the opportunities for health, participation, life-long learning and security in order to enhance quality of life as individuals age Kalache - Consultorias

  4. The determinants of Active Ageing Kalache - Consultorias

  5. A Life Course Perspective

  6. The life course approach in relation to Active Ageing Childhoodand youth Adult Life OldAge Functional Capacity Incapacity threshold Kalache - Consultorias Fonte: Kalache and Kickbusch, 1997

  7. Independence and Autonomy

  8. A life course perspective on elder abuse

  9. An illustration.... Sylvina’s life

  10. Sister dies (ARI) 1905 Brother dies (polio) 1911 Father dies (Spanish flu) 1917 Born 1900 Marriage 1920 Working as a civil servant Cousin divorces and moves in with child (Fernanda) 1955 Husband dies (appendicitis) 1922 Mother dies (car accident) 1940 Celebrate 100 years 2000 Survives breast cancer 1965 Retires 1960 Dies in OPH 2003 Devotes her life as a childless woman to caring for extended family Fernanda sells her house 2002 Cousin dies of cervical cancer under her care (3 years) 1970

  11. The Gender Perspective

  12. A rights based approach

  13. Elder abuse: the last taboo

  14. Resources • The Australian Human Rights Commission • Publications available on: • Increasing participation among older workers: The grey army advances (2012) • Respect and choice: A human rights approach for ageing and health (2012) • Working past our 60s: Reforming laws and policies for the older worker (2012) • Accumulating poverty? Women’s experiences of inequality over the lifecycle (2009) • http://www.hreoc.gov.au/age/publications.html

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