Healthy Ageing – a Challenge for Europe
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Writer:
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Statens folkhälsoinstitut
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Publishing year:
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2007
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ISBN:
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91-7257-481-X
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Report number:
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R 2006:29
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Possible to order:
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Yes
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BY 2025 ABOUT one-third of Europe’s population will be aged 60 years and over and there will be a particularly rapid increase in the number of people aged 80 years and older. The countries of Europe must develop strategies to meet this challenge. Promoting good health and active societal participation among the older citizens will be crucial in these strategies.
The Healthy Ageing – a Challenge for Europe report presents an overview of interventions on ageing and health. It includes suggested recommendations to decision makers, NGOs and practitioners on how to get into action to promote healthy ageing among the growing number of older people.
The report also presents different countries’ policies/strategies for older people’s health, summaries of reviews on the effectiveness of interventions for later life, and a number of examples on good practice projects promoting healthy ageing. Data about the health of older people is presented.
Co-funded by the European Commission, the three-year (2004–2007) Healthy Ageing project aims to promote healthy ageing among people aged 50 years and over. It involves ten countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the European Older People’s Platform (AGE) and EuroHealthNet.
The goal is exchange of knowledge and experience among the European Union Member States and EFTA-EEA countries. The main aims have been to review and analyse existing data on health and ageing, to produce a report with recommendations and to develop a comprehensive strategy for implementation of the report findings and the recommendations.
