Quality of Life
While longevity increases, those who are living longer are at risk from a lower quality of life. A poor quality of life might refer to issues with health, social isolation, economic restraints or a number of other problems.
While longer life expectancy is a good thing, it is important to ensure that as longevity increases older people are not living in discomfort or poverty. A measure of an older person's quality of life will ensure not only a longer life, but a longer, better life.
Older people aren’t always getting the most from their retirement savings, according to a new report, by Jackie Wells for the ILC-UK.
31 October 2009
Transitions to Independent Living Communities: Life Satisfaction and Later Life Happiness
The purpose of this ILC-USA report is to gain an understanding and encourage further research on the importance of satisfaction and well-being for older adults making transitions in their
30 June 2009
Evaluation of a Project to Prevent and Treat Elder Abuse and Neglect in the Urban Sector
The study examined a groundbreaking program designed to reduce elder abuse and neglect.
31 May 2009
Weathering the downturn: What is the future for Lifetime Neighbourhoods?
An ILC-UK collection of expert essays exploring how the 'lifetime neighbourhoods agenda' for housing and the built environment can respond to the economic downturn.
30 April 2009
Global Aging Report: Threats to Longevity
In a new publication, Global Aging Report: Threats to Longevity, the ILC Global Alliance outlines the urgent need for the global community to work together to combat the increasing threats to
16 March 2009
Living Longer, Working Longer: A French Challenge
This ILC-France report describes demographic data and examines the causes of the increase in longevity and implications on working lives.
31 January 2009
The books examine positive aspects of and successful adaptations to aging and focus on challenges and concerns for families, policy makers, and governments in caregiving and end-of-life issues.
31 January 2009
A Continued Survey on a Daily Life of Older People
In a super-aging society Japan it is predicted that people aged 75 or older living alone and elderly couple-only households will go on increasing.
30 December 2008
Driving, Cessation of Driving and Well-being in Old Age
ILC-Israel study on older drivers.
30 September 2008
A Life Course Approach to Tackling Obesity
This ILC-UK policy brief is the third and final publication of a series focusing on policies addressing obesity in the UK.
30 June 2008
Longevity-21st Century Revolution
the international Longevity Centre- India has come out with this book to understand this global phenomenon of 'ageing' and its implications in the right spirit and perspective.
30 June 2008
Obesity and Public Health Policy: Lessons from Tobacco Control
Two of the most challenging public heath problems that account for significant morbidity and mortality are smoking and obesity. Over the last 20 years, while smoking prevalence rates have declined,
31 May 2008
Successful Ageing and Social Interaction
The increasing proportion of very old people in the population means that how to 'age well', even in later old age, is now an important issue for policymakers and researchers, as well as
28 November 2007
