Ageing included at UN post-2015 meeting
Earlier this month, I attended the intersessional meeting between civil society and the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG) in New York. The OWG is the group of UN member states that is leading the process towards a global framework beyond 2015. The session included a presentation on ageing for the first time ever.
ILC-UK and the case for adult immunisation
In 2011 the International Longevity Centre – UK along with a host of leading European public health advocates formed SAATI – the Supporting Active Ageing Through Immunisation partnership. Partners from a range of backgrounds, from the University of Barcelona to the European Federation of Allergy and Airway Diseases, came together to promote the development of […]
Housing for older people globally: What are the best practices? An ILC Global Alliance e-dialogue
The discussion paper below collates the findings of 10 ILCs within the ILC Global Alliance on the subject of housing for older people.
Younger and older employees have much in common. They are devoted to their work; most of them are capable and usually see their work as meaningful. So it’s very strange that employers and employees, the younger as well as the older generation, think that younger employees outperform older ones. Despite an enormous amount of scientific […]
Value-building of India’s Greatest Resource – Children. An ILC-I Initiative.
Young India going Old: The population of India is more than 1 billion- a very well-known fact. India is the second most populous country in the world, again a well-established statistic. Modern India is being acknowledged as ‘Young India’ because of the growing population rate of the country. And despite all this, there is a […]
ILC-Singapore Blog: Singapore elders graduate from self care program
About 150 older people were recognized in a graduation ceremony for the Self Care on Health for Older People in Singapore Program (SCOPE) last February 26, 2013.
Long term saving across Europe
Europe continues to suffer from a savings crisis which could blight the lives of future generations of older people.
No housing policy for older persons. Only political opportunism.
South Africa has no policy on housing for older persons. Only social pensioners in need of 24-hour nursing care may be admitted to a state-subsidised old age home, but the number is capped at 2 per cent of the older population.
Are you 60 years old, healthy and productive? We need your help!
If you are retired, aged 60 years or older, please take a few minutes to answer our questionnaire below. We are now living in a world where a number of countries have more older people than younger people. Demographers refer to this ‘population ageing’. In Europe, we are facing an unprecedented demographic revolution.
Disseminating “Productive Aging” to the world – From Salzburg to Tokyo
The average life expectancy for Japanese people is now over 80, and healthy life expectancy is 75 which is the world’s longest. The portion of the population over 65 is expected to be more than 30% in 2025 causing Japanese society to go through something that humanity has never experienced before. What will the society […]
