Blog Archives
Healthier for longer: Improving adult immunisation uptake in Singapore
This report was made in collaboration with ILC Singapore and explores the relationship between Singapore’s ageing population and adult vaccination.
25th March 2020
Ageing in Australia: Challenges and Opportunities
This volume provides a comprehensive view of Australia’s geographically and socially diverse ageing population, the emerging needs and challenges, the opportunities and responses to meet these needs, and how Australians can benefit from the communal and individual rewards afforded by human longevity.
16th February 2017
This report assesses how health services are responding to the joint issues of population ageing and increasing prevalence NCDs.
31st December 2016
Pension coverage and pension freedoms: Lessons from Hong Kong
This think-piece looks to Hong Kong, whose pension infrastructure is similar to the one emerging in the UK to examine the potential impact of the UK's recent pension reforms.
26th August 2016
A profile of older men and women in Singapore 2014
Singapore is rapidly ageing as a society. In 2013, the resident population in Singapore aged 65 and over comprised more than 10% of the population. As a result of declines in fertility and increases in life expectancy, the proportion of older adults will increase to 19% by 2030.
6th March 2015
Gender and ageing was the theme of the 2nd International Longevity Forum which brought together more than 30 experts to debate and provide recommendations, expressed in the “Charter on Gender and Ageing”, including interaction with the audience of the event.
1st December 2014
The Future of Ageing – 2013 ILC Global Alliance Symposium report
Eleven of the 14 ILCs in the Global Alliance were represented at the 2013 ILC GLobal Alliance symposium held in Singapore in 2013.
7th August 2014
Symposium on “The Future of Ageing”
Global ageing and urbanization are among the major challenges facing countries around the world.
14th January 2014
Adult vaccination – a key component of healthy ageing
Current societal and financial challenges are demanding a revision of how health budgets are spent with a view to increasing both savings and sustainability.
13th November 2013
The burden of constipation in our ageing population – European review
This review of evidence and policy across Europe from ILC-UK uncovers a hidden burden of constipation affecting older people.
6th September 2013
