Connecting healthy ageing and vision
The report Connecting Healthy Ageing and Vision, released on World Sight Day by The Fred Hollows Foundation and the International Federation of Ageing (IFA), calls for close collaboration between the eye health and ageing sectors to protect and restore vision in older age. The report provides an overview of the eye health of older […]
Ensuring access to public services for older people in digital societies
A new report by the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) explores the impact of digitalisation on the fundamental rights of older persons and maps current legislation and practices fostering digital inclusion. FRA’s report reveals that legislation across EU countries does not always acknowledge the risk of digital exclusion, nor does it address the barriers older […]
Measurements of Healthy Ageing: Measuring what matters to older persons
The biggest challenge to measure healthy ageing has been the plethora of ways to collect and analyse data. Given this challenge, it is necessary to make certain that measurement concepts are clearly defined and harmonised across surveys. This collection of research articles systematically reviewed a vast number of surveys across several countries to identify best question […]
Promoting physical activity for older people: a toolkit for action
This toolkit from the World Health organization (WHO) draws on the best available evidence and practice to demonstrate the importance of ensuring that environments and settings support older people to be active, and that they provide physical activity services and programmes tailored to the needs, preferences and goals of all older people. It provides guidance […]
Strategies for Creating an Age-friendly City: Hong Kong as a case study
The current United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030), with its emphasis on functional ability (rather than presence or absence of diseases; or mortality), is particularly relevant for Hong Kong because it is an ageing society with the longest life expectancy in the world. One of the four strategies for healthy ageing is the creation […]
Growing old with dignity – The challenges of long-term care in Europe
In its report, Caritas Europa analyses the care sector’s challenges in 13 European countries and calls for more investments, better labour conditions for care workers, and improved access to care for those who need it.
Access to essential services: key challenges for the most vulnerable
According to the report from the European Commission, people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU have difficulties in accessing essential services such as energy, transport and digital communication. The report, the first-ever on this issue, sheds light on the structural challenges these groups face in using such services and underlines the […]
Older Persons in Vulnerable Situations – Policy Brief
At any age, intersecting factors such as poverty, disability, social isolation and exposure to abuse can increase the risk of vulnerability and weaken resilience in the case of adverse events. A key challenge is to inform, design and implement comprehensive policies to enhance resilience. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) presents in this […]
Causes of death statistics by age group – Eurostat
This article by Eurostat looks into the causes of death in the European Union by age groups, using the most recent statistics (year 2020). It gives an overview of the standardised death rates for the EU as a whole and for EU Member States with analyses by country of residence and age of the deceased. […]
State of World Population Report 2023: 8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities
This report from the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) explores how people – the general public, policymakers, academics and others – understand current population trends, and how those views can impact sexual and reproductive health and rights. It is produced by a panel of external advisers, researchers and writers. Read more and […]
Silver Empowerment
By focusing on the strengths and connections of older persons, silver empowerment strives for an inclusive, age-friendly society that will allow everyone to grow old with dignity and meaning. In this book, published by the Leuven University Press, leading academics from a variety of disciplines discuss ways to enhance the empowerment of older persons in […]
Making the Invisible Visible: an analysis of older lesbians lived experiences
The experiences of older lesbians in Europe have been largely invisible in research and society, with little attention paid to their financial situation, access to healthcare and housing, and the impact of discrimination on their lives. This groundbreaking report by the Eurocentralasian Lesbian* Community (EL*C) seeks to address this gap by providing qualitative insights, recommendations […]
National programmes for age-friendly cities and communities: a guide
In 2020 the world Health Organization (WHO) launched its Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities. since then the global age-friendly community has grown and strengthened, as more and more cities and communities are committed to becoming better places in which to grow older. This guide provides direction to national authorities and stakeholders responsible for […]
“I’ve lost the life I knew” – Older people’s experiences of the Ukraine war
This report from HelpAge International shows that older people’s human rights are at risk as a result of the war in Ukraine, despite significant efforts to support them. This research finds that the experiences of older people during the war are diverse, and documents how specific sections of the older population face disproportionate risks. These […]
The impact of demographic change in a changing environment
This report from the European Commission presents the drivers of demographic change and their impact across Europe, updating and developing the Demography Report issued in 2020. It discusses both firmly established long-term trends and more recent developments caused by sudden crises. Download the publication Read also: Dealing with the demographic transition, drivers of change and […]
WHO Global Report on Long-Term Care Financing
This report examines the financing of long-term care globally, describing the challenges of long-term care funding in high as well as low- and middle-income countries. It clarifies what we mean by long-term care coverage, and how it varies at different levels of economic development, the role of informal care in satisfying care needs, and specifically […]
National Framework for Comprehensive Victim Support
A national system for victim support is necessary to ensure a stable, comprehensive solution that progressively addresses the multiple needs of diverse victim populations. To that end, Victim Support Europe has developed the National Framework for Comprehensive Victim Support to help States better implement victims’ rights and to provide an improved understanding of how to […]
‘I used to have a home’ – Amnesty International report on older people in Ukraine
The new report by Amnesty International, ‘I used to have a home’: Older people’s experience of war, displacement, and access to housing in Ukraine’, documents how older people often remain in or are unable to flee conflict-affected areas, exposing them to harm and dangerous living conditions in severely damaged housing. Those who do flee often […]
