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WHO defines healthy ageing as “the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables wellbeing in older age.” Functional ability is about having the capabilities that enable all people to be and do what they have reason to value.
- Ageing and Health
The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) seeks to reduce...
- UN Decade of Healthy Ageing
The United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) is a...
- Ageing and Health
1 paź 2024 · The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) seeks to reduce health inequities and improve the lives of older people, their families and communities through collective action in four areas: changing how we think, feel and act towards age and ageism; developing communities in ways that foster the abilities of older people; delivering person ...
The United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) is a global collaboration, aligned with the last ten years of the Sustainable Development Goals, to improve the lives of older people, their families, and the communities in which they live.
Women tend to live longer than men. In 2017, women accounted for 54% of the global population aged 60 years or older and 61% of those aged 80 years or older. Between 2020 and 2025, women’s life expectancy at birth will exceed that of men by 3 years. The pace of population ageing is accelerating.
WHO defines healthy ageing as “the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well-being in older age.”1 Healthy ageing can be relevant to everyone, not just those who are currently free of disease.
The WHO baseline report for the decade of healthy ageing is a milestone in the ageing domain for multiple reasons. First, it clearly defines the biopsychosocial components of healthy ageing (intrinsic capacity, functional ability, and environments).
26 maj 2020 · The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined healthy ageing as a process of maintaining functional ability to enable wellbeing in older age. The WHO, Member States and Partners for Sustainable Development Goals have created a Global Strategy and Action Plan for Ageing and Health for 2016–2020 and its continuation with the WHO programme The ...
