After the French edition of SilverEco and Ageing Well International Awards, the jury members shared on camera the specificities of Silver economy all over the world.
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Save the date: The SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards – Tokyo Edition
After the great success of the Paris Edition during the French Silver Night event, we are happy to announce that a new edition of the Silver Economy® and Ageing Well International Awards will take place in Tokyo, Japan, on the 15th of November 2018.
In 2030, 1/4 of European drivers will be over 65 years old
In Europe, over-65 year old drivers are expected to become a quarter of all drivers on the roads in 2030. The car is becoming the dominant transport mode for older people and thanks to our rapidly ageing demographics our roads will be soon dominated by a new driver profile: the elderly driver.
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10 Priorities for a Decade of Action on Healthy Ageing : how we should face the ageing of the world’s population
Today, most people are living longer and a significant proportion of the world’s population are older people. By 2050, the world’s population of people over the age of 60 will double. This demographic change has strong implications for sustainable development. As people grow older, their health outcomes, needs and what they value can change. Supporting these changes by taking multisectoral action on ageing and health is therefore critical and will support the Decade on Healthy Ageing 2020 – 2030.
New BDO report: “The elderly are not as healthy in old age as expected”
Prevention and rehabilitation are key to value-based elderly care: “the elderly are not as healthy in old age as expected”. The new BDO report, published in June 2018, puts the light on “the inappropriate response of the health care system to an ageing population”.
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