National Follow-up to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regional Implementation Strategy for the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA).
National Follow-up to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regional Implementation Strategy for the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA).

Author: Canada

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781100211190

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Canada welcomes the opportunity to provide its second report to the United Nations (UN) on the progress made in implementing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing. Like other countries, Canada faces significant ageing of its population in the coming decades that will have profound and wide-ranging impacts on society, including on the labour market and productivity, demand for and delivery of services, and changing infrastructure needs. Canada continues to strengthen efforts to respond to the evolving needs of seniors and address the larger issues of an ageing society.

The United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing
The United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing

Author: Marvin Formosa

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-02-23

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1000836991

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The United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) offers a bold new agenda for handling the issue of ageing in the 21st century. It focuses on three priority areas: older persons and development; advancing health and well-being into old age; and ensuring enabling and supportive environments. This book brings together global perspectives on the MIPAA and focusses on and assesses the success and failures of governments to implement its recommendations. Despite its pivotal importance in international ageing policy, the MIPAA has been relatively neglected by academics in their writings and studies. This book mitigates this analytical and empirical cavity. Each chapter focuses on one specific geographical region and addresses five key themes: national ageing situation; twenty years of MIPAA; ensuring ageing with dignity; healthy and active ageing in a sustainable world; and priorities for the future. It presents an overall summary of the findings, future challenges and opportunities related to ageing, recommendations for future actions to be taken, and policy adjustments needed. The authors also present lessons that were learnt from managing the impact of COVID-19 on older people, together with an outlook on the most immediate priorities for the future so that the recommendations in the MIPAA are achieved in post-COVID-19 and sustainable ethical scenarios. An important contribution towards the advancement of ageing policy, the book will be indispensable to students and researchers of gerontology, ageing, and health. It will also be of interest to policy makers, geriatricians, dementia care specialists, social policy makers responsible for ensuring active and healthy ageing, and all public sector departments which have specific responsibilities towards improving the quality of life of older adults.

Guide to the National Implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing
Guide to the National Implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing

Author: Bernan

Publisher: United Nations Publications

Published: 2008-09

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9789211302646

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The Madrid International Plan of Action (MIPAA), adopted in 2002, constitutes a key global policy document concerned with the implications of population ageing and with the well-being and active participation of older persons at all levels. The present Guide offers national policy makers practical suggestions for the implementation of MIPAA. The Madrid Plan covers a variety of topics and incorporates 239 separate recommendations; it addresses the most crucial areas requiring particular policy attention. The Guide seeks to provide useful information for all countries regardless of the level of socio-economic development.

A Society for All Ages
A Society for All Ages

Author: United Nations

Publisher: United Nations Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 9789211169911

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Population ageing has become an increasing concern for governments in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region. In most countries, the period which has seen the high proportion of working-age population, the time of the so-called "demographic bonus", is gradually coming to an end. While the degree and timing of this process may vary greatly, the change is common to all countries, posing challenges as well as holding opportunities. In 2007, UNECE member states took stock of the implementation of the commitments made in 2002 when they adopted the Regional Implementation Strategy (RIS) for the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA). What is the real situation five years on? Have governments been able to take the actions necessary to prepare and adapt their societies for demographic change? To review this and to identify priorities for the future, the Government of Spain and the UNECE organised a Ministerial Conference on Ageing in Leân, Spain from 6-8 November 2007. This volume includes material presented and adopted at the conference.

World Report on Ageing and Health
World Report on Ageing and Health

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2015-10-22

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9241565047

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The WHO World report on ageing and health is not for the book shelf it is a living breathing testament to all older people who have fought for their voice to be heard at all levels of government across disciplines and sectors. - Mr Bjarne Hastrup President International Federation on Ageing and CEO DaneAge This report outlines a framework for action to foster Healthy Ageing built around the new concept of functional ability. This will require a transformation of health systems away from disease based curative models and towards the provision of older-person-centred and integrated care. It will require the development sometimes from nothing of comprehensive systems of long term care. It will require a coordinated response from many other sectors and multiple levels of government. And it will need to draw on better ways of measuring and monitoring the health and functioning of older populations. These actions are likely to be a sound investment in society's future. A future that gives older people the freedom to live lives that previous generations might never have imagined. The World report on ageing and health responds to these challenges by recommending equally profound changes in the way health policies for ageing populations are formulated and services are provided. As the foundation for its recommendations the report looks at what the latest evidence has to say about the ageing process noting that many common perceptions and assumptions about older people are based on outdated stereotypes. The report's recommendations are anchored in the evidence comprehensive and forward-looking yet eminently practical. Throughout examples of experiences from different countries are used to illustrate how specific problems can be addressed through innovation solutions. Topics explored range from strategies to deliver comprehensive and person-centred services to older populations to policies that enable older people to live in comfort and safety to ways to correct the problems and injustices inherent in current systems for long-term care.

Ageing, Wellbeing and Climate Change in the Arctic
Ageing, Wellbeing and Climate Change in the Arctic

Author: Paivi Naskali

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1317485920

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The Arctic and its unique natural resources have become objects of increasing concern. Rapid climate change and ageing of the population are transforming the living conditions in the region. This translates into an urgent need for information that will contribute to a better understanding of these issues. Ageing, Wellbeing and Climate Change in the Arctic addresses the important intersection of ageing, wellbeing and climate change in the Arctic region, making a key interdisciplinary contribution to an area of research on which little has been written, and limited sources of information are currently available. The book explores three key areas of discussion. First, various political issues that are currently affecting the Arctic, such as the social categorisation of elderly people. Second, the living conditions of the elderly in relation to Arctic climate change. Third, the wellbeing of elderly people in terms of traditional knowledge and lifestyles. The book also features contributions from a number of key researchers in the field which examine a broad range of case studies, including the impact of climate change on health in Lapland and elderly people and geographical mobility in Norway. This book will be of great interest to scholars of climate change, gerontology and social policy.

A Sustainable World for All Ages: Joining Forces for Solidarity and Equal Opportunities Throughout Life
A Sustainable World for All Ages: Joining Forces for Solidarity and Equal Opportunities Throughout Life

Author: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Publisher:

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789210021777

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This publication will document the fourth cycle review and appraisal of the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action and its Regional Implementation Strategy (MIPAA/RIS, 2002) in UNECE member States between 2017 and 2022. The regional review will conclude with the 5th UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing to be held in Rome, Italy, in May 2022 (tbc). The Conference Proceedings aim to support the work done by policy makers, researchers, and civil society by providing an overview of where we stand today and of the challenges that need attention.