Introduction to Active Ageing

ABSTRACT The age structure of asociety has long been ahot topic in public administration, including in local government, where such discussion should, at the most obvious level, promote policies related to active ageing and the protection of the elderly.

Our findings demonstrate that economic slowdowns attributable to population ageing are avoidable through policy interventions supporting healthy and active ageing.

A key issue in policy debates on active ageing is how to increase older people’s participation in both paid and unpaid work.

Therefore, governments should foster happiness to support active ageing.

The retirement transition is a major life change affecting people's lifestyles and behaviors, including those in relation to physical activity (PA), which is a key component of active ageing.

Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the Active Ageing Framework (AAF) in 2002 to enhance QoL as people age.

In terms of validation, a functional prototype was exposed in a highly specialized event related to healthy and active ageing, and key stakeholders were invited to test it and share their insights.

We investigate how labour market and pension measures associated with active ageing influence retirement behaviour in Austria and Germany.

Rapid demographic ageing is a global challenge and has tremendous implications for transportation planning, because the mobility of elderly people is an essential element for active ageing.

Objective: The specialised literature indicates that the two key aspects in active ageing are performing physical activity and life satisfaction.

Conclusion: Almost two-thirds of the elderly had active ageing in low to moderate levels, almost threequarters of the elderly had limited health literacy and less than half of the elderly had a good quality of life.

Moreover, the results show what apps characteristics are needed for seniors to use apps and motivate faster and better integration into society and their active ageing.

In lifespan psychology, the theory of cognitive reserve (educational level being a proxy) and its continuation, the theory of use or disuse (of cognition during adult life) have more or less the same explanatory power, cognition being a decisive precondition for active ageing and quality of life in old age.

The value of the active ageing index and quality of life were also lower for women than men.

The results provide references for the healthcare policy reform in the process of active ageing in China.

Therefore, the quest for creating age-friendly conditions and the promotion of active ageing has become a priority for the Hong Kong Government and stakeholders in the city.

Background Successful peer volunteering is central to many community-based, active ageing initiatives.

Active ageing can lead to better health outcomes in older people.

Objective With the growing representation of older adults in the workforce, the health and fitness of older employees are critical to support active ageing policies.

We assess the parameters of active ageing depending on regional and territorial aspects to develop measures for establishing the active ageing policy, equalising the opportunities for the older generation to lead a productive life after reaching retirement age.

The purpose of this study is to explore how a smart phone application (Active Ageing), could upgrade the quality of life of the elderly people and how to motivate them by making them feel safe and comfortable to go out for a walk.

There is a new cohort of healthy people in an extended later life in the twenty-first century in the UK who have grown up and grown older with ‘active ageing’.

This research aims to study active ageing by participation in educative and healthy activities (PE&HA) at centres that provide active ageing programmes.

This thesis aims to understand the perspectives and experiences of older people regarding the concept of active ageing in their later working life with biographical narratives.

Background Health, participation, and security are the basic pillars of active ageing suggested by the WHO.

Active ageing The "age friendly communities" initiative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown a positive relationship between ageing and successful ageing (WHO, 2010); as a result, developing “age-friendly communities and cities” has become of public interest and is influencing policy (World Health Organization(WHO), 2015).

A central aim of the study is to strengthen the foundation for empirical ageing and welfare research and to be an important tool in creating new knowledge that can feed into policy goals, such as enhancing active ageing and intergenerational solidarity, and reducing social inequalities across the life course.

The emphasis on a narrow version of active ageing feeds a neoliberal imagination that affects how value is assigned to an ageing population.

This study provides a discourse perspective on the construction of resources and challenges for older immigrants concerning health, care, and social services and offers an assessment of the cultural and integrating/excluding qualities in active ageing discourses.

Recognition of the rational instrumental drivers behind active ageing is overdue, research in this area could be about enhancing quality of life, instead it focuses on how to make lives cost less.

Sixty participants, who visited the active ageing center at the university were randomized into two groups- intervention and control.

Pre-Senior Education will be one of the main pillars of active ageing policy in the future.

Given the grey digital divide that still exists in some European countries, we conclude with a call for urgent interventions to remove the hurdles that prevent frail older people from enjoying the benefits of an active ageing, fully exploiting the potential of SM use.

Based on the modern areas of scientific reflection on the changing social roles of older people (the theory of active ageing, the theory of separation and the theory of successful ageing), an attempt is made to build a model of overcoming social exclusion of the elderly in the theory of successful ageing.

Over 100 older people across four countries participated in the study, which sought to develop a virtual digital coach to support active ageing.

Also, wood adsorbed beverages compounds in a subtractive ageing phenomena.

Conclusion The findings showed the need for active ageing interventions to improve the nutritional status and quality of life of elders at the community settings.

Кроме хорошо известных в международной практике индексов (Active Ageing Index и Global AgeWatch) в российском исследовательском арсенале есть Российский индекс благополучия старшего поколения (РИБСП), разработанный исследователями Международной научно-образовательной лаборатории технологий улучшения благополучия пожилых людей при Томском политехническом университете.

Active ageing and lifelong learning have gained scholarly attention in recent years (e.

Not only the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy (EIP-AHA) is actively involved in the promotion of healthy and active ageing, but a more aware geriatric culture toward a new medicine of complexity is spreading.

They explained there was ‘no great virtue in all this active ageing’, casting active ageing a chore, which was neither virtuous nor leisurely.

Social participation amongst older adults is considered generally beneficial and is supported by active ageing policies in Europe.

Those findings suggest that social policies aimed at promoting older people’s mental health in the context of the active ageing and health ageing strategy should go beyond the old age stage and target social conditions early in childhood.

However, factors associated with active ageing (e.

Understanding the relationship between the built environment and walking among older adults could offer important insights into land use and transport policies which seek to promote active ageing.

The aim of this research is to identify the determinants of the elderly employment in the context of active ageing.

Lifelong learning constitutes one of the pillars of active ageing on the basis that learning reinforces wellbeing and enables older people to stay healthy and engaged in society.

“Active ageing” has become the leading scientific and policy conceptualization of a later life over the past two decades in the European Union (EU).

Introduction active ageing is the process of optimizing opportunities for health in order to enhance quality of life and wellbeing.

With the increase in the number of people aged 60 years and older, it becomes essential to promote active ageing.

The aim is to foster active ageing by optimising opportunities for older adults to maximise their independent living ability and participate in their communities to enhance their quality of life and wellbeing.

In the light of the recently designed EU silver economy policies, active ageing shapes itself to be an attractive opportunity for the European leisure market.

Active ageing has been discussed in international political organisations and among researchers as a major means for combatting the challenges of demographic ageing.

The World Health Organization proposed the concept of “Active Ageing” might encourage people to continue to work according to their capacities and preferences as they grow old and would prevent or delay disabilities and chronic diseases that are costly to both individuals and the society, considering that disease prevention is more economical than treatment.

Although ‘active ageing’ has been broadly explored, there is still room to further our knowledge on the individual conditions that may favour or hinder activity in later life.

The old people's 'physical functioning' is a key factor of active ageing as well as a major factor in determining the quality of life and the need for long-term care in old age.

Methods: Semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 individuals who were involved in commissioning or developing the Greater Manchester Active Ageing Programme.

More and more studies indicate that leisure plays a fundamental role in active ageing.

Chapter 2, ‘Experiences of ageing: policies, perceptions and practices’, explores participants’ experiences of ageing in a range of key aspects such as active ageing, ageing and care, ageing and retirement: time, desire, freedom and money.

9 billion per annum to the Australian economy in over 379,000 businesses, they launch approximately 14,000 new businesses each year and actively contribute to fiscal, social, health, and active ageing outcomes in their communities.

Recognizing the diverging meanings associated with the active ageing concept, we develop a classification model comprising the spheres of work, social engagement, and active leisure.

Background Active ageing has been a rapidly developing field of study in light of the growing population of older people.

In Western countries, the concepts of healthy ageing and active ageing, that is, concepts that favour health, participation, and security to increase the quality of life of older people, have become key issues.

The active ageing approach supports a set of roles or activities that are supposed to be beneficial for older adults.

Resisting or subverting active ageing messages provides a little fun for those who prefer to be naughty, and that is good to know.

An emphasis on active ageing could help to delay the onset of frailty.

Group singing may be an optimal intervention strategy to promote active ageing and well-being; however, evidence with experimental validity is scarce.

The article asks the questions: Does a longer working life for older people contribute to their better economic situation? How satisfied are they with a longer working life and their working conditions? Do they experience any discrimination in the labour market because of their age?Design/methodology/approachIn order to understand the situation of older people in the labour market, the authors employ welfare state models and the Active Ageing Index.

RESULTS This age-friendly environment in Japan has provided pathways for the older people to sustain their social network, which promotes civic participation and engagement in peer group activities leading to active ageing.

This chapter aims to identify the determining factors and the main aspects to be developed to facilitate healthy and active ageing, thus improving the life quality of elderly people based on the Spanish government's social tourism programmes designed for this population group.

Information and Communication Technologies can provide solutions for Active Ageing.

Implications for active ageing was equally discussed as well.

Active ageing is the key word in any debate on ageing of population around the globe.

Using the Delphi method with experts to validate the instruments used for data collection, 33 participant surveying and field notes, this study aims to identify the main requirements for designing digitally-mediated learning environments for active ageing.

The common aim is to promote the active ageing of the elderly population, favoring social participation and reducing isolation and passivity.

In 2002, the European Union proposed the concept of “active ageing”, the keynote of which is to extend the working life for the middle-aged and older workers (WHO, 2002).