Global aging : the challenge of success

The central themes running throughout the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing 2002 fall under three priorities: Older people and economic development Advancing health and well-being into old age and Ensuring enabling and supportive environments. This Population Bulletin addresses many issues that fall under these overarching priorities. It examines the causes of global population aging and considers related dimensions such as the importance of health improvements and extended life expectancy for the individual well-being of older people and for social costs related to health care. This Bulletin also considers whether mounting evidence of declining disability at older ages answers the question: Are longer life expectancies accompanied by better health or simply more years of poor health? Related to this are questions surrounding intergenerational relationships affected by demographic and social changes all central to the three priorities outlined at the Madrid conference. How will smaller families and new forms of familial organization for example affect social and personal support systems? How will the labor market pension plans and services adapt to longer life expectancies as retirees require 25 or more years of income as well as social and other services? (excerpt)

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