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16 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion
Older people's life stories capture the strength and resilience behind a lifetime of experience. Through these stories, older people are speaking out and we're listening. Here is a is a good story of an older person helping out other older people…
16 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion
Older people continue to have aspirations to well-being and respect regardless of declines in physical and mental capacity. Long-term-care systems enable older people, who experience significant declines in capacity, to receive the care and support…
12 October 2015 | Ageing
The 2015 celebration of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP) will focus not only on the impact of the new urban environment on older persons, but also the impact of older persons on the new urban…
09 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion, Women
Older women in Kenya who are struggling to look after themselves must be better supported by their government. That's according to Esther Wamera, a Kenyan activist and leader for the elderly. Ms Wamera and other experts gathered at the UN to…
09 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion, Women
Older women in Kenya who are struggling to look after themselves must be better supported by their government. That's according to Esther Wamera, a Kenyan activist and leader for the elderly. Ms Wamera and other experts gathered at the UN to…
09 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion, Women
Older women in Kenya who are struggling to look after themselves must be better supported by their government. That's according to Esther Wamera, a Kenyan activist and leader for the elderly. Ms Wamera and other experts gathered at the UN to…
07 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion
The United Nations is urging countries to improve older persons’ accessibility to urban infrastructure, facilities and services as two phenomena – rapid urbanization and ageing populations – are combining to dramatically change the face the world’s…
07 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion
The United Nations is urging countries to improve older persons’ accessibility to urban infrastructure, facilities and services as two phenomena – rapid urbanization and ageing populations – are combining to dramatically change the face the world’s…
06 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion
The European Union (EU) as a whole is confronted with an ageing population. In 2014, the proportion of persons aged 65 or over reached 18.5% in the EU and it is projected to further increase in the future to almost 30% by 2080.
In particular, the…
06 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion
The European Union (EU) as a whole is confronted with an ageing population. In 2014, the proportion of persons aged 65 or over reached 18.5% in the EU and it is projected to further increase in the future to almost 30% by 2080.
In particular, the…
05 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion
A new ILO study - LTC protection for older persons: A review of coverage deficits in 46 countries - reveals a global shortfall of 13.6 million care workers undermining the delivery of quality services to more than half of the world’s older persons…
05 October 2015 | Ageing, Social Inclusion
A new ILO study - LTC protection for older persons: A review of coverage deficits in 46 countries - reveals a global shortfall of 13.6 million care workers undermining the delivery of quality services to more than half of the world’s older persons…