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Summary

The 'Healthy Aging Decade' envisions a world where individuals can lead long, healthy lives, maintaining functional ability influenced by personal and environmental factors. It calls for a 10-year collaborative action across sectors to promote healthy aging and well-being for the elderly. By 2030, one in six people globally will be 60 or older. The initiative focuses on combating age discrimination, providing comprehensive care, creating senior-friendly environments, and strengthening long-term care. It's a call to action for transformative change to address the needs and rights of older adults.

Takeaways

• 🌟 The 'Healthy Ageing Decade' envisions a world where everyone can live a long and healthy life, doing what they value for as long as possible.
• 💡 'Functional ability' is key, determined by a person's environment and intrinsic capacity, which includes individual mental and physical factors.
• 🔟 The 'Healthy Ageing Decade' is a 10-year collaborative action across different actors and sectors to promote healthy ageing and improve the well-being of older people.
• 👴 Efforts are concentrated on enabling older adults to meet basic needs, learn, grow, make decisions, move safely, build and maintain relationships, and contribute to society.
• ⏳ By 2030, one in six people worldwide will be 60 years or older, emphasizing the need to add years to life and transform population ageing into a societal opportunity.
• 🛡️ The main areas of action focus on combating age discrimination, providing integrated care, fostering age-friendly environments, and strengthening long-term care for those who need it.
• 🌎 In the Americas, there is an urgent need to translate the 'Healthy Ageing Decade' into immediate transformative actions to address the needs and rights of older people.
• 🌟 The 'Healthy Ageing Decade' represents a collective commitment to all of us, now and in the future.
• 📚 For more information on the 'Healthy Ageing Decade' in the Americas, visit the dedicated webpage.

Q & A

What is the concept of the 'Healthy Ageing Decade'?

The 'Healthy Ageing Decade' is a vision of a world where everyone can live a long and healthy life, doing the things they value for as long as possible. It emphasizes maintaining functional ability, which is determined by a person's environment and intrinsic capacity, including individual mental and physical factors.

What does 'functional ability' refer to in the context of healthy ageing?

Functional ability refers to an individual's capacity to perform activities of daily living, which is influenced by both environmental factors and personal intrinsic capacity, encompassing mental and physical aspects.

How long does the 'Healthy Ageing Decade' represent in terms of years?

The 'Healthy Ageing Decade' represents 10 years of collaborative action among various actors and sectors to promote healthy ageing and improve the well-being of older adults.

What are the main goals of the 'Healthy Ageing Decade'?

The main goals are to enable older adults to meet basic needs, learn and grow, make decisions, move safely, build and maintain relationships, and contribute to families, communities, and society.

By what year is it projected that one in six people worldwide will be 60 years or older?

By 2030, it is projected that one in every six people worldwide will be 60 years or older.

What are the primary areas of action for the 'Healthy Ageing Decade'?

The primary areas of action include combating age discrimination, providing integrated care, fostering age-friendly environments, and strengthening long-term care for those who need it.

Why is it urgent to take action in the Americas regarding the 'Healthy Ageing Decade'?

It is urgent to take action to address the needs and rights of older adults as presented in the 'Decade of the Americas' and to make transformative changes immediately.

How does the 'Healthy Ageing Decade' aim to transform ageing into an opportunity for society?

By focusing on adding years to life and enhancing the quality of life for older adults, the 'Healthy Ageing Decade' aims to transform ageing from a societal challenge into an opportunity for growth and contribution.

What is the significance of the 'Healthy Ageing Decade' for the future?

The 'Healthy Ageing Decade' represents a collective commitment to current and future generations, emphasizing the importance of health and well-being for all ages.

Where can one find more information about the 'Healthy Ageing Decade' in the Americas?

More information about the 'Healthy Ageing Decade' in the Americas can be found on the dedicated webpage mentioned in the transcript.