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Insights from DANA Floods: Older People as Key Actors in fostering resilience against Climate Disasters
The recent floods caused by the DANA in Spain have tragically impacted numerous communities, including many older people. Spanish AGE members remind us that older...
European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award 2025 is open for applications!
Applications will close on 7th February 2025 12:00 CET.
AGE Member APRe! met with Portuguese MEPs to seek support for the ‘A Europe for All Ages’ Intergroup
Portuguese AGE Member APRe! met with Portuguese MEPs to introduce and seek support for the proposal to establish the ‘A Europe for All Ages’ Intergroup.
Defining optimal care: AGE Members’ Role in Shaping the First White Paper on Frailty
Rose Miranda and Lieve Van den Block, on behalf of the EAPC Reference Group on Aging and Palliative Care, drafted this article highlighting the collaboration...
Intergenerational Solidarity and Dialogue: Insights from the MEET Project Mobilize Europe = Engage Together
The video features perspectives from Presidents of the European Youth Forum and AGE Platform Europe on the MEET project, which aims to promote dialogue and...
Autumn Letter’24 from Secretary General – “Every change of political cycle should benefit all generations”
Dear Readers, As autumn turns to winter, the nature’s powerful cycles can be unpleasant, especially when first cold comes or the force of wind gusts....
Active Retirement Ireland at the EIOPA Conference 2024
Alison Bough, representing Active Retirement Ireland and AGE Platform Europe, spoke about the vital link between pensions, the pension gender gap, and poverty in old...
SEE-U project final event underscores the importance of digital empowerment in old age
The final event of the SEE-U project showcased two years of work promoting digital skills and empowerment of older adults through the creation of digital...
Medicine Information Leaflets: Paper or Digital? Both! Patients have the right to receive a printed copy with their medication
AGE endorses a joint statement calling on the EU to guarantee the right to maintain paper medicine package leaflets and to use electronic options as...
FATEC co-organised Cycle of Debates on Longevity in Barcelona
The cycle aimed to explore whether we can move towards a more Platonic vision of longevity.
How can navigators support older people with cancer and their families?
In the context of the Horizon Europe funded EU Navigate project, partner AGE Platform Europe organised a user forum on 24 October 2024 with its members...
“No one knows your risk like you do” -WHO campaign on COVID prevention measures
WHO-Europe calls on individuals to assess their personal risks and integrate simple protective measures from respiratory viruses into everyday life.
Health care: UN survey on national & regional support to receivers of care & caregivers
Care work includes taking care of children, older persons, the sick, and the disabled, as well as domestic work such as cleaning and cooking. Caregivers...
EU survey: Help improve healthcare for persons with disabilities!
Are you a person with disabilities in the EU, Norway, or Iceland? Have you received mammograms, Pap or HPV tests, colonoscopies or other cancer screening...
Cyprus Third Age Observatory’s Memorandum calls on government to combat ageism and bridge generations
The Cyprus Third Age Observatory met with the Cyprus Minister of Education, Sports and Youth to discuss actions to bridge the generation gap and combat...
Entr’âges calls for intergenerational commitment at local level
Ahead of Belgian local elections in October, Entr’âges published a memorandum calling on local authorities and actors to take concrete steps to build communities where...
AGE discussed how to promote intergenerational solidarity in the EU
AGE was invited to a high-level conference at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to discuss challenges and opportunities in promoting solidarity between young...
How to protect the right to legal capacity in older age ? – Human-Rights Council side event
As part of the 57th Session of the Human Rights Council, AGE German member, BAGSO, organised a side event to discuss challenges related to the...
EU recommendation report on promoting end-of-life awareness
The EU-funded project Hold My Hand, aimed to develop tools and strategies to promote the full awareness toward the end-of-life phase, has published a report including...
Lien entre vieillissement et santé mentale – Ressources MINDS
Fondée en 2018, MINDS est une association genevoise qui lutte contre la stigmatisation dans le champ de la santé mentale et œuvre pour que chaque personne...
Rights of persons with disabilities and digital technologies and devices
Our policy paper is a response to a consultation on digitalisation and disability carried out at United Nations’ level. It aims to provide input for...
EU-wide citizen workshop discusses solutions against ageism
Age Friendly Image Librar Following the elections of the European Parliament last June, and ahead of the setting up of the new European Commission, over...
International Day of Older Persons: Let’s rewrite the story on ageing!
photo (cropped) : Centre for Ageing Better Read our October newsletter On 1st October, the International Day of Older Persons, we invited everyone to join...
AGE members celebrated ageing on older people’s international day
As every year, on the occasion of the United Nations’ International Day of Older Persons (IDOP), AGE member organisations across the EU have been actively...
