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UN Works to Protect Older People’s Rights with International Convention – Interview with Nena Georgantzi Featured in El País
Photo Credits: Ana Jiménez / La Vanguardia Nena Georgantzi, Human Rights Manager at AGE Platform Europe, was interviewed by journalist Pablo Linde for the Spanish...
A budget for change needs to take account of demographic change – EU Multiannual financial framework
Ageing should be mainstreamed in all of the EU’s policies, and the EU Multiannual Financial Framework should take this into account.
WHO launches its Ageism Scale
WHO recently release its Ageism Scale: an extensively tested tool designed to help evaluate the impact of interventions aimed at reducing ageism.
WHO Global Guidance on Mental Health includes considerations for older adults
The World Health Organization has launched its guidance for mental health policy and strategic action plans.
Europe for All Ages: New European Parliament Interest Group Debates Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity
The ‘Europe for All Ages’ Interest Group launched its work with an inaugural meeting hosted by MEPs Idoia Mendía and Michal Szczerba.
Joint statement: The Commission must give space to its ambitions for reform long-term care!
AGE, along with 20 civil society organisations and trade unions, is calling on the EU Commission to prioritise its ambitions for long-term care reform
Ageing is Living: How to Reshape Health Systems – Key Insights from AGE President at WHO Europe session
Our President, Dr. Heidrun Mollenkopf, was one of the speakers at WHO Europe’s session on ageing, calling for a new health strategy in which government...
“We accept rights violations in old age that would be unacceptable at any other age.” – Interview with Nena Georgantzi Featured in La Vanguardia
This interview highlights ageism as a systemic issue, the need for legal capacity to protect human rights in old age, and the push for a...
Watch That Attitude: Is There Ageism in Healthcare? – Interview with Nena Georgantzi Featured in Medscape
Discover the impact of ageism in healthcare through Nena Georgantzi’s interview, featured on Medscape alongside insights from other researchers.
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...
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...
ValueCare closing event looks at future of care
credit: David Linnane At the final conference of the five-year EU-funded ValueCare project, AGE contributed to debates on how best to shape the future of...
The ValueCare experience: Creating value for older people with chronic conditions in Europe
The book “The ValueCare Experience: Creating Value for Older People with Chronic Conditions in Europe—A Transition Towards Outcome-Based Integrated Care Supported by Technology” is an...
Curopoli explores how to support mental health of carers at WHO Europe event
AGE Italian member Curopoli participated at an expert meeting organized by the EU office of the World Health Organization with a view of furthering the...
Addressing Suicide Among Older People in Europe: A call for targeted interventions and policy reforms
Published on the 2024 World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September), this policy report is a joint collaboration of GAMIAN-Europe and AGE Platform Europe. It provides...
Fighting suicide among older persons: we need more than awareness-raising !
credit: GAMIAN-Europe Read our September newsletter 10 September was the World Day for the Prevention of Suicide. On that occasion, AGE worked with the network...
AGE endorses joint statement on the revision of the EU Victims’ Rights Directive
More than 50 organisations have signed a joint statement on the Council’s Position Regarding the Revision of the Victims’ Rights Directive to urge all EU Member States...
Work-Life Integration – AGE Policy Paper
Credit: David Tett AGE position paper explores the holistic concept of ‘work-life integration’ that we are advocating for. Unlike the notion of work-life balance, work-life...
Dance is for Every Body | Watch the Video
Andrew Carroll, a former soloist with The Philadelphia Ballet and now a professor at the University of South Florida’s School of Dance, has produced the video...
Help us in gathering information for World Suicide Prevention Day – Survey deadline September 3rd
10 September will mark World Suicide Prevention Day. AGE has partnered with GAMIAN-Europe, an EU network working on mental health and marking this day every...
Mental Health of Older Persons – UNECE
This policy brief from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) outlines the determinants and prevalence of mental health issues among older adults in...
