Het volgende standpunt ivm Sport & Leefstijl is volgens mij wel significant: “Healthy ageing should ideally start in childhood and take a lifelong perspective”
Guy Van Damme
A report commissioned by Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA).
This report provides a selection of policies, programmes and interventions that are currently or have been applied in the EU and it’s Member States, as well as by WHO and Canada, to promote the health of ‘younger’ older people.
Projects presented in the compendium therefore address a wide range of issues, that can, when taken together as a comprehensive multi stakeholder strategy improve the health of ‘younger’older people. These range from:
• Encouraging and improving the employability of older people, by e.g. improving workplace health and providing more flexible working conditions and retirement options;
• Providing older people with opportunities to share and develop their knowledge and skills and remain socially engaged and valued through counseling and voluntary activities;
• Providing opportunities for life-long-learning, such as courses to develop IT skills, and cultural activities such as festivals and singing or music groups;
• Developing and mainstreaming services (e.g. transport, housing, health) that are sensitive to the needs of older people and encouraging and empowering them to become more politically active in e.g. city councils;
• Addressing isolation through home visits and the organisation of specific activities in remote areas and through the provision of accessible services;
• Developing health, social and educational services that are sensitive to individual capacities, culture and circumstances (e.g. older migrants);
• Developing health promotion activities (e.g. physical fitness courses) that are specifically designed for the needs of this target group, and ensuring that they are easily accessible in terms of proximity, cost, language, etc;
• Providing support and advice to ‘carers’ of much older or disabled family members.