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Active ageing
— realising its potential | | Author(s) | Alan Walker |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 34, no 1, March 2015 |
| Publisher | Wiley, March 2015 |
| Pages | pp 2-8 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Health [elderly] ; Activities of older people ; Policy. |
| Annotation | Active ageing is now established as the leading global policy strategy in response to population ageing. In practice, however, the term `active ageing' often serves merely as a convenient label for a wide range of contrasting policy discourses and initiatives concerning ageing and demographic change. A key theme of this article is that a lack of clarity about what active ageing entails is a serious barrier to its widespread adoption as a policy strategy. It is argued that the over-emphasis on productivity and the labour market in active ageing discourses has detracted from the major potential of this approach to promote much wider well-being across all age groups. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626258 A |
| Classmark | BG: CC: G: QAD |
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