Ageing Policy Resources
As the demographic shift towards an increasingly older population continues in developed countries, governmental organisations and NGOs shift their focus to providing greater support for the elderly and their caretakers to improve quality of life through independent aging. Likewise, industry seeks to bring a plethora of new services and products to this burgeoning marketplace. With so much change, policymakers provide guidance across this spectrum of change.
A policy discussion paper, written for the Workshop on Ethics and e-Inclusion, held in Bled, Slovenia (12 May 2008), “Ethics of e-Inclusion of Older People”, was completed. To obtain a copy of this paper, write to us at info@globalseci.com. For more information about the e-Inclusion conference in Bled, visit the official SENIOR website.
The following links provide insights into issues of Ageing as they are being addressed at various levels around the globe. While it is hardly possible to be comprehensive, these links should provide reasonable depth and breadth of information to the reader about programs that are relevant to the ageing individual, their caregivers, family, physicians, as well as those interested in governmental policy concerns.
Global and Regional Initiatives & Policy Groups
- United Nations Programme on Ageing
- World Health Organization
- AARP International
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Population Activities Unit
- European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribean (ECLAC)
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA)
- Global Action on Ageing
- Geneva International Network On Ageing (GINA)
- International Association of Gerontology (IAG)
- International Federation on Ageing (IFA)
- International Institute on Ageing (INIA)
- International Longevity Center (ILC-U.S.)
Academic Organisations Advancing Policy Issues and Technological Development
- Institute on Aging
- MIT AgeLab
- Bath Institute of Medical Engineering
- University of Colorado Health & Science Center
- UniSA’s Wearable Computer Laboratory
- University of Pittsburgh- School of Nursing
- University of Toronto- Intelligent Assistive Technology and Systems Lab
- CAST (The Center for Aging Services Technologies)
- TIDE (Telematics for the Integration of Disabled and Elderly People)
- Cost 219ter (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research)
- Carnegie Mellon- The Robotics Institute
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Oxford Institute of Ageing
- McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA)
- International Project on Rural Ageing – West Virginia University Center on Aging
National Organisations Direct Resources and Gateways to Local Services
- Administration on Aging (US)
- Department of Health (UK)
- Department for Work and Pensions (UK)
- British Society of Gerontology
- Australia’s Department of Health and Ageing