Vilamoura hosts, this Sunday, May 16th, and Monday, 17th, a first meeting with the objective of developing an Action Plan for Active and Healthy Aging.
this meeting will bring together the 4 Active Aging Reference Centers: Porto4Ageing, Ageing@Coimbra, Lisbon AHA and Algarve Active Ageing.
"The meeting will take place in Vilamoura and will address issues such as digital transformation, health and well-being, employment strategies and reforms for an aging population, adaptation of social support, intergenerational relationships, adaptation of housing or accessibility and transport", says the Algarve Biomedical Center (ABC) which integrates the Algarve Active Ageing and organizes this meeting.
The conclusions of the meeting are presented on Monday, the 17th, at 9:00 am, to the minister of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security, Ana Mendes Godinho, at the Dom Pedro Hotel, in Vilamoura.
The choice of Vilamoura is due to the fact that it is the city that will see the birth of ABC Loulé Active Life, a 21 million euro project which will include the Support Center for Active Aging and Quality of Life.
For the rest, within the scope of the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union, the conclusions on the inclusion of aging in the public policies of the Member States of the European Union were approved, with the public consultation of the European Commission's Green Paper on Aging having also ended.
Aging is expected to reach 1 in 5 individuals in the world in 2030 and 1 in 4 in 2050. But does living longer mean living with quality of life? Are countries prepared to respond to a longer life, which is to be healthy?
Portugal, according to UN data from 2019, has the 4th highest dependency ratio associated with the aging population: 39%. A number that is estimated to rise to 71% in 2050. As for the number of years of healthy life after 65, Portugal is below the European average. If in Europe, on average, men live a healthy life up to 73,4 years old and women up to 73,2 years old, in Portugal these numbers are 71,6 years old and 70,4 years old, respectively. In Denmark, on the other hand, men live a healthy life up to 78 years old and women up to 79 years old.
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