¿Es el estado del bienestar sostenible en una sociedad que envejece?

Global Health Lab*

Is the welfare state sustainable with an ageing society?

Globally, populations are living longer and in richer countries this has been accompanied by falling birth rates and an early retirement age. Increasing life expectancy is not necessarily ‘healthy’ life expectancy and many people are living longer, but with poor health and disability. Population ageing therefore poses a significant challenge to welfare systems around the globe. Despite this, the theme of 'positive ageing' is often neglected by policy makers who tend to focus on rising morbidity in ageing populations and increasing healthcare costs. This session aims to redress the balance by examining the issue of welfare more broadly and looking at ageing from a development perspective. The discussion will explore the challenge of balancing policies around access to health services that support healthy ageing with poverty reduction through cash transfers (pensions) which give older people greater autonomy.

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

17.15 to 18.45

Chairs:

Martin McKee, LSHTM, ECOHOST and Richard Horton, The Lancet

Speakers:

Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, University of East Anglia

Astrid Walker Bourne, HelpAge International

Athina Vlachantoni, University of Southampton

Location:

John Snow Lecture Theatre

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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