Health Care & Wellness

AARP and United Nations Highlight Health, Empowerment, and Human Rights of Older Persons in New York Forum

Press Release: AARP, in cooperation with the United Nations Programme on Ageing, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), will organize a series of luncheon briefings on key global aging issues on February 2-3, 2010.

The Social Compact in the Twenty-First Century

Examines the historical and current trends in the "social compact" between employers and workers in the United States. Publisher: AARP Public Policy Institute; Publication date: November, 2009

The Journal: Winter 2010

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Remarks by James Forbes, Jr., AARP Board of Directors to the UN Department of Economic & Social Affairs Panel on Aging and Disability on the occasion of the International Day of persons with Disabilities, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY, Thursday, December 3, 2009.

Interview with Professor John Creighton Campbell

In this AARP News Maker interview, John Creighton Campbell, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Michigan and a visiting researcher at the Tokyo University Institute of Gerontology discusses the historic elections and what the new government will aim to do to reverse Japan's demographic and economic decline.

World Population Ageing 2009

This new edition of World Population Ageing is the third in a series. It updates the 2007 edition, provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries.

Diverging trends in female old-age mortality: A reappraisal

Examines the impact of smoking on changes in female mortality in old age in selected developed countries. Author: Laura Staetsky; Publisher: Demographic Research; Date: December 15, 2009. 

Women and health: today's evidence, tomorrow's agenda

Healthy life years in the European Union: facts and figures 2005

How can health systems respond to population ageing?

Examines policy options available to European nations for creating sustainable health care systems in the face of population aging. A publication of the World Health Organization.

AARP's International Idea Exchange: Women's Work and Pensions

AARP Headquarters,
A10 Board Room,
601 E Street NW,
Washington, DC,
USA

GH/ Innovate 2010

 Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

International Conference on Aging in the Americas

 Austin, Texas

Fourth European Nursing Congress

 Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Why Do Some Aging Brains Stay Sharp?

WHO launches age-friendly cities guide

Vilcabamba, Ecuador's valley of longevity

Vilcabamba, Ecuador's valley of longevity