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Healthy Aging and Well-Being at Work: Opportunities for Action
A Message from New Zealand's Minister of Health
By Zul Merali and Olivera Nesic-Taylor
Another unique aspect of aging in Africa is that the current Sub-Saharan population is remarkably young and is projected to remain so over the next few decades. Given the numerous needs of Africa’s children and youth, it is not surprising that issues of the older population receive limited attention.
By Scott Frisch
Research shows that multigenerational teams increase productivity and engagement, and lower absenteeism. These teams have better market insight.
By Maciej J. Kucharczyk
Our vision encompasses an inclusive society based on well-being for all; solidarity between generations; and full entitlement to enjoy life, participate in, and contribute to society.
By Dubravka Šuica
Providing flexible retirement policies and paths toward a gradual end of career can help avoid one of the biggest sources of brain drain: losing our most experienced and knowledgeable workers.
By Lisa Paus
However, caregivers are often overburdened, which can have negative mental, social, and educational impacts. Pausentaste helps young caregivers to take a break, reflect, accept support, and talk about their situation — anonymously.
By Jo Ann Jenkins
As global aging transforms economies around the world, the growth opportunity is AgeTech — that is, technological innovation across all sectors in developing products and services that help people live better as they age.
By Peter Rundlet
This edition was crafted to respond to the unique times we are in. The global megatrend of population aging is increasingly highlighted in the nightly news, rising in the popular consciousness.
By Vivek H. Murthy
Organizations can create structured time for social gatherings and initiatives to foster sharing of diverse lived experiences and for peer support and mentoring by older workers.
By Philippe Seidel Leroy
Reports of participative care homes, going as far as having residents take part in job interviews for new staff, have emerged as well. These show that the change we are calling for is achievable, desirable, and — not the least important argument — fundable.
By María del Carmen Squeff
The intersection of age and gender results in older women experiencing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and inequalities throughout their lifetime.
By Diene Keita
It is important to recognize that active and healthy aging does not magically start at age 60 but is the result of how we lived throughout life. Countries must not only expand and improve geriatric care but must also pay greater attention to lifelong health.
By Francesca Colombo, Elina Suzuki
That we live longer is something to welcome, but our health and long-term care systems will need to adapt. Even when accounting for the uncertainties about the extent to which the extra years of life will translate into healthy living, the need for care services will grow as a larger share of the population gets older.
By Emi Kiyota, David Michael Allen
The rapid deployment of these measures in the early months of the pandemic prevented the health care system from being overwhelmed. As a consequence, lives were saved.
By Robyn I. Stone
We need to expand the options of residential settings available to people living in different communities and geographies across the country. These options should be affordable to all, not just reserved for those who have significant resources or who spend all of their savings until they qualify for Medicaid to receive coverage (assuming that a waiver covers the care).
By Beth C. Truesdale, Lisa F. Berkman
Health and job quality are deeply intertwined. There is increasing recognition that work is a major social determinant of health.
By Andrew Little
The vision for the new system is to achieve pae ora [healthy futures] for all New Zealanders. In short, we want to see people living longer in good health and with improved quality of life.
By Kiran S. Jivnani and Lloyd J. Whitman
To attract, retain, and support a more diverse workforce, companies will need to be deliberate and equitable in creating inclusive working conditions and lifelong learning opportunities to maintain digital literacy.
By Debra Whitman, Peter Rundlet, and Holly Schulz
As we reflect on all of our engagements, it is clear that New Zealand’s policy makers are energized to improve the lives and well-being of the country’s older adults.
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