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Thirty years of the U nited N ations and global ageing: An A ustralian perspective
Author(s) -
Kendig Hal,
Lucas Nina,
Anstey Kaarin J
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/ajag.12101
Subject(s) - healthy ageing , active ageing , inclusion (mineral) , ageing , action plan , ageing society , political science , gerontology , economic growth , older people , medicine , sociology , economics , social science , management
Over the past three decades, the U nited N ations ( UN ) has slowly devoted increasing attention to global ageing. Concern for individually based welfare or health‐care programs for older people in developed countries has progressed to also consider the contributions of older people and implications of ageing for socioeconomic advancement in developing countries, including those in A sia O ceania. These shifts are evident in the I nternational P lans of A ction on A geing from V ienna in 1982 to M adrid in 2002; recent 10‐year reviews of the M adrid P lan; and current advocacy for inclusion of ageing in the influential UN M illennium P lan post‐2015. A ustralia has demonstrated progressive policies and contributed to ageing developments by the UN , I nternational F ederation on A geing the W orld H ealth O rganization and the I nternational A ssociation of G erontology. Key ideas driving further action are the importance of valuing people at all ages, addressing inequalities over the life‐course and implementing human rights approaches to ageing.