A Detailed Analysis of Sustainable and Good Quality Ageing

This essay explores the concept of sustainable and good quality ageing, emphasizing the importance of addressing social and health inequalities to improve the lives of the elderly. It highlights that while ageing typically begins after 60, existing disparities significantly impact the ageing experience. The essay discusses the necessity of creating age-friendly environments through societal, familial, governmental, and social group support to mitigate physical, emotional, and social challenges faced by older individuals. Furthermore, it references initiatives such as the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing aimed at providing integrated healthcare services and empowering older people with autonomy and dignity. The essay concludes that integrated and joint efforts are essential for achieving healthy ageing goals and ensuring a more comfortable transition to older age, facilitated by technological advancements and improved healthcare.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Discussion on sustainable and good quality ageing........................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTION
Old age is defined as development phase or age group from 60 or above. The world
population is growing old at very high pace and thus it is an important aspect to ensure the
wellbeing and sustainable transition of people to elderly. For this efforts must be initiated to
lower the inequalities as well as to implement integrated action plan. This essay will discuss the
global efforts which are working in this direction.
Discussion on sustainable and good quality ageing
Though ageing usually begins after 60 years but the existing social and health inequalities
contribute greatly to the ageing quality. The economic and social disparity, gender, social
structure and education level affect the ways in which individuals shifts or transform during
ageing (Feng and et.al., 2018). With ageing people used to observe physical, emotional as well as
social changes and thus the quality of life they experience cannot be improved without support
from the society, family members, government support and social groups. They must work
together to develop planned strategies for making ageing smoother and less difficult.
With reduced physical capabilities people not only face challenges in maintain normal
routine life but due to inequality they also face extreme hardships in managing their finances,
social and emotional status as well as vast pain which emerge due to distance created between
their families and their growing age. Hence ageing quality can only be improved when age
friendly environment is created. The young generation and children must understand the natural
ageing process so that they can avoid the negative perception and stereotypes related to ageing.
These joint efforts will reduce ageing based discrimination and social or emotional trauma to
great extent. For coping up with the physical challenges UN decade and programs for promoting
healthy ageing are working to ensure that elderly is provided long term integrated health care
services without any accessibly issues or discrimination.
Sustainable development of society cannot be achieved if one important and considerable
segment of society is not given the care, dignity and resources it deserves. The old people must
be empowered with the law and required facilities so that their autonomy and dignity can be
protected. They must be given opportunities to build capacity and to take their own decision. For
this ageing process must be analysed and planned with careful strategies (Partridge, Deelen and
Slagboom, 2018). The reduction in inequality will itself contribute in increased autonomy and
independence among older people. Thus for sustainable development of society inequalities must
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be addressed as priority. The global initiatives taken by organisations such as United Nations are
also guiding local and regional government and authorities to work together for assuring the
happy and more comfortable transition from middle to older age. Global development of
technological assisting devices and improve health care is significantly contributing in making
ageing experience less painful and traumatic.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that for improving the ageing experience integrated and joint efforts
must be taken so that healthy ageing goals can be achieved easily.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Feng, I.M., and et.al., 2018. Assessment of and improvement strategies for the housing of
healthy elderly: Improving quality of life. Sustainability. 10(3). p.722.
Partridge, L., Deelen, J. and Slagboom, P.E., 2018. Facing up to the global challenges of
ageing. Nature. 561(7721). pp.45-56.
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