WHY NOT: A Civic Centre With Purpose and Active Ageing Policy!
Societies Including Our Own Ageing Rapidly
A lot has been written about ageing and the realities of the hardships faced by pensioners (generally) today. Statistics published by the European Commission in its reports on Pension Adequacy 2018-2060, identifies a number of the EU Member States who have an increased risk of poverty and social exclusion for those over 65 years of age. It is not known where Gibraltar stands in the latter respect, as they are no known figures to quote.
However we cannot escape the fact that societies including our own are ageing rapidly. A situation that brings a number of challenges, in this context, interest and attention to active ageing both locally and internationally is, to a large degree, sparked by a concern about demographic change and the desire to keep people healthy and productive for longer periods of time and if that’s not the case, well, it should be!
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