The reality of new long-lived societies implies new risks in terms of health and care, with the potential increase in chronic and non-infectious diseases, leading to more costly interventions. Boosting and extending the value of prevention will mean major reallocations of existing health budgets and the creation of a health system that goes beyond primary and hospital care.
The report Active Ageing: A Policy Framework, published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is an essential reference in the paradigm shift on the life course, signifying the need to develop a "process of optimising opportunities for health, participation and security in order to improve the quality of life of people as they age".
This process should include, in addition to disease prevention and health care, a series of objectives related to social, economic, cultural or civic aspects. Along the same lines, the European Union's EIP (European Innovation Partnerships) initiative stresses that, in order to achieve healthy and active ageing, it is necessary to implement new programmes based on digital transformation, with the aim of responding to the social challenge that the new socio-demographic reality demands.
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