By Colin Farrelly The World Health Organization has designated the decade 2021-2030 as the “Decade of Healthy Ageing”. And the United Nations estimates that the 703 million persons aged 65 years or over in 2019 will double by 2050. I believe the aging of humanity is one of the most significant developments of the 21st century. […]
Category: Aging
Paying people to move to care homes within lower-income countries: Daft or desirable?
By Bouke de Vries Many higher-income countries are struggling to provide adequate and affordable care to their older residents, which is to a large extent due to population ageing. Not only do residents of these countries live longer than ever before, which comes with a reduction in cognitive and physical abilities and an increased susceptibility […]
The problem in nursing homes is not Covid-19 – it is nursing homes
By Tania Moerenhout A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times published a scathing article on how the pandemic was handled in Belgian nursing homes, focusing on instances where elderly were declined hospitalisation despite the fact that intensive care beds remained available. Refusing hospital care to nursing home residents was never the official policy, […]
Pride or shame? Access to sex robots for older people with disabilities
By Nancy S. Jecker. Sex is about so much more than pleasure. It relates to some of the most central things we can do and be as human beings, such as generate a personally meaningful narrative of our lives; be physically, mentally and emotionally healthy; experience bodily integrity; affiliate and bond; feel and express a […]
What does good care look like in a pandemic? A Statement of Principles for Residential Care Settings
By Michael Dunn, Ann Gallagher and Nipa Chauhan With each day that passes, the COVID-19 pandemic is changing many of the things that we have taken for granted in our daily lives. Nowhere is this more evident than in residential settings – care homes and nursing homes – responsible for supporting, and providing care […]
Should the state permit us to be younger and treat us accordingly in health care?
By Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen and Thomas Søbirk Petersen. In some states, citizens can change their officially recognized gender. Why not other identities as well? Why not age, for instance? In December 2018, 69-year-old Dutchman and former politician Emile Ratelband lost his court battle to have his legal age reduced by 20 years. In presenting his case […]
Is changing legal age denying of facts?
By Joona Räsänen. In my article ‘Moral case for legal age change’, I argue that sometimes people should be allowed to change their legal age. I claim that age change should be allowed when a person is at risk of being discriminated against because of their age, and they are in better condition than people of […]