Longer lives are one of humanity's greatest achievements. However, we don't just want to add years to our lives. We also want to enjoy good health and well-being in later life.
This is healthy ageing.
Today, too many people around the world experience worse health than they should because of unsupportive environments that prevent them from maximising their later years.
The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) aims to give everyone the opportunity to add life to years, wherever they live.
The Decade is a transformative collaboration of diverse sectors and stakeholders that focuses on changing how we think, feel, and act towards ageing; cultivating age-friendly environments; creating integrated and responsive health care systems and services; and ensuring access to long-term care for older people who need it.
This Decade, by combatting ageism:
We can improve economic development, harness intergenerational knowledge, and create more equitable, healthier, and happy societies: a world for all ages.
Learn moreThis Decade, by creating age-friendly environments:
We can enable older people to age safely in a place that is right for them, continue to develop personally, be included, and contribute to their communities while retaining their independence and health.
Learn moreThis Decade, by providing integrated care:
We can treat the person and not just their individual diseases, so that we can better manage chronic conditions, maintain physical and mental capacity, and prevent care dependency.
Learn moreThis Decade, by ensuring access to long-term care when we need it:
We can make sure that we all have the care and support required to live with dignity, meaning, and rights.
Learn moreBy acting together, we can add quality to quantity and give all people the chance to lead a meaningful life, no matter their age.
Together, we can make every year count – not by the numbers, but by how we live and grow in between.