Active Ageing Policies and
Programmes
An active ageing approach to policy and
programme development has the potential to
address many of the challenges of both individual
and population ageing. When health,
labour market, employment, education and
social policies support active ageing there will
potentially be:
• fewer premature deaths in the highly productive
stages of life
• fewer disabilities associated with chronic
diseases in older age
• more people enjoying a positive quality of
life as they grow older
• more people participating actively as they
age in the social, cultural, economic and
political aspects of society, in paid and
unpaid roles and in domestic, family and
community life
• lower costs related to medical treatment
and care services.