[...] If ageing became an economic or a financial priority rather than a political priority, this might help to ensure continuous and sustainable support to this challenge across the electoral cycles.
In countries where politics and government is more bivalently left-right, ageing is also politically left-right. In countries where governments are more multiple coloured, ageing is one of the first issues where they try to agree. The way it becomes an economic issue is then dependent of this bivalence or multivalence.
Patrik Eklund, 25/10/2016 11:05
Change in a system inevitably means there will be closure of services and replacement with a new configuration. In health and care this almost inevitably results in protest and politicians react badly to this (e.g. in the UK it is hard to close a hospital). I think a key enabler here is the development of inclusive stakeholder groups that help understand the concerns of people and the need for transition. More generally there is the need for some sort of inclusive governance structure for change that takes account of the ideas of Ostrom on polycentric governance of common pool resources.
Stuart Anderson, 26/10/2016 13:37
More so, the government should address the issue of ageing begins with prevention first and foremost! "Ageing issues" is not a problem". We all get there eventually so stop treating it like a disease but look at possibilites instead.
Christina E.Wanscher, 28/10/2016 08:30
- ageing as an economic and financial priority (instead of only being a political priority). not sure if the argument will stick. Ageing is already one of the demographic changes considered by the H2020 program and a lot of money is being placed in research on the topic. To me the problem are the political options underlying the allocation of money (policies?): it is mostly directed to technology, pharmacology and biomedical factors. Much less attention is paid to IC or psychosocial dimensions of ageing - which are crucial for the understanding of AHA and its assertion as a real priority
Filomena Parada, 31/10/2016 15:53
Dear Patrik. thanks very much. Integrated as a whole. Interesting observation, indeed!
ERRIN Network, 03/11/2016 16:31
Dear Stuart, your suggestion for an inclusive stakeholder group has been accepted to include in the text
ERRIN Network, 03/11/2016 16:32
Dear Christina, absolutely, that is what we suggest: ageing is an opportunity in many ways
ERRIN Network, 03/11/2016 16:33
Dear fiomena, I have inserted your comment. Good point! although not here but in the funding part. thanks!
ERRIN Network, 03/11/2016 16:33
