On 27 April the CPME Board adopted the ‘CPME Statement on the Management of Chronic Conditions’ (CPME 2013/041 FINAL).

On 27 April the CPME Board adopted ‘Healthy ageing: prevention of frailty and functional decline. Joint Statement of the Standing Committee of European Doctors and the European Medical Students’ Association’ (CPME 2013/048 FINAL).  

The European Commission has on September 6, 2010 proposed that 2012 be designated as the “European Year for Active Ageing”.  The initiative aims to help create better job opportunities and working conditions for the growing numbers of older people in Europe, help them take an active role in society and encourage healthy ageing. It comes […]

Council Conclusions on Active ageing At the 3019th Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council meeting (on 7 June 2010), the Council adopted conclusions regarding employment and labour market policy, and more specifically on active ageing. They can be found at the following link: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/lsa/114968.pdf

At a meeting on Healthy Ageing, the EU commissioner for research, innovation and science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, announced she wants to re-focus research and innovation policies to develop a coherent strategic agenda which will tackle the grand societal challenges, which include both the promotion of healthy living and healthy ageing. “An ageing population is one of […]

     In response to the growing percentage of elderly people in EU population, the Council of Ministers approved a Commission plan to make Europe a hub for developing digital technologies designed to help older people in their daily lives, living independently at home. The proposal was presented by the Commission on the 14th of June, […]

SHARE, the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, presented its first results last month. The aim of SHARE is to understand the impact of the ageing process in Europe. Data were collected from over 22.000 people aged over 50 in 11 European countries ranging from Nordic to Mediterranean countries. Professor Axem Börsch-Supan summarised […]