CPME Rapporteur: Prof. Dr Gelu ONOSE (RO)
CPME Secretariat: Mr Markus KUJAWA

Demographic challenges, i.e. an aging society, represent a momentum for action that needs to be translated into better care for the elderly, better prevention and adequate policies that support this.

CPME is an active member of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIPAHA) at EU level and provides expertise particularly in the area of prevention of frailty and functional decline. Additionally, CPME joined the European Year 2012 coalition on Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity.

Adopted CPME policies include:

• CPME Study: Doctors’ and Older Patients’ Health Literacy of Functional Decline and Frailty (Results from Latvia and Romania), 2015
• CPME Statement on the Management of Chronic Conditions, April 2013
• Healthy ageing: prevention of frailty and functional decline. CPME – EMSA Joint Statement, April 2013
• CPME Joint response to the EIPAHA invitation for commitment on integrated care, March 2013
• CPME Joint response to the European Commission invitation for commitment to the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing and the Declaration of Intent for ethical and transparent partnership collaboration, May 2012
• CPME Statement on the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Health Ageing, April 2011
• CPME response to Commission Consultation on European Innovation Partnership for Healthy Ageing, January 2011
• Care and consent in elderly patients, March 2004
• The future of healthcare for the elderly, October 2002
• Recommendations on healthcare for the ageing population, April 1990