Active Ageing Index: un’eredità del 2012 Anno Europeo dell’Invecchiamento Attivo e della Solidarietà tra le Generazioni

Name: Active Ageing Index: un’eredità del 2012 Anno Europeo dell’Invecchiamento Attivo e della Solidarietà tra le Generazioni
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STUDI DI SOCIOLOGIA

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STUDI DI SOCIOLOGIA - 2016 - 2

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Active Ageing Index: un’eredità del 2012 Anno Europeo dell’Invecchiamento Attivo e della Solidarietà tra le Generazioni

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Asghar Zaidi

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Vita e Pensiero

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06-2016

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0039-291X (stampa) | 1827-7896 (digitale)

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The idea underlying Active Ageing is to provide an environment that is rich in opportunities where old age is not synonymous with becoming dependent on others. Active Ageing strategies are based on social investment principles as they prevent the loss of valuable expertise, preserve the potential of older people, and strengthen society’s human and structural resilience. While at times these strategies focus on specific goals, they must be cast in a global approach that addresses all aspects of the lives of older people, most of which are brought together in the Active Ageing Index (AAI) project. The AAI is a quantitative measure of Active Ageing and it provides a flexible tool using 22 indicators to assess untapped potentials of older people, to capture the baseline position as well as to monitor overall progress and identify where challenges remain. The AAI evidence shows that an active life during old age is a reality for many Europeans and a genuine possibility for many more. Sweden is at the top of the ranking across the 28 EU Member States, followed closely by Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Four southern European countries (Italy, Portugal, Spain and Malta) are middle-ranked countries together with most other Western European countries. Greece and the majority of the Central and Eastern European countries are at the bottom. The fact that the top ranked countries have done consistently well across all domains is an indication that Active Ageing in different areas can be mutually reinforcing. At the same time, no country scores consistently at the very top of all the domains, indicating that there is progress to be made for everyone, albeit in different dimensions. Looking at the trends between the 2010 AAI and the 2014 AAI, a small increase of 2 points is recorded on average in the 28 EU Member States. This improvement is observed despite the financial and economic crisis and fiscal austerity measures during this period. Many aspects of Active Ageing are influenced by policies at the regional and local level. The effectiveness of the AAI as a tool for fostering better policies for Active Ageing therefore depends largely on its adoption by local and regional policymakers and stakeholders.