Ageing and Health Policies
No. 85 SEPTEMBER 2018
We all know that the people in Portugal are ageing, we’re living longer and fewer children are born; these are data that we all know well. But do we know that we are the sixth oldest country in the world, in a population recession equal only to that of the 1960s? With the National Health Service at risk of collapse and retirement pension targets constantly uncertain, what health policies do we have and what health policies do we need to ensure the future of this new national demographic age? This essay takes a close look at the current state of health in the country, from a demographic, social and political perspective, re-entering the debate on ageing and answering the essential question: if the projections point to an increase in the ageing of the population, how can this phenomenon translate into healthy ageing in Portugal?
We all know that the people in Portugal are ageing, we’re living longer and fewer children are born; these are data that we all know well. But do we know that we are the sixth oldest country in the world, in a population recession equal only to that of the 1960s? With the National Health Service at risk of collapse and retirement pension targets constantly uncertain, what health policies do we have and what health policies do we need to ensure the future of this new national demographic age? This essay takes a close look at the current state of health in the country, from a demographic, social and political perspective, re-entering the debate on ageing and answering the essential question: if the projections point to an increase in the ageing of the population, how can this phenomenon translate into healthy ageing in Portugal?
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Dimensions
8 × 130 × 200 mm
ISBN
978-989-8863-74-4
Book available only in Portuguese
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