The Global AgeWatch Index has been created because of the overall lack of information on ageing combined with poor understanding of the effects of ageing on exclusion and marginalisation in services such as health care, education, training and pension provision.
The Index provides an overview of the quality of life experienced by older people in 96 countries. A dashboard of thirteen separate indicators has been put together under the four domains of income security, health, capability and enabling environment. Together this information measures the economic, social and political elements that interact to create a healthy environment for later life.
Summary:
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Gobally Norway (1) tops the Index this year (2014), closely followed by Sweden
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Apart from Japan (9) all the top 10 countries are again in Western Europe, North America and Australasia
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Five new countries have been added - Bangladesh, Iraq, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia
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The worst place for an older person is Afghanistan (96)
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Just above it come Mozambique (95), West Bank and Gaza (94) and Malawi (93)
Sufficient data was only available for 96 countries, resulting in many countries not being included.
Country report cards have been prepared for 195 countries displaying data where it is available. Lack of data calls into question a government’s ability to plan effectively for the future of increasingly ageing populations. The report argues that more needs to be done in this area.
Global AgeWatch Index 2014 - Insight report
Извор: WUNRN – 06.10.2014
