Aparicio Alonso Concepción
Programa de Salud para Personas Mayores, Unidad de Promoción de Salud, Ayuntamiento de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid.
Rev Enferm. 2004 Jul-Aug;27(7-8):58-64.
Some years ago, the phenomenon of demographic aging started an intense debate about its supposed negatives effects on the economic progress of a population. Health advances and improved living conditions have gradually increased the health level the elderly have, embellishing the initial perspectives; the elderly live more years but, moreover, they have a better quality of life. For the WHO, to favor an active aging process presents a challenge, avoiding incapacities and dependencies, the real causes of the increase in social-health costs. Following the guidelines established by the II World Assembly on Aging, last year our country passed the Action Plan for Elderly People 2003-2007; this plan contemplates as one of its objectives "Promote the autonomy and the full and active participation by the elderly people in the community" and points out that the strategy to achieve this objective consists in "pushing the measures which Promote Health".
几年前，人口老龄化现象引发了一场关于其对人口经济发展可能产生的负面影响的激烈辩论。健康状况的改善和生活条件的提高逐渐提升了老年人的健康水平，使最初的观点有所改观；老年人寿命延长，而且生活质量更高。对世界卫生组织来说，促进积极的老龄化进程是一项挑战，要避免丧失能力和依赖他人，而这正是社会健康成本增加的真正原因。按照第二届老龄问题世界大会制定的指导方针，我国去年通过了《2003 - 2007年老年人行动计划》；该计划将“促进老年人的自主性以及他们在社区中的充分和积极参与”作为其目标之一，并指出实现这一目标的战略在于“推行促进健康的措施”。
