欧州連合における高齢化
Bernd Rechel1, Emily Grundy, Jean-Marie Robine
1European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. bernd.rechel@lshtm.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|April 2, 2013
まとめ
欧州の人口の高齢化は,保健・福祉システムに課題を投げかけています. 介護システムを強化し,労働力戦略を含む健康的な高齢化を支援するために,政策の選択肢が必要です.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
- 健康政策 保健政策 保健政策
背景:
- ヨーロッパの人口は高齢化しており,既存の保健,長期ケア,福祉制度に重大な課題を投げかけています.
- 福祉国家に対する高齢化の脅威は過大評価されているかもしれないが,積極的な政策調整は不可欠である.
研究 の 目的:
- 欧州の保健・長期ケア・福祉制度を強化するための政策オプションを特定し,推奨する.
- 欧州の住民の健康で活発な高齢化を促進するための戦略を探求する.
- 医療従事者の高齢化がもたらす具体的な課題に対処するためです.
主な方法:
- この研究は,現在の人口動態の見直しと,ヨーロッパの人口の高齢化に関連する政策分析に基づいています.
- それは,医療,社会福祉,雇用における効果的な介入に関する既存の研究を統合しています.
- この分析では,予防,介護の調整,労働力の管理など,さまざまな政策を考慮しています.
主要な成果:
- 社会は,健康,長期ケア,福祉システムを強化するために,さまざまな政策オプションを採用しなければなりません.
- 重要な戦略には,予防と健康促進の強化,自己ケアの改善,ケア調整の改善,入院/退院プロセスを最適化することが含まれる.
- 医療従事者の高齢化に対処するには,高齢者を支援し,若い医療従事者を引き付ける政策が必要です.
結論:
- 積極的な政策介入は,人口動態の変化に直面して,欧州の福祉および医療システムの持続性と強さを確保するために不可欠です.
- 健全な高齢化を支援し,労働力の課題を管理するために,公衆衛生,ソーシャルケア,雇用政策を含む多面的なアプローチが必要である.
- 人口の高齢化に適応するには,社会福祉を維持するために,介護の提供と労働力の開発のための革新的なソリューションが必要です.
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