Designing New Ways of Aging: Towards Age Friendly Policies and Societies

Abstract

Social and health policies have an important role and responsibility in defining these new types of “aging”. They can provide a “value added” environment for healthy and active aging. Living longer, but also healthier and actively can save a lot on health care expenditures and can even generate profits for the society through trans generational collaborations, sharing the wisdom and experience of the elderly with younger generations to solve everyday problems.