The United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA)
offers a bold new agenda for handling the issue of ageing in the 21st
century. It focuses on three priority areas: older persons and
development; advancing health and well-being into old age; and ensuring
enabling and supportive environments. This book brings together global
perspectives on the MIPAA and focusses on and assesses the success and
failures of governments to implement its recommendations.
Despite its pivotal importance in international ageing policy, the MIPAA
has been relatively neglected by academics in their writings and
studies. This book mitigates this analytical and empirical cavity. Each
chapter focuses on one specific geographical region and addresses five
key themes: national ageing situation; twenty years of MIPAA; ensuring
ageing with dignity; healthy and active ageing in a sustainable world;
and priorities for the future. It presents an overall summary of the
findings, future challenges and opportunities related to ageing,
recommendations for future actions to be taken, and policy adjustments
needed. The authors also present lessons that were learnt from managing
the impact of COVID-19 on older people, together with an outlook on the
most immediate priorities for the future so that the recommendations in
the MIPAA are achieved in post-COVID-19 and sustainable ethical
scenarios.
An important contribution towards the advancement of ageing policy, the
book will be indispensable to students and researchers of gerontology,
ageing, and health. It will also be of interest to policy makers,
geriatricians, dementia care specialists, social policy makers
responsible for ensuring active and healthy ageing, and all public
sector departments which have specific responsibilities towards
improving the quality of life of older adults.
