RESUMO
Prenatal and peri-natal events play a fundamental role in health, development of diseases and ageing (Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)). Research on the determinants of active and healthy ageing is a priority to: (i) inform strategies for reducing societal and individual costs of an ageing population and (ii) develop effective novel prevention strategies. It is important to compare the trajectories of respiratory diseases with those of other chronic diseases.
Assuntos
Envelhecimento , Desenvolvimento Infantil , Doença Crônica/prevenção & controle , Desenvolvimento Fetal , Adulto , Idoso , Doença de Alzheimer/prevenção & controle , Asma/prevenção & controle , Depressão/prevenção & controle , Diabetes Mellitus/prevenção & controle , Comportamento Alimentar , Feminino , Humanos , Hipersensibilidade/prevenção & controle , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Auditoria Médica , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Osteoporose/prevenção & controle , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
The Région Languedoc Roussillon is the umbrella organisation for an interconnected and integrated project on active and healthy ageing (AHA). It covers the 3 pillars of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA): (A) Prevention and health promotion, (B) Care and cure, (C) and (D) Active and independent living of elderly people. All sub-activities (poly-pharmacy, falls prevention initiative, prevention of frailty, chronic respiratory diseases, chronic diseases with multimorbidities, chronic infectious diseases, active and independent living and disability) have been included in MACVIA-LR which has a strong political commitment and involves all stakeholders (public, private, patients, policy makers) including CARSAT-LR and the Eurobiomed cluster. It is a Reference Site of the EIP on AHA. The framework of MACVIA-LR has the vision that the prevention and management of chronic diseases is essential for the promotion of AHA and for the reduction of handicap. The main objectives of MACVIA-LR are: (i) to develop innovative solutions for a network of Living labs in order to reduce avoidable hospitalisations and loss of autonomy while improving quality of life, (ii) to disseminate the innovation. The three years of MACVIA-LR activities are reported in this paper.
Assuntos
Envelhecimento , Política de Saúde , Promoção da Saúde , Vida Independente , Medicina Preventiva , Acidentes por Quedas/prevenção & controle , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Doença Crônica , Comorbidade , União Europeia , França , Hospitalização , Humanos , Múltiplas Afecções Crônicas , Saúde Bucal , Autonomia Pessoal , Polimedicação , Qualidade de Vida , Doenças RespiratóriasRESUMO
Health is a multi-dimensional concept, capturing how people feel and function. The broad concept of Active and Healthy Ageing was proposed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the process of optimizing opportunities for health to enhance quality of life as people age. It applies to both individuals and population groups. A universal Active and Healthy Ageing definition is not available and it may differ depending on the purpose of the definition and/or the questions raised. While the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) has had a major impact, a definition of Active and Healthy Ageing is urgently needed. A meeting was organised in Montpellier, France, October 20-21, 2014 as the annual conference of the EIP on AHA Reference Site MACVIA-LR (Contre les Maladies Chroniques pour un Vieillissement Actif en Languedoc Roussillon) to propose an operational definition of Active and Healthy Ageing including tools that may be used for this. The current paper describes the rationale and the process by which the aims of the meeting will be reached.