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    Ageing - Overview - 4 year(s) ago

    The Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030), endorsed by the World Health Assembly in August 2020, seeks to improve the lives of older people, their families and communities through collective action in four areas: changing how we think, feel and act towards age and ageism; developing communities in ways that foster…

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      Today @WHO has launched the first 'Ageing Data Portal' bringing together available global indicators relevant to monitoring the health and well-being of people aged 60 years and over. Visit the new portal via https://t.co/dBNTV0O6KV #IDOP2020 #UNIDOP2020 #IDOP20 https://t.co/szhNPJugsP

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    International Day of Older Persons: help get people moving more | British Geriatrics Society - 4 year(s) ago

    Professor Dawn Skelton is an exercise physiologist with a scientific research background. She is currently Professor of Ageing and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University, in 2015 received an Honorary Doctorate for Umea University in Sweden for her work with exercise and older people and in 2016 was honoured by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy with an Hon FCSP. The 1st October…

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      Happy #InternationalDayofOlderPersons! Read Professor Dawn Skelton's BGS Blog discussing why we have a duty of care to encourage older people shielding from #COVID19 to sit less and move more... today, and every day! #IDOP2020 #IDOP20 https://t.co/zBtZLFAeHb https://t.co/zIdb1I7Dks