Svobodná akademie | Iva Holmerová: Stárnutí – změna paradigmatu?

At various meetings, we usually wish each other health and happiness. If we have them, we will live to an older age. If most people in a society have them, then the society will grow old. But we perceive this as a problem. We worry about whether it will be for pensions and whether we should build more institutions for the elderly. We talk about "them" but it is us - us now or us in the near or distant future. Why do we identify old age only with needs and lack of self-sufficiency? Why do we not see the contribution of older people to society? What is healthy aging and why is the current Decade of Healthy Aging hardly talked about? What is working age? I would like to deal with these and other questions related to health and non-health in older age in my lecture.

Associate Professor Iva Holmerová is a doctor specializing in geriatrics, public health and long-term care medicine. Co-founder of the Gerontological Center in Prague 8, the Czech Alzheimer Society and the Center for the Study of Longevity and Long-Term Care at the FHS UK. Recently, she was the chairwoman of Alzheimer Europe and the Czech Gerontological and Geriatric Society. It deals with the issue of care for the elderly, long-term care and especially focuses on psychosocial interventions and care for people with dementia. Currently, he also heads the Department of Long-Term Care Medicine at the Institute of Postgraduate Education in Healthcare.