This is one of the great achievements of our time, a sign of improved health and stronger social protections in many parts of the world. It is also creating both risks and opportunities \u2013 transforming economies and societies.<\/p>\n
That is why the theme of this year\u2019s International Day of Older Persons is \u201cThe Age of Longevity: Rethinking Systems for Longer Lives.\u201d It is an urgent call to address the needs of an ageing world.<\/p>\n
For too many people, growing older means facing insecurity and the risk of being left behind. It also means encountering discrimination which undermines rights and wellbeing. But the correct policies \u2013 from employment and pensions to housing, health care and lifelong learning \u2013 can help people continue to participate meaningfully no matter their age.<\/p>\n
Our elders are leaders and caregivers, playing a vital role in families, communities and economies. On this International Day of Older Persons, let us commit to intergenerational solidarity. Together, we can design policies that ensure longer lives are also good ones \u2013 lived with choice, security, dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is one of the great achievements of our time, a sign of improved health and stronger social protections in many parts of the world. It is also creating both risks and opportunities \u2013 transforming economies and societies. That is why the theme of this year\u2019s International Day of Older Persons is \u201cThe Age of Longevity: Rethinking Systems for Longer Lives.\u201d It is an urgent call to address the needs of an ageing world. For too many people, growing older means facing insecurity and the risk of being left behind. It also means encountering discrimination which undermines rights and wellbeing. But the correct policies \u2013 from employment and pensions to housing, health care and lifelong learning \u2013 can help people continue to participate meaningfully no matter their age. Our elders are leaders and caregivers, playing a vital role in families, communities and economies. On this International Day of Older Persons, let us commit to intergenerational solidarity. Together, we can design policies that ensure longer lives are also good ones \u2013 lived with choice, security, dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10315,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313\/revisions\/10315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samachar18news.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}