Strengthening the scientific foundation for policymaking to meet the challenges of aging in Latin America and the Caribbean : summary of a workshop / Kevin Kinsella, rapporteur ; Steering Committee for the Workshop on Strengthening the Scientific Foundation for Policymaking to Meet the Challenges of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean ; Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Kinsella, Kevin, rapporteur.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Population, issuing body.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, issuing body.

Conference Name:

Strengthening the Scientific Foundation for Policymaking to Meet the Challenges of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean (Workshop) (2015 : Mexico City, Mexico), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Government policy--Latin America--Congresses.

Older people.

Aging--Latin America--Congresses.

Aging.

Aging--Caribbean Area--Congresses.

Older people--Government policy--Caribbean Area--Congresses.

Caribbean Area.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 77 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Recent demographic trends in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region will shape the growth and age composition of its populations for decades to come. The rapid mortality decline that began during the 1950s, and the more recent and even sharper reduction in fertility, will produce unusually high rates of growth of the older population, a large change in overall population age composition, and significant increases in the ratio of older to younger population. According to the 2013 United Nations projections, the number of people aged 60 and over in LAC is expected to increase from 59 million in 2010 to 196 million in 2050, and the number of people aged 80 and over will increase from 8.6 million to more than 44 million during the same period. To explore the process of rapid aging in the LAC, a workshop took place at the National Academy of Medicine in May 2015. Participants of the workshop presented scientific research emphasizing what is unique about aging in LAC and what is similar to other processes around the world, highlighted the main areas where knowledge of the aging process in LAC is insufficient and new research is required, and proposed data collection that will produce information for policymaking while being responsive to the needs of the research community for harmonized, highly comparable information. The workshop afforded participants an opportunity to consider strategies for articulating data collection and research in the region so that country-based teams can reap the benefits from being part of a larger enterprise while simultaneously maintaining their own individuality and responding to the particular needs of each country. Strengthening the Scientific Foundation for Policymaking to Meet the Challenges of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean summarizes the presentations and discussions of the workshop"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean in Global Perspective

Health Status, Disability, and Mortality

Health Care Systems, Access, and Quality

Labor Market Participation/Retirement

Family and Social Transfers

Resilience and Aspects of Well-Being in Older Age

Opportunities to Generate Evidence on Older Adults and Move the Research Agenda Forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-72).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-309-37807-9

0-309-37805-2