Yearly Archives: 2024
Volunteering by seniors in the world of sport
Senior volunteering in the world of sport is as important for associations promoting sporting activity among younger generations as it is for seniors themselves
11 October 2024
Blogger "ILC-Japan Journal" has been launched
For years, we have shared information on Japan’s longevity society, including results of our research and events, mainly through reports and our website. To make it more flexible, accessible, and enjoyable, we have also started our blog as a new communication channel.
11 October 2024
ILC-Israel announces new leadership
Despite challenging times in a long and terrible war for all involved on both sides of our borders, ILC-Israel is still active and planning a busy year of activities.
10 October 2024
Ageing well in a warming world - the nexus of longevity and climate action
The ILC Global Alliance's Climate Change Committee is holding a webinar on Thursday 24 October 2024 to bring together the joint issues of longevity and the climate crisis; the most important, and too often neglected, phenomena of our times.
9th October 2024
Dynamic knowledge synthesis in local networks for coherent elderly care
We are getting older and more diverse, and that brings challenges. We cannot solve these challenges through healthcare alone. We also need municipalities, schools, companies, housing associations and older people themselves to achieve an age-friendly society. This requires cross-domain collaboration. But how can we achieve that?
25 April 2024
Event summary – Healthy ageing and longevity in Europe: How do we prepare for the 100-year life?
In partnership with ILC-UK, the ILC Europe Network hosted its inaugural conference in Brussels on 6 March 2024 to explore the challenges and opportunities associated with an ageing European society. Other ILC Global Alliance members in attendance included ILC-Czech Republic, ILC-France and ILC-Netherlands.
March 2024
White paper Arts in Health in the Netherlands: Art deserves a prominent place in healthcare
Much more attention needs to be paid to the positive effects of the use of art in healthcare. Art makes people feel better and helps them to better cope with their illness. Art can also mean a lot in the social domain and prevention, and in shortening hospital admissions.
February 2024
Global launch of the Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index 2nd wave
This year, alongside the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, ILC-UK will launch the second version of the Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index, which will allow tracking progress and give new insights into what needs to be done to keep populations healthier for longer.
27th February 2024
Redefining lifelong learning: Lessons from across the globe
Join ILC-UK at this webinar for the launch of the upcoming report Redefining lifelong learning: Lessons from across the globe, on Wednesday 28 February.
2nd February 2024
The first Global Citizen Science for Health conference was held from 29 October to 1 November 2023. This is the registration of the keynote "The Participatory Turn in Health Research: Its Roots, Methods, Ethics, Validity and Future" by professor Dr Tineke Abma.
January 2024
