Book contents
- Essential Public Health
- Essential Public Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1 The Public Health Toolkit
- Part 2 Contexts for Public Health Practice
- Introduction to Part 2: What Do We Mean by Contexts in Public Health?
- 11 The Health of Children and Young People
- 12 Adult Public Health and Non-Communicable Diseases
- 13 Public Health and Ageing
- 14 Health Inequalities and Public Health Practice
- 15 Health Policy
- 16 International Development and Public Health
- 17 Planetary Health
- Glossary
- Index
- References
13 - Public Health and Ageing
from Part 2 - Contexts for Public Health Practice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2023
Book contents
- Essential Public Health
- Essential Public Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1 The Public Health Toolkit
- Part 2 Contexts for Public Health Practice
- Introduction to Part 2: What Do We Mean by Contexts in Public Health?
- 11 The Health of Children and Young People
- 12 Adult Public Health and Non-Communicable Diseases
- 13 Public Health and Ageing
- 14 Health Inequalities and Public Health Practice
- 15 Health Policy
- 16 International Development and Public Health
- 17 Planetary Health
- Glossary
- Index
- References
Summary
The proportion of the population living into old age has been increasing worldwide. For the first time in history, there are more older people than children under 5 years of age. The task for public health is to understand the relationships between ageing, health and the environment (physical, social and economic) in which people live, to promote healthy ageing and prevent the disability and subsequent dependency that is often associated with growing old.
This chapter examines the factors that lead to ageing populations and explores the health, social and economic consequences of the change in the population structure. It then goes on to outline strategies that can lead to healthy ageing and other public health actions that could help to manage the challenges posed – and the opportunities afforded – by the relative and absolute increase in the number of older people.
Keywords
Information
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Essential Public HealthTheory and Practice, pp. 249 - 264Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
References
Wilmoth, J. R., Deegan, L. J., Lundstrom, H. and Horiuchi, S., Increase of maximum lifespan in Sweden, 1861–1999, Science 289(5488), 2000, 2366–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Mzayek, F., Cruickshank, J. K., Amoah, D. et al., Birth weight was longitudinally associated with cardiometabolic risk markers in mid-adulthood, Annals of Epidemiology 26(9), 2016, 643–7.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
World Health Organization, World report on ageing and health, 2015. Available at: www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241565042Google Scholar
Gale, C., Cooper, C. and Sayer, A., Prevalence of frailty and disability: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Age and Ageing 44(1), 2015, 162–5.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sinclair, D. R., Maharani, A., Chandola, T. et al., Frailty among older adults and its distribution in England, Journal of Frailty & Aging 11(2), 2022, 163–8.Google ScholarPubMed
Office of National Statistics, Health state life expectancies at age 65 years in the UK, 2022. Available at: www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/healthstatelifeexpectanciesuk/2017to2019#health-state-life-expectancies-at-age-65-years-in-the-ukGoogle Scholar
Yen, I. H., Michael, Y. L. and Perdue, L., Neighborhood environment in studies of health of older adults: A systematic review, American Journal of Preventive Medicine 37(5), 2009, 455–63.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
World Health Organization, Fact sheets: Ageing and health, October 2022. Available at: www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ageing-and-healthGoogle Scholar
O’Connell, M. D. L., Marron, M. M., Boudreau, R. M. et al., Mortality in relation to changes in a healthy aging index: The health, aging, and body composition study, Journals of Gerontology – Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 74(5), 2019, 726–32.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Puterman, E., Weiss, J., Hives, B. A. et al., Predicting mortality from 57 economic, behavioral, social, and psychological factors, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117(28), 2020, 16273–82.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Norman, K., Haß, U. and Pirlich, M., Malnutrition in older adults: Recent advances and remaining challenges, Nutrients 13(8), 2021, 2764.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Assessment and prevention of falls in older people, June 2013. Available at: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg161/evidence/falls-full-guidance-190033741Google Scholar
Livingston, G., Huntley, J., Sommerlad, A. et al., Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission, The Lancet 396(10248), 2020, 413–46.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Veronese, N., Custodero, C., Cella, A. et al., Prevalence of multidimensional frailty and pre-frailty in older people in different settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Ageing Research Reviews 72, 2021, 101498.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Salari, N., Darvishi, N., Ahmadipanah, M. et al., Global prevalence of falls in the older adults: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Research 17(1), 2022, 334.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Gillespie, L D., Robertson, M. C., Gillespie, W. J. et al., Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 9, 2012, CD007146.Google Scholar
Handoll, H. H., Cameron, I. D., Mak, J. C. et al., Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for older people with hip fractures, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 11(11), 2021, CD007125.Google ScholarPubMed
Clegg, A., Young, J., Iliffe, S. et al., Frailty in elderly people, The Lancet 381(9868), 2013, 752–62.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kidd, T., Mold, F., Jones, C. et al., What are the most effective interventions to improve physical performance in pre-frail and frail adults? A systematic review of randomised control trials, BMC Geriatrics 19(1), 2019, 184.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Dyer, S. M., Crotty, M., Fairhall, N. et al., Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) Rehabilitation Research Special Interest Group: A critical review of the long-term disability outcomes following hip fracture, BMC Geriatrics 16(1), 2016, 158.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Public Health England and UCL Institute of Health Equity, Reducing social isolation across the lifecourse, 2015. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/461120/3a_Social_isolation-Full-revised.pdfGoogle Scholar
Naito, R., Leong, D. P., Bangdiwala, S. I. et al., Impact of social isolation on mortality and morbidity in 20 high-income, middle-income and low-income countries in five continents, BMJ Global Health 6(3), 2021, e004124.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Marczak, J., Wittenberg, R. et al., Preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people, Eurohealth 25(4), 2019, 3–5.Google Scholar
Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., McGee, M. A. and Jagger, C., Health and ill-health in the older population in England and Wales: The Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS), Age and Ageing 30(1), 2001, 53–62.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Bennett, H., Norton, S., Bunn, F. et al., The impact of dementia on service use by individuals with a comorbid health condition: A comparison of two cross-sectional analyses conducted approximately 10 years apart, BMC Medicine 16, 2018, 114.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Office for National Statistics, Census analysis: Unpaid care in England and Wales, 2011 and comparison with 2001, 2011. Available at: www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthcaresystem/articles/2011censusanalysisunpaidcareinenglandandwales2011andcomparisonwith2001/2013-02-15Google Scholar
Del-Pino-Casado, R., Priego-Cubero, E., López-Martínez, C. and Orgeta, V., Subjective caregiver burden and anxiety in informal caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis, PLoS One 16(3), 2021, e0247143.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Luppa, M., Luck, T., Brähler, E. et al., Prediction of institutionalisation in dementia. A systematic review, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 26(1), 2008, 65–78.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Luppa, M., Luck, T., Weyerer, S. et al., Prediction of institutionalisation in the elderly: A systematic review, Age and Ageing 39(1), 2010, 31–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Chukwusa, E., Yu, P., Verne, J. et al., Regional variations in geographic access to inpatient hospices and place of death: A population-based study in England, UK, PLoS One 15(4), 2020, e0231666.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Quinn, K. L., Wegier, P., Stukel, T. A. et al., Comparison of palliative care delivery in the last year of life between adults with terminal noncancer illness or cancer, JAMA Network Open 4(3), 2021, e210677. Erratum in: JAMA Network Open 4(4), 2021, e218238.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Romanò, M., Barriers to early utilization of palliative care in heart failure: A narrative review, Healthcare (Basel) 8(1), 2020, 36.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
United Nations, EHO’s work on the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030). Available at: www.who.int/initiatives/decade-of-healthy-ageingGoogle Scholar
Matthews, F. E., Chatfield, M., Freeman, C. et al., Attrition and bias in the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study: An epidemiological investigation, BMC Public Health 4, 2004, 12.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Accessibility standard: Unknown
Why this information is here
This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.Accessibility Information
Accessibility compliance for the HTML of this chapter is currently unknown
and may be updated in the future.