Active Ageing Index measurement at regional level: the case of Biscay

Background

Name of your initiative:

Short name (acronym):

AAI in Biscay

Website title and address:

Which organization is submitting this initiative?:

Government of Biscay

Please specify in which regions/provinces:

ESPAÑA

City:

Bilbao

Where is this organization located?:

Spain

Please enter the name of the contact person for this initiative:

Sergio Murillo Corzo

Please enter the email of the contact for this initiative:

sergio.murillo@bizkaia.eus

Part of larger strategy or programme:

Regional

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The status of the initiative:

Completed

Please give a summary of your initiative (in English):

The Government of Biscay decided to use the Active Ageing Index (AAI) and the Healthy Life Years to monitor the comprehensive strategy set up in 2013 for the elderly. To start this monitoring work, The Observatory of the Elderly in Biscay, a consulting body that gathers several stakeholders (health authorities, local authorities, elderly persons associations, service providers and universities, among others), started to work on the measurement of the AAI in Biscay, in cooperation of the University of the Basque Country. The methodology needed to be adapted to available data and regional specific issues.

The geographical scope:

European

Type of initiative:

Public-private-partnership

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The most important source of funding for your initiative:

Regional funding

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Objectives

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Social participation: increase the number of older people who are socially active

Employment: increase in employment of older people

Community support and health services: increase in client-oriented and -centered made to measure health and social care and services

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Approach

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Policy

Research›Fundamental

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Impact & outcome

Will you collect or have you collected outcome data for this initiative?:

Yes

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