Advancing the Elderly Care Practices for Promoting Healthy Ageing

When it comes to elderly healthcare, its main purpose is to achieve the maintenance of good health conditions, so that these individuals can maximize their active life, in the environment they are inserted in, along with their families, with physical, mental and social autonomy and independence. Therefore, participating actively in a context, preferably family-oriented, and maintaining their autonomy is essential for the elderly, and also contributes to their health and well-being.

To ensure the health and wellbeing of elderly during the opening decades of the new century will require greater effort in health promotion and disease prevention in old age. The extent to which age, chronic disease, and disability are interrelated and the extent to which ageing population is inevitably accompanied by increased prevalence of chronic disease and disability among older people.

Healthy ageing is about enabling older people to enjoy a good quality of life. Healthy ageing strategies should create the conditions and opportunities for older people to have regular physical activity, healthy diets, social relations, participation in meaningful activities and financial security. This involves holistic approaches that address both mental and physical health, as well as a cross-sectorial approach to improve the social determinants of health, such as safe living environments, a flexible pension system and related retirement policies. Healthy ageing can therefore not be achieved through a single initiative, but requires a range of actions and approaches at individual and societal level that work together to achieve this outcome.

We are glad to announce about our 8th International Conference on Geriatrics Gerontology & Palliative Nursing slated on July 30-31, 2018 at Barcelona, Spain. Geriatrics 2018 aims in bringing together Geriatricians, Gerontologists and researchers in this discipline to share their knowledge and new ideas through a series of Key Notes, Plenary Talks, Workshops, Symposiums, Young Research Forum and Exhibitions. Geriatrics 2018 will provides the chief interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary gathering for researchers, specialists and instructors to showcase and talk about the latest advancements, concerns, practical difficulties experienced and the clarifications adopted in the field of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Nursing.

Barcelona is a gorgeous city with many hidden secrets poses one of the world’s most promising destinations to visit and experience the special tourist attractions. Attending and contributing to the conference will definitely enhance your cultural and scientific experience and open further opportunities for you and your career.