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This chapter focuses on the essential role of an active ageing strategy for the quality of later life. It argues, in fact, that later life quality is damaged by the absence of such a strategy. The chapter starts by outlining the meaning of active ageing and how it differs from cognate concepts such as successful ageing. This leads on to an examination of how active ageing could transform the nature and quality of later life, drawing on recent major European and UK research programmes. Finally the chapter focuses on what policy makers must do in order to make active ageing a reality.
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This chapter draws on the Road Map for European Ageing Research and I want to acknowledge gratefully the multiple contributors to the Road Map and thank them for their permission to use it in this form.
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Walker, A. (2021). Active Ageing and Quality of Life. In: Rojo-Pérez, F., Fernández-Mayoralas, G. (eds) Handbook of Active Ageing and Quality of Life. International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58031-5_15
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