In December 2020, the United Nations proclaimed 2021 to 2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing, which represents a unique opportunity to bring all stakeholders together to improve the lives of older adults, today and in the future.
The megatrend of ageing – long lives to 100 as a matter of course and more old than young in all societies as they modernize- is one of the powerful global trends jointly with the technology raise of our 21st century. As today’s one billion older adults over 60 will double to two billion in the next three decades, it becomes evident that ageing in a digital world can turn the paradigm of vulnerable into valuable.
Information and Communication Technologies – ICTs, if built with the digital accessibility requirements and universal design in mind can make a fundamental difference in creating accessible, inclusive and age friendly digital environments and communities. ICT can further enable all of us to live a healthy and active later life, participate and make longer socio-economic contributions to the society, and thus empower all of us to live our lives to the full.