The WHO perspective on active ageing

Kalache, Alexandre; Keller, Ingrid

doi:10.1177/102538239900600406

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“…A World Health Organization (WHO) report on active ageing estimates that the proportion of individuals over the age of 65 is expected to more than double by 2050 (1) . The burden of respiratory disease is concurrently set to increase in the same period with an estimated 300 million people worldwide suffering from asthma, with 250,000 annual deaths attributed to the disease (2) .…”

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Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Older Adults

Al‐Alawi

Hassan

Chotirmall

2014

The American Journal of Medicine

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Global estimates on ageing predict an increased burden of asthma in the older population. Consequently, its recognition, diagnosis and management in clinical practice require optimization. This review aims to provide an update for clinicians highlighting advances in the understanding of the ageing process and immunosenescence together with their applicability to asthma from a diagnostic and therapeutic perspective. Ageing impacts airway responses, immune function and influences efficacy of emerging phenotype-specific therapies when applied to the elderly patient. Differentiating eosinophilic and neutrophilic disease accounts for atopic illness and distinguishes long-standing from late-onset asthma. Therapeutic challenges in drug delivery, treatment adherence and side effect profiles persist in the older patient while novel recording devices developed to aid detection of an adequate inhalation evaluates treatment effectiveness and compliance more accurately than previously attainable. Anti-cytokine therapies improve control of brittle asthma while bronchial thermoplasty is an option in refractory cases. Multi-dimensional intervention strategies prove best in the management of asthma in the older adult which remains a condition that is not rare but rarely diagnosed in this patient population.

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Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Older Adults

Al‐Alawi

Hassan

Chotirmall

2014

The American Journal of Medicine

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“…3 The definition of ''older person'' or ''elderly'' is imprecise, although most developed world countries consider the chronologic age between 60 to 65 years of age to define the lower limit for an ''older'' adult.…”

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Airway obstructive diseases in older adults: From detection to treatment

Diaz-Guzman¹,

Mannino²

2010

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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“…Measures such as those presented here can help inform choices between strategies for improving the health of aging populations. 5 In addition, they may help to predict the burden of disability still present after implementation of the recommended successful aging strategies. This information is important from the perspective of a person making choices about a change in lifestyle.…”

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“…It is also important from a societal perspective where one of the assumptions underlying the promotion of successful aging is that society will experience less disability and therefore lower health care costs. 5 While healthy aging is a worthy goal, it remains an ill defined concept. Life extension can generally be considered a success, even more so if accompanied by the extension of life free of functional losses.…”

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“…2 This has in turn led to research and policy agendas aimed at identifying and changing modifiable factors that moderate the aging process, with the ultimate goal of reducing the burden of death, disability, and health care costs. [3][4][5][6][7] These successful aging research and policy agendas are also known as ''active aging'', ''healthy aging'', ''productive aging'', ''better aging'', and ''aging well'', and we use these terms interchangeably.…”

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