Building a model to analyse and compare social policies on ageing

Demographic ageing results in issues both for individuals and for organizations, with regards to social, economic and health issues. The challenge for public policies is to create the adequate resources and to adapt devices, in order to facilitate and allow an ageing process with well-being. The WHO’s proposal of Active Ageing has a great potential in guiding ageing policies, in particular local interventions. In this research we aimed to convert the active ageing concept into a practical instrument, built for use by policy-makers, researchers and stakeholders to evaluate and compare different social policies on ageing. We have proceeded to the validation of both the content and the design of the instrument, using the Delphi technique. Through the instrument created, it will be possible to analyse ageing policies from the active ageing point of view, to compare programmes and communities/organizations, to share the best policy practices and identify the least appropriate policy actions as the intervention priorities, adjusting and improving them.