National strategic policy for active ageing : Malta 2014-2020

Abstract

The National Strategic Policy for Active Ageing: Malta 2014-2020 represents a new dawn for Maltese ageing policy. A necessary first step for the successful implementation of active ageing principles is the integration of policy responses to population ageing, together with the concerns of older persons, into national development frameworks. The National Strategic Policy for Active Ageing reflects the government’s quest to implement a vision that acts as a catalyst for improved levels of positive, productive and successful living in later life. The policy also affirms the government’s mandate to not solely ‘add years to life’, but in parallel, also to ‘add life to years’.