Global Healthy Aging Initiative
The Global Healthy Aging Initiative brings together a growing international network of leaders, innovators, and organizations committed to a shared vision: making healthy aging the norm for everyone, everywhere. Through collaboration, innovation, and collective action, the initiative works to ensure that the opportunity to age well is not a privilege, but a reality for people around the world.
Progress Requires Collective Action
The world’s older adult population is growing rapidly. Only by working together — sharing learning, leveraging evidence-based frameworks to improve systems, and partnering with older adults and national leaders — can we make healthy aging possible for everyone. Together, we are strengthening the conditions for people around the world to age with health, dignity, and a focus on what matters most to them.
Â鶹ӳ» has established and is leading a Learning and Impact Network with global partners. Participants include national governments, such as ministries of health and government agencies; hospitals, clinics, and health systems; professional associations; caregivers/care partners and family members; and older adults. These leaders serve in many roles — as executives, department heads, direct care team leaders, and older adult or community advocates.
Â鶹ӳ»ing leaders worldwide to accelerate healthy aging through learning and action
Through bi-monthly meetings, participants share successful approaches, receive implementation support and coaching, and collaborate on measurement and dissemination strategies. Some participants are advancing deep implementation and outcomes measurement, while others are just getting started. Expert Â鶹ӳ» team members facilitate an all teach, all learn approach, enabling participants to scale practical, effective, coordinated improvement across borders and cultures.
Building Together
The Global Healthy Aging Initiative will encompass a broad range of evidence-based frameworks and innovative models. The first year will focus on the 4Ms Framework of an Age-Friendly Health System, with an aim to deliver age-friendly care to at least 500,000 older adults. Aims for future years will be co-developed with participants, with plans for the second year to address scale and spread of broader healthy aging principles across sectors, including health care, public health, and communities. Models may include the World Health Organization (WHO) , from Sweden, and others.
Success will be tracked through quality measures such as reduced hospital readmissions and emergency visits, increased days spent in the community, enhanced experiences of care, and improved health — outcomes that contribute to improved older adult quality of life.
Join the Learning and Impact Network
Join a growing global community of leaders, innovators, and organizations working together to make healthy aging the norm everywhere. Learnings, resources, and updates from the initiative will be shared on this page.
Prospectus Info
Explore the vision, priorities, and opportunities behind the Global Healthy Aging Initiative. Learn how organizations can participate, engage, and help advance healthy aging worldwide.
Contact the Â鶹ӳ» Team
Interested in partnering, participating, or learning more? Â鶹ӳ» with Â鶹ӳ»â€™s Global Healthy Aging Initiative team to explore opportunities to engage with the initiative and its growing global network.