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ACTIVE AGING - JAN KRÜGER RESEARCH
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

POLICY AND DEMOGRAPHICS

IN GERMANY

What are Governments doing to enable active aging?

- Promote self-determined living and activity

- Enabling social participation in old age and activating the engagement potential of
all generations

- Support healthy aging Source: destatis - population in Germany

- Ensure quality and needs-based care and support
Occupation Goals and Policies:

Example Policies: - Maintain and strengthen health, avoid or minimize risks at work, benefit from increasing workforce of people at

the age of 60 and above.
- Improve conditions for care and nursing in the home environment.
- Strengthen occupational safety and health for companies and employees
- Help owners and landlords reduce barriers in housing stock for the elderly and
people with limited mobility. - Involvement of health insurance funds in training, advice and assistance for companies as well as the provision
of aids, guidelines and information.
- Supporting the development of age-appropriate assistance systems for older
people in their daily lives. - Greater transparency of costs and services in medical rehabilitation

- Departmental research on special topics such as age-appropriate construction - Increase options and flexibility with regard to working life and the transition to retirement.
and housing, age-appropriate mobility, traffic safety and traffic infrastructures.
- Using the competencies and experience of older people for the economy and society
- Support local associations to provide mutual civic engagement services.

- Opening up federal volunteer services to people of all ages and making greater
use of the potential and skills of older people as a valuable resource.
Source: Demografieportal
Demographic strategy of the German federal government
and Further development of the German government‘s demographic strategy