“To age she must be synonymous of activity, health, satisfaction and quality of life�. With these words minister of Health and Social Política, Jiménez Trinidad, a report of work that will be used for the final elaboration of White Libro on Active Aging, that will see the light within a year after a process of consultation with different organizations from majors, NGO, political professionals, unions, parties and autonomic and local administrations has presented/displayed to the State Council of People Majors.
 
The purpose of this document, that picks up a hundred of proposals for the debate and in which have participated thirty experts, is to diagnose the real situation and present of the group in our country, with the aim of “establishing the bases of the policies of active aging in the future�, “giving answer to the needs of this new generation of majors� and “to contribute to the development of her rights and the advance of a society for all the ages�, the minister has explained.
 
Of this form, Jiménez has indicated that the report is the “departure point� to establish a new demographic profile of the people majors of 65 years, that in Spain represent a 16.7 percent of the total of the population, and, therefore, a “complete map of the new policies directed to majors�. “The major does not want only political welfare but of social participation�, in addition, “they want to be independent and they wish to live in its house the greater possible time�, has indicated Jiménez. For that reason, from the Government bet by the Social Services “of proximity and trims in the domiciliary attention�.
 
Between the proposals it is possible to emphasize the one to impel the directed policies to promote healthful habits of life (to practice physical exercise, to eliminate the tobacco, to moderate the alcohol consumption, to improve the mental and sociocultural activity) and the one to reinforce the public health coordination or to incorporate other activities, such as intergenerational education throughout the life, relations, legal protection, etc.
 
The experts have worked with data on the situation of the people majors contributed by diverse sources like the Barometer of CIS 2010, data of the National Institute of Estadística (INE), the Eurobarometer and the Survey on people majors 2010 of the Imserso. In addition, they have considered the proposals of III the State Congress of People Majors, organized in Madrid in May of 2009, and II the World-wide Assembly on aging of the UN, celebrated in Madrid in 2002, in whose conclusions one remembered that all the policies directed to the majors counted on the participation of the same through State Advice of People Majors.
 
Data to analyze
According to data of the Survey on people majors 2010 of the Imserso, the number of people majors is growing, although these are more active than in the past. The 60 percent of the survey ones says to have initiated new activities after retiring, the 28 percent participates in some social organization, the 10 percent handles of habitual form the technologies of the information and the communication and the 18 percent practice physical exercise every week.
 
As far as the life expectancy, Spain is at the top of the European countries: 78 years for the men and 84 years for the women. A data that is surpassed solely by Sweden and France.
 
On the other hand, in our country a fort exists familiar support between generations. The 68 percent of the people majors maintains direct bonding with their children and the 70 percent of the grandparents takes care of or has taken care of the grandsons - the 49 percent does to newspaper.
 
State advice of People Majors
The president of the Democratic Union of Retired and Pensioners of Spain (UDP), Luis Martin Pindado, has been reelected like vice-president of the State Council of Personas Mayores (CEPM) for next the four years. “The organizations of majors we are going at great length to study the report and the presented/displayed proposals, and will contribute without a doubt many ideas and suggestions that can contribute to establish a document of reference in the development of the different policies from active aging in the next years�, have assured the national person in charge UDP.

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