FIG DATA – Travel, preparing meals, practicing a hobby… Beyond life expectancy, the ability to maintain one’s autonomy for as long as possible determines the quality of our old age.
With the increase in lifespan,the main thing is not to live long but to live wellwe could say, diverting Plato’s maxim from its meaning. And the stakes are high: today, a quarter of the French population is over 60 years old. A share which should increase to a third in 2040, according to the central hypothesis of the population projections carried out by Insee (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies).
A problem that affects society as a whole, including its ability to remain united around a common set of values, including solidarity between generations. A tension whose outcome largely depends on our ability to assess and manage the loss of autonomy in older people.
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