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September 1, 2026The Lancet

Ageing in the European Union

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BRBernd RechelEGEmily GrundyJRJean‐Marie Robine

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Overview

Policy review identifies multi-sectoral health and welfare strategies for ageing populations, highlighting the need to reform long-term care and workforce retention.

Key Points

  • To examine the sustainability of European health, welfare, and long-term care systems facing demographic ageing and identify actionable policy responses.
  • Narrative policy analysis evaluating health system adaptations and social welfare sustainability across the European Union.
  • Assessment of demographic workforce pressures, specifically focusing on healthcare personnel aged 50 years or older.
  • Identifies that demographic ageing does not inherently threaten welfare state viability if proactive structural adaptations are implemented.
  • Outlines essential policy targets including preventive health promotion, integrated care coordination, optimized hospital discharge management, and reformed pension frameworks.
  • Highlights workforce pressures requiring improved working conditions for senior healthcare staff alongside active recruitment of younger professionals.

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Rechel et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a96ecdf51271341f338e374https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(12)62087-x
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