The path to healthy ageing in China: a Peking University–Lancet Commission

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) 2022-12, Vol.400 (10367), p.1967-2006
• Main Authors: Chen, Xinxin, Giles, John, Yao, Yao, Yip, Winnie, Meng, Qinqin, Berkman, Lisa, Chen, He, Chen, Xi, Feng, Jin, Feng, Zhanlian, Glinskaya, Elena, Gong, Jinquan, Hu, Perry, Kan, Haidong, Lei, Xiaoyan, Liu, Xiao, Steptoe, Andrew, Wang, Gewei, Wang, Harold, Wang, Huali, Wang, Xiaoyu, Wang, Yafeng, Yang, Li, Zhang, Luxia, Zhang, Quan, Wu, Jing, Wu, Zunyou, Strauss, John, Smith, James, Zhao, Yaohui
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Aging; Baby boomers; China; Economic growth; Geriatrics; Health care delivery; Health care policy; Health education; Health insurance; Health literacy; Health promotion; Healthy Aging; Home environment; Humans; Infectious diseases; Insurance; Long term health care; Long-term care; Mobility; Older people; Patient-centered care; Population; Public health; Recreation; Rehabilitation; Risk sharing; Society; Socioeconomic factors; Universities
• ISSN: 0140-6736; 1474-547X; 1474-547X
• DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01546-X

[...]section 3 highlights the health benefits of social connections and participating in leisure activities such as square dancing, and of promoting age-friendly environments in China. China's public health insurance and long-term care insurance should move towards national-level risk pooling to reduce inequality in benefits and facilitate the mobility of older people An overview of the evidence is presented in section 5, followed by policy recommendations for supporting healthy ageing in China. [...]there is an urgent need to move away from disease-centred care to person-centred care and to increase the supply of health-care workers, particularly in geriatric medicine, rehabilitation medicine, and hospice care. [...]innovative measures should be taken to remove obstacles to upgrading community and home environments and thus facilitate mobility and social engagement among older people.