Aging Populations

Week 1 - What is the super-aged society? Week 2 - Healthy Aging and Healthcare Service Week 3 - Healthy Aging and Social Engagement Week 4 - How to promote the Inclusive Society Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed for policy makers, carers, educators and researchers engaged in elderly care. It will also be useful for anyone interested in living as a healthy older person and anyone considering technological or business development to support the elderly.

• The concept of healthy aging.
• The mechanisms of healthy longevity from a scientific and medical perspective.
• An overview of three components of support for healthy aging: services, communities and policies.
• Various kinds of support for individuals’ healthy aging through care services and technology.
• How to prevent decline in function due to aging and compensating for it when it does occur.
• Case studies of support for social engagement by local communities.
• How to enable the elderly to participate in society with a sense of purpose, even whilst aging.
• Policies working toward an age-inclusive society.
• Various initiatives that are underway in Japan through joint efforts by the government, the private sector, and academia.