Bologna (Ferrero Foundation): “Sociality essential for successful aging”

Over one billion people worldwide are sixty or older. It is no coincidence, therefore, that governments, international organizations and private entities have for some time been committed to promoting initiatives for healthy aging with active social forms at the center. A mission that the Ferrero Foundation has made its own for years with a broad program of social and health services for its retired employees ranging from physical activity to social, cultural and scientific initiatives, from courses to combat the typical pathologies of aging. to health monitoring. The Healthy Aging Week 2021 is part of this context, a week of in-depth studies dedicated to successful aging organized by the Ferrero Foundation which called to Alba, to discuss the strength and vulnerability of the elderly, national and international experts “The benefits of Active aging of the elderly are many – underlines Ettore Bologna, head of the scientific medical activity of the Ferrero Foundation – we have understood over the years that the elderly must not remain isolated, to age well you need sociality and you have to move. the pandemic was dramatic, the lockdown created depressive and organic pathologies, widening the difficulties of elderly societies “.” Aging – adds Bologna – is a problem that in the Western world has many answers and many solutions. There are numerous publications on the theme, the various institutions are becoming aware of the problem, the European community has a very large program which is Horizon 2020 which has just ended, so we are confident. As far as we are concerned, the Ferrero Foundation will continue over the years to take care of the quality of life of the elderly, trying not only to improve our activities but also to export our model to give more and more answers to these problems “.