Following the death of the Japanese woman, Kane Tanaka, on April 19th, the title of the world’s oldest person was conferred upon Sister André, a French nun. She is the sixth French woman to be registered as the world’s oldest person. Given her nationality, the news...
Opinionway has carried out a survey which is the first ‘intergenerational bond indicator’ and which shows the positive impact of the relationships between young and old people on social cohesion and on seniors’ physical and mental health. The poll was launched exactly...
1/ Bill on Advanced Age and Autonomy abandoned sine die Although the pandemic and the nursing home crisis have clearly showed the urgent need for this reform, the bill on old age and autonomy has been postponed sine die. And yet, fighting against the "social death" of...
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PRESS RELEASE – February 3rd, 2022 Invitation to change our outlook on advanced age and loss of autonomy! On January 29th, 3 days after the launch of a national campaign on 1248 billboards in 7 major cities, hundreds of Alliance VITA volunteers invited the French...
PRESS RELEASE – January 26th, 2022 Alliance VITA launches a national campaign to change our perception of advanced age and loss of autonomy. "Changing one’s outlook can change someone’s life" is the theme for Alliance VITA’s 360° campaign. Running from January 26th to...
Successive promises for reforming the “Advanced Age and Autonomy Act”, have been interspersed with repeated postponements, but now the government has officially defaulted. Regrettably, the French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, did not mention the reform in his official...
