Climate change and healthy ageing: An assessment of the impact of climate hazards on older people

Journal of Global Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: May 24, 2024

Abstract Background Climate change not only directly impacts older people's longevity but also healthy ageing, which is the process of maintaining physical and mental capacities while optimising functional abilities. The urgency to address both population ageing climate necessitates a rethink assessment impact on people. This includes identifying what can be done anticipate, mitigate adapt engage persons. Methods A review forms basis evidence in this report. We developed comprehensive search assess current literature, combining terms related across four major data sets assessing articles published up end 2021. Results summarised future people framework persons, recognising social environmental determinants ageing. Major hazards some key exposure pathways include extreme temperatures, wildfire, drought, flooding, storm sea level rise, air quality, climate-sensitive infectious diseases, food water insecurities, health care system displacement, migration, relocation. Strategies require interventions improve systems infrastructure reduce vulnerability increase resilience. As heterogeneous group, perceptions should integrated into activism. Increasing literacy among enabling them promote intergenerational dialogue will drive development implementation equitable solutions. Pathways may operate via direct or indirect exposures, requiring longitudinal studies that enable exposures outcomes at multiple time points, analyses cumulative life course. Conclusions lack systematic reviews primary research most hazards, except for heat, apparent. Future beyond mortality morbidity how interact with their environment by focusing abilities being doing they value.

Language: Английский

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Older people’s needs in urban disaster response: A systematic literature review

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 96, P. 103809 - 103809

Published: June 25, 2023

Against the backdrop of rapid population ageing and widespread urbanisation, this review explores older people's needs in urban disaster response. We conducted a systematic 120 publications across several related fields – management, gerontology, governance. identified five people response: health, socioeconomic, evacuation settlement, information communication, cultural needs. find that adults' were insufficiently met for four main reasons. First, lack understanding relationships between different poses challenges to coordinating response, particularly when relief aid targets an uncoordinated fashion. Second, standard response often provides unsuitable people, leaving them feeling uncomfortable, unequal, undignified. Third, there is discrepancy policy expectations actual resulting inadequate incorporation into at local, national, international levels. Fourth, relative advocacy directly gives voice rather than indirectly reflecting their through carers responders. To address research knowledge gaps, we propose directions future research: (1) need conceptually informed, contextually salient, transparent working definitions (2) nuanced intersectional understandings needs, (3) holistic ecology (4) focus on secondary disasters arising from primary disasters, (5) more theoretically informed empirically rigorous research.

Language: Английский

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Identifying Linkages Between Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Population Ageing for Understanding Vulnerability and Risk to Older People: A Review

Ageing International, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 48(3), P. 816 - 839

Published: July 30, 2022

Language: Английский

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Underestimated climate risks from population ageing

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6(1)

Published: June 20, 2023

Population ageing is one of the most challenging social and economic issues facing governments in twenty-first century1. Yet compounding challenges people living longer while also coping with impacts climate change has been subject to less examination. Here, we show that often-used binary definitions of"vulnerable" older communities – such as over age 65 can lead underestimation future risks from extreme weather a warming climate. Within this broad grouping, successively groups not only exhibit higher vulnerability extremes, but they more rapid growth future. Lower income countries are likely underestimate if simplistic classifications vulnerable persist.

Language: Английский

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Impact of heat stress on cardiovascular health outcomes of older adults: A mini review

Aging and Health Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(2), P. 100189 - 100189

Published: March 27, 2024

Heat waves are increasingly becoming a serious threat to human health, especially for children, adults above 65 years and vulnerable populations. Older already burdened with several chronic illnesses cardiovascular diseases being the most prevalent among leading causes of death in that population. In this review, we explore evidence impact heat stress on health outcomes older adults. We further attempt simplify mechanisms by which aging compromises thermoregulation individuals age thereby exacerbating diseases. Articles used mini review were retrieved from PubMed, Google scholar, Scopus other academic internet databases relevant field study. The keywords search 'heat stress', 'cardiovascular adults' diseases' as well aging'. publications included have been carefully chosen based their relevance, reliability, contribution advancing our understanding topic. This reveals may lead increased hospitalization some cases. There is dearth studies focusing area developing countries. Therefore, can stimulate research interest under studied regions or countries subject considering growing concern risk factor Understanding role help care workers policy makers plan mitigation strategies avoid and/or during

Language: Английский

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Climate Change and the Health of Older Adults

Springer eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 837 - 860

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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A framework for ageing and health vulnerabilities in a changing climate

Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(11), P. 1125 - 1135

Published: Oct. 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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Environmental Pollution and Climate Change Implications of Agricultural Fertilizer Use

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Empowering nurses and midwives to speak to the evidence: A contemporary approach to communication, advocacy and activism

Nurse Education Today, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 106752 - 106752

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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The value of a life course approach to the health consequences of climate change

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 41 - 60

Published: Feb. 20, 2025

Abstract Climate change, initiated by the Industrial Revolution, has resulted in a warming planet with increased extreme weather events. In addition, pollutant exposures are rapidly increasing. Exposures to both and pollution have direct indirect negative impacts on health. While most research date focused short-term of climate change health, chronic long-term huge concern. change-related can act intergenerationally. A life course epidemiology approach is therefore valuable essential understand how early impact This chapter summarizes current state climate-change-related health effects importance understanding change.

Language: Английский

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