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Background

The Ageing Crisis: A Health Systems Response

Venice Summer School - BackgroundThe Objectives: To bring together high and mid level policy-makers in a stimulating environment to focus on ageing and what it means for health systems. Summer School draws on the latest evidence; a team of experts; the experiences of participants in practice; and a tradition of promoting evidence-based policy-making and fostering European health policy debate. It aims to raise key issues, share learning and insights and build lasting networks.

Approach: The six day course combines a core of formal teaching with a highly participative approach involving participant presentations, round tables, panel discussions and group work. There will be opportunities for participants to develop a concrete case study that cuts across themes and to engage in political dialogue at the opening session. 

Accreditation: Summer School is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and participation counts towards ongoing professional development in all EU Member States.

Organization: Summer School is organized by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the Veneto Region of Italy, one of its partners.

Recent Summer Schools: have focussed on Recent Summer Schools have focused on Human Resources for Health (2007), Hospital Re-engineering (2008) and Health Technology Assessment (2009), EU Integration and Health Systems (2010).


Venice Summer School - BackgroundThe Ageing Crisis: A Health Systems Response

Summer School 2011 will focus on the implications of population ageing for health policy and the ways health systems can provide solutions to the challenges of an ageing society. The course will present a multi-faceted picture of the ageing effect on health systems and policies, looking at the evolving life expectancy and morbidity ratios; changing needs, the implications for financing, and the interface between different types of care, taking into account variations across Europe and inequalities between and within countries. A particular focus will also be the potential of health promotion and prevention to maintain people’s health and self-reliance as well as the use of technology and innovative models of integrated care to better assist  older people living with chronic conditions.

The Summer School will address the topic of ageing from a policy makers’ perspective, outlining models for developing an integrated policy that can meet all these challenges, providing practical examples and tools but also taking into account the constraints and pressures that policy makers have to face. Crucially, the course will draw on the participants’ experience and sharing of knowledge and insights, and will build contacts and networks and to provide resources for future work. An important contribution to the Summer School will also be the approach taken on this issue at European and international level, including by the World Health Organisation and the European Union.

Faculty:
The Summer School will involve a group of expert lecturers and facilitators led by
  • Reinhard Busse (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Berlin University of Technology) as Director and his Co-Directors
  • Emily Grundy (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and
  • Nick Fahy (Nick Fahy Consulting Ltd).
    The WHO focal point will be
  • Manfred Huber (WHO Regional Office for Europe)

Programme: The course is divided into three modules

MODULE 1: The challenges of ageing
The first module will set out the overall challenges that demographic ageing will bring; including

  • Projections – the anticipated challenges of ageing reference scenarios
  • Wider policy challenges the implications for society and the economy of demographic ageing
  • Context of health system challenges the  wider set of issues facing health systems as populations age and their health needs change

MODULE 2: Promoting healthy ageing
This module will set out how to promote healthy ageing from overall principles and techniques to key areas including practical examples and resources.

  • Key targets for promoting healthy ageing and minimizing illness will draw on evidence identifying  the key causes of mortality and morbidity where interventions make a real difference.
  • Best practice in health promotion for older people will draw on evidence and experience from across Europe of what works best
  • Working in partnership – will tackle how health systems can best work with older people and the organizations that represent and support them in effective partnerships.
  • Maintaining economic and social integration - will explore the scope for a more integrated approach with employment, education, training and social services to sustain independent living and involvement in the society and economy as people age.

MODULE 3: Adapting health systems to ageing
Health systems will have to change in order to respond to population ageing.  This module will address some of the key issues, potential solutions and resources.

  • Ensuring integrated care- combining different elements of provision (primary, hospital, rehabilitative) to ensure a coherent overall package of care
  • New technologies for supporting healthy ageing - technologies available or on the horizon and how they can support objectives such as healthy independent living and integrated care.
  • Ethical issues- including end-of-life issues such as euthanasia and  the role of palliative care;   how to involve older people in decision making even  in difficult circumstances later in life
  • Supportive financing mechanisms – how different approaches and structures can support the overall objectives of healthy ageing for individuals and for the system as a whole.  

Applicants/participants
Summer School is intended for senior to mid-level policy-makers and more junior professionals who are making careers in policy and management at a regional, national or European level.  This year we are specifically targeting
  • National and regional health policy-makers and their  advisers who wish to upgrade their knowledge and understanding of the likely impact of ageing on health systems;
  • Professionals working in the health sector whose responsibilities or areas of work address promoting healthy ageing at a policy level; supporting economic or social  integration for older people; revising and integrating provision to ensure coherent care; exploiting technology appropriately; or financing; or other initiatives to tailor the health system to these challenges.

Venice Summer School 2008 - BackgroundParticipants should be working in a decision-making institution (government, nongovernmental, European, provider or payer association, or professional body) with a remit that includes supporting healthy ageing or shaping health systems responses to ageing. This will cover ministries, national agencies, health institutes, EU institutions, insurance boards, hospitals, management boards and others.

Applications are welcome from all 53 WHO European Region Member States and the programme will be tailored, so far as is possible, to the mix of participants.

Get-togethers and social programme

Venice Summer School 2008 - BackgroundParticipants will spend the week on the island and therefore will have many occasions for networking and informal exchange. Various events will be organized during the week to enjoy each others’ company and the magnificent setting of Venice. Besides the opening of the Summer School and welcome reception, a visit is planned to the WHO Office in Venice as well as an excursion to a villa.

Preparation
  • The course involves only limited preparation
All materials are made available through the web site www.observatorysummerschool.org.

About the organisers
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies supports and promotes evidence-based health policy-making through the comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe and beyond. It is a partnership that includes national governments and other authorities (Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, the Veneto Region, the French Union of Health Insurance Funds), international organizations (the WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Commission, European Investment Bank and World Bank) and academia (London School of Economics and Political Science, and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine).

The Veneto Region seeks to ensure that empirical evidence and analysis reaches national and regional stakeholders and policy-makers. It is involved in comparing health care systems across EU Member States. The Veneto Region is active in the area of cross-border health care and plays a leading role in the EU in research and policy development. It is also actively involved in a number of networks, including EUREGHA, ERRIN, EuroHealthnet, WHO RHN, AER, HealthClusterNet, ESN, ENSA and ELISAN. The Veneto Region, which has been a partner of the European Observatory since 2004, is hosting the Summer School because it is committed to providing a European platform for political debate on health matters, linking regional authorities to the EU debate.

How to apply:
Please request an application form and/or send any questions regarding the Summer School at the following link: summerschool2011@obs.euro.who.int





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