Health: management, service care and financing III

The last sessions of our conference focused on elderly. We had presentations that talk about global trends and country specific presentations. Among the most important messages of the presentations we had: i) with the increasing longevity, most people will be fragil (this occurs even if during the past years, the fragility have been compressed to the last years of the life of elders); ii) Even if most of people will be fragil, the important factor for well being is to maintain functionality; iii) elderly should be care at home or at the community level; institutionalized care should be only to specific cases; and iv) to maintain the functionality of elderly homes and cities should be adapted with facilities and service tailored to the elder population.