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Romania faces a series of profound socioeconomic transformations due to demographic change, among which we mention the population aging process seen as a result of constant improvement in terms of life expectancy, but also the decrease in fertility rates and an increase in emigration among younger age groups. According to Eurostat [7], Romania will experience one of the most accelerated declines in the working age population in the European Union, so the working age population from 20 to 64 years old in Romania is expected to decline by 30% by 2060. In the absence of policies for healthy and active aging, all these processes will result in an increased demand for long-term health and care services, higher poverty rates, greater social exclusion, and addiction among the elderly [30, 31]. The paper aims to bring into focus active policies to involve the elderly on the labour market, to valorise seniors as an active part of civil society more after retirement, and analyze social determinants to prevent premature physical aging. |
