Retos y soluciones para el envejecimiento en personas con discapacidad

12:00-12:30. Conferencia de Matilde Leonardi, Neuróloga y profesora de la Universidad Católica de Milán. Directora del Centro de Neurología Besta Institute, centro colaborador de la OMS.

Formato:
Presentación en inglés con espacio para preguntas (15 minutos). La ponente se conectará de forma online en el Aula ICS.

Título de la conferencia: Ageing and Disability: the universalizing conception of disability and functioning

Abstract:
The world is experiencing rapid population aging, especially in low- and middle-income countries, with major implications for social policy, infrastructure, and healthcare. By 2030, people over 60 will outnumber children under 10. This shift highlights the importance of supporting individuals of all ages and abilities throughout their lives. Aging must be seen not just as a demographic statistic, but as a complex process involving biological, psychological, and social dimensions. The WHO’s International Classification of Functioning (ICF) offers a biopsychosocial framework to understand health and disability, emphasizing that functioning reflects an interaction between health conditions and contextual factors.

Disability, affecting over a billion people globally, is more prevalent in older populations and lower-income settings. Barriers to inclusion—such as inadequate policies, prejudice, and inaccessibility—disproportionately impact older people with disabilities. Aging increases the risk of chronic conditions and disability, making functioning a crucial indicator of health alongside mortality and morbidity.

Improved data collection, disaggregated by age, disability, and gender, is essential to ensure equitable development and effective policy-making. Recognizing aging and disability as shared human experiences fosters a more inclusive society. A life-course perspective reinforces that a society’s progress depends on valuing the health and dignity of all, at every stage of life.

13:00-14:00. Mesa Redonda: Estrategias de Prevención y Acompañamiento para el Envejecimiento en Personas con Discapacidad.

Formato:
Durante 15 minutos, tres expertos de la Universidad de Navarra abordarán el envejecimiento desde perspectivas neuropsicológica, legal y psicoeducativa tras lo cual se abrirá un diálogo para que surjan otras preguntas.

Ponentes:
- Genoveva Montoya: Neuropsicóloga, Clínica Universidad de Navarra.
Tema: Programas de rehabilitación para personas con deterioro cognitivo.

- Inés Sánchez Ventura: Profesora de Derecho Civil.
Tema: Panorámica de las medidas de apoyo al ejercicio de la capacidad jurídica

- Araceli Arellano: Profesora de Educación.
Tema: Familias que envejecen: el acompañamiento a personas mayores con discapacidad