Brenden Greeley’s “The economy is king in Donald Trump’s re-election bid” (Opinion, December 20) accurately and optimistically concludes that our US economy will “get [another] massive wave of hiring around mid-year”. But in his earlier, also accurate assessment that “working age adults continue to join the workforce” he misses another, equally powerful piece of the puzzle: for employers and policymakers in any growth economy to take the necessary 21st-century step of opening jobs to those of us over the quaint 20th-century retirement age of 60 or so.

The U.K. has ushered in a new Conservative government to get “Brexit done.”  The pound rose in value against the dollar on the news that Boris Johnson is in - but meanwhile the health of the nation suffered a dip in the news that day. 

The next World Congress of the International Association for Gerontology and Geriatrics will take place in Buenos Aires in June 2022, chaired by the Argentine Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SAAG) and the Gerontological Association of Argentina (AGA).

The World Health Summit is one of the world’s leading strategic forums for global health. Held annually in Berlin, it brings together leaders from politics, science and medicine, the private sector, and civil society to set the agenda for a healthier future.

This event will launch ILC-UK's research findings on the health and productivity burden of preventable diseases in later life and focus on the need to implement preventative health interventions across the life course.