Older people, especially those with fewer digital skills were receiving limited healthcare services during COVID-19. We explore how the health of the ageing populations in different countries was affected before and during COVID-19 pandemic, and what are the effects of labor market attachment on pension income.

We also discuss three dimensions: an age-friendly society – integration and person-centered services – leadership, planning and coordination – all of which are interconnected and function together. A broad range of collaborative projects must be launched, based on agreements on the integration of health and social services in regional areas or individual municipalities. We would like, therefore, to invite stakeholders, civil society, service providers and researchers to participate in the seminar and take an active role in discussions aiming to enlighten proposed action in line with the Decade of Healthy Ageing in Europe.

Agenda

14:00–14:40	Presentation of the most important findings on ageing in the Baltic States and Sweden	Ieva Reine, PhD, senior researcher, Riga Stradiņš University, Statistics Unit, Latvia and associated researcher, Uppsala University, Department of Public health and Caring sciences, Sweden Madara Miķelsone, researcher, Riga Stradiņš University, Statistics Unit, Latvia Luule Sakkeus, PhD, Professor Estonian Institute for Population Studies Tallinn University, Estonia Antanas Kairys, PhD, Professor, Institute of Psychology, Vilnius University, Lithuania
14:40–15:10	Health research utilizing health equity frameworks among the elderly in the Baltic nations	Courtney M. Queen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Fulbright Scholar at Rīga Stradiņš University, Public Health Institute, Latvia Director for Undergraduate Studies Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Public Health, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A.
15:10–15:30	Coffee break
15:30–16:00	Impact of unpaid care (children and old age) on pension income, a comparison of 5 countries	Tanja Kirn, PhD Assistant Professor University of Liechtenstein
16:00–16:30	Respect and Dignity – Integrated health and social services for older persons	Halldór S. Guðmundsson, Associate professor Faculty of Social Work, University of Iceland, Iceland
16:30–17:30	Discussion with all seminar participants and guests

The seminar is carried out within the project Promotion of healthy ageing, welfare and social security, EEA-GRANT-2005.

Research Challenges of ageing in the Baltic Sea region (Project/Agreement No. 1.1.1.2/VIAA/3/19/540) supported by Fulbright Scholar Program.