Rights of LGBTIQ elderly and geriatric inmates focus of active aging strategy

The rights of gay, trans, queer and intersex elderly people are among the active ageing ministry's priorities for the coming years. The 'National Strategic Policy for Active Ageing' was unveiled on Friday and will mould policy up to 2030.

This is the second strategy document on active ageing. The first one was published in 2014. While the previous one focused primarily on care, the new strategy looks to human rights as well, said Marvin Formosa, the chairperson of the National Commission for Active Aging.
Formosa highlighted three pillars of the new strategy, among them the goal of addressing diversity and inequality. Age discrimination, LGBTIQ and gender issues, ethnicity and elderly in correctional facilities fall under this broad goal.“We are moving away from grand narratives that see the elderly as a singular group without diversity,” active ageing minister Jo Etienne Abela said. “Social inclusion” and “healthy ageing” are the two other overreaching objectives of the seven-year strategy. A society more inclusive for the elderly
The government intends to make society more inclusive for the elderly by battling loneliness, making transport accessible and improving third...