Pro Senectute Lucerne: quality of life in old age

Before Pro Senectute Lucerne, on the theme “Lebensqualität im Alter – was leistet die Medizin?”, Alain Berset starts from a young woman undergoing one cosmetic operation after another: “Ich will nicht alt werden.” At 65, life expectancy is now 17 years for men and 21 years for women: old age has become a phase of life full of options.

It remains essential that ageing well does not become a luxury for the well-off. Health2020, he says, cannot stop time, but it must take away what is threatening about it. He quotes Mae West: “Alt werden ist nichts für Feiglinge.”

Speeches on this site

• Pro Senectute Lucerne : « Lebensqualität im Alter – was leistet die Medizin » (in German, French-language page)