‘Shaping the Future: Social Protection and Support Systems for an Aging World’ was held, organised by the Social Observatory of the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation and the World Bank with the aim of addressing the challenges of social care in ageing from a multidimensional strategy..

Experiment in which participants put themselves in the shoes of an elderly person by using an age simulation suit, shows that their empathic skills .

Some 34.8 of grandparents in Spain regularly care for their grandchildren, a figure much higher than the European average.

Between 2010 and 2020, the occupation rate of the younger population decreased, while that of over 55s increased.

In 2019, households were predominantly formed by childless couples (22.7%), versus 12.2% formed by couples with children.