- The importance of day care services in terms of gender-equal practices
- Project on Population Ageing, Economic Commission for Europe, 2009
- Elderly women outnumber elderly men in all countries of the UNECE region. They are more likely to live in poverty, be affected by disability and restrictions of mobility. Many elderly women are widows and at an economic disadvantage. ...
- The need for an holistic approach to assure ageing is integrated in all policy fields
- Project on Population Ageing, Economic Commission for Europe, 2009
- This policy brief looks at how governments can integrate ageing-related issues into all policy fields in order to bring societies and economies in harmony with demographic change. It also addresses the ways in which all age groups can...
- The importance of social protection systems in encouraging fairer division of paid and unpaid work
- United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009
- This paper links trends in poverty and income distribution with social protection systems, placing special emphasis on how these systems have responded to the social impacts of recent crisis. The report notices that the different stat...
- The example of a universal social pension in Zanzibar could become a model for other countries in East Africa
- A. Pearson / HelpAge International, 2009
- Zanzibar runs a system of contributory pensions (the ZSSF) covering those employed in the public and formal sectors. But overall, only about 40 per cent of older people receive any form of cash payment in their old age. Changing...
- National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
- NCLC works to defend the rights of low-income consumers and to advance economic justice. It concentrates on working for fairness in financial services, wealth building and financial health, a stop to predatory lending and consumer fraud, and protection of basic energy and utility services for low income families. NCLC devotes special attention to vulnerable populations including immigrants, elders...
- Provision of home and community-based care for the disabled elderly in Israel
- H. Schmid / Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2009
- Concerns about the implications of population ageing and the size of the elderly population with disabilities led Israel to began to implement its Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) Law fully in 1988. Even though Israel is re...
- Demands to reduce the use of antipsychotics for people with dementia
- S. Banerjee / Department of Health, UK, 2009
- There have been increasing concerns over the past years about the use of these drugs in dementia. The findings of this review confirms that there are indeed significant issues in terms of quality of care and patient safety. These drug...
- Mechanisms for effective dementia care treatments
- M.J. Prince; D. Acosta; E. Castro-Costa; J. Jackson; K.S. Shaji / Public Library of Science Medicine, 2009
- Two-thirds of people with dementia live in low- and middle income countries (LMICs), where there are few services available and levels of awareness is low. This paper focuses on the effective management of dementia in LMICs, rev...
- Will continuing scientific advances boost overall health care spending?
- H.J. Aaron / Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, 2009
- Many studies argue that projections of health care spending should be based on the assumption that age-specific health care spending should be assumed to decline because of reductions in age-specific mortality rates. This paper contra...
- The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG)
- Te Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG) is a multidisciplinary research centre on ageing at NUI Galway. ICSG focuses on research, education and training in the field of social gerontology in Ireland and internationally. There is a specific research focus on rural gerontology, the economics of ageing and on technology and ageing.
- Using administrative records, health measurements and nursing home statistics to improve research on ageing
- H. Jürges / German Council for Social and Economic Data / Rates für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten, 2009
- This report reviews recent trends in the collection of multidisciplinary and longitudinal data in the area of ageing research, both in Germany and internationally. It describes a selection of important national and international datab...
- How parents can help with treatment support for relatives with HIV/AIDS
- J. Knodel; J. Kespichayawattana; C. Saengtienchai; S. Wiwatwanich / Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on Older Persons, 2009
- High levels of treatment adherence are crucial for the success of expanding anti-retroviral therapy (ART) treatment programmes for persons with HIV/AIDS (PHA). Although family members are sometimes mentioned in the context ...
- The experiences of the FUNRURAL pension programme in Brazil
- P. Lloyd-Sherlock; A. Barrientos / New Dynamics of Ageing, 2009
- Like Brazil in the 1960s, China is now facing problems of large geographical inequalities, as well high rates of rural to urban migration of younger aged adults. However, rural older people account for a much higher share of China?s t...
- Working with older prisoners workshop
- Nacro . / Department of Health, UK, 2009
- Document to facilitate running a workshop on the special requirements of older prisoners. It is the accompanying document that can be uses in conjunction with "A resource pack for working with older prisoners", produced by the U...
- Guide to improving services for older prisoners
- Nacro . / Department of Health, UK, 2009
- This pack and its related resources are aimed at wing-based prison staff, disability liaison officers, peer support workers and anyone else who wishes to practically enhance the day-to-day lives of older prisoners. It is produced by t...
- Adapting immigration policies in order to provide care for an ageing society
- J. Badkar; P. Callister; R. Didham / Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2009
- New Zealand’s population is ageing rapidly. It is projected that 48,200 paid caregivers will be needed by 2036 to look after a growing number of older and possibly disabled New Zealanders requiring high levels of care and ...
- As the HIV epidemic progresses, the elderly must be counted and educated about the risks of HIV
- Population Reference Bureau, 2007
- Of the estimated 40 million people living with HIV, the vast majority are adults in their prime working years, but as this middle generation dies of AIDS, a generation of young children and a generation of elderly ages 50 and older ar...
- Encouraging Asian pension funds to work towards a responsible future
- The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia, 2009
- Asia's pension funds are among the largest and fastest growing pools of capital in the region and their influence in the capital markets will continue to grow, especially as asset allocations diversify. The integration of environmenta...
- How to create an Older People's Association
- Cambodia Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation / HelpAge International, 2009
- An Older People’s Association (OPA) is a community-based organisation which has the goal to improve the well being of older people through collective activities benefiting themselves and their community. This document...
- A guide to high-quality palliative care and legal services
- Duncan Breen; Kathleen Brodrick; Sue Cameron / Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, 2009
- There is increasing recognition of the link between palliative care and human rights. This guide, published by the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, offers guidance on policy and ways to improve the identification a...
- Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi
- The Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation is Malawi Government's main planning agency responsible for national economic and development planning, and monitoring and evaluation of socio-economic issues in the country. Its main mandate is to provide professional advice and technical support to Government and the public on economic and social policy development and management so as to achi...
- University of Western Australia
- Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on the Second Review and Appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2012
- Review of Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing
- Long-Run Economic Perspectives of an Ageing Society (LEPAS)
- The EU member countries will be increasingly populated by older people. Nearly 25 percent of people in the European Union in 2030 can be above age 65, up from about 17 percent in 2005. Europe's old-age dependency ratio (the number of people age 65 and older compared with the number of working-age people ages 15-64) could more than double by 2050, from one in every four to fewer than one in every t...
- Department of Economics, Towson University
- Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI)
- CARDI is a not for profit organisation developed by leaders from the ageing field across Ireland (North and South) including age focused researchers, academics, statutory, voluntary and community sector representatives. It aims to advocate for and advance the ageing research agenda by identifying, coordinating, stimulating, and communicating strategic research on ageing and older peopl...
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