- Involving the elderly in climate change policy making
- G. Haq; J. Whitelegg; M. Kohler / Stockholm Environment Institute, 2009
- Climate change and an ageing population bring together two key policy challenges which need to be addressed to ensure a safe, secure, equitable and sustainable future. to, and casualties of, climate change as well as potential campaig...
- Increasing Guaranteed Income Supplement - an ideal way to stimulate the economy
- M. Townson / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2009
- This paper sets out some of the problems with Canada's pension system and outlines some of the options that have been proposed to deal with them. The paper clarifies that Canada's pension system consists of three tiers. Th...
- Creating a suitability standard for reverse mortgages and equity conversion products
- T. Twomey; R. Jurgens / National Consumer Law Center, 2009
- This paper claims that the consumer protections built into the old reverse mortgages programme are being eclipsed by the drive to exploit senior home equity by major banks and insurance companies, among others. The paper indicates tha...
- How to ensure that the entitlements of both older people and migrant carers are upheld
- K. Walsh; E. O’Shea / The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, 2009
- The proportion of migrant carers caring for Irish older people has increased over recent years, reflecting a broader global trend in care worker migration and thus, a highly competitive global market for migrant carers. How...
- Does population ageing inevitably lead to significantly higher health care expenditure?
- B. Rechel; Y. Doyle; E. Grundy / World Health Organization, 2009
- All countries in Europe face ageing populations. This review examines the impact of ageing populations on health systems, demonstrating that it will give rise to a number of challenges. However, the paper deems that much of this impac...
- How mean-testing is limiting coverage of cash transfers
- K. Ibralieva; E. Mikkonen-Jeanneret / HelpAge International, 2009
- In 2008, the Kyrgyz Republic experienced significant increases in food and fuel price, massively affecting the most vulnerable populations. In response, the World Bank announced a US$10 million grant directed at topping up the e...
- Motivating people to supply more labour and save for the later stage of life
- J. Babecký; K. Dybczak / Czech National Bank, Czech Republic, 2009
- The Czech Republic is facing a population-ageing phenomenon, and its demographic structure is expected to change dramatically, which might have a significant impact on the Czech economy. This paper analyses the potential effects of th...
- Dementia needs to become a priority on the world health agenda
- M. Prince (ed); J. Jackson (ed) / Alzheimer's Disease International, 2009
- This Report gives an overview and analysis of the prevalence and impact of Alzheimer's disease, based on systematic review identifying studies in 21 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) world regions. It then offers a framework of rec...
- Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI)
- Alzheimer's Disease International wants to improve the quality of life for people with dementia and their families throughout the world. ADI aims to build and strengthen Alzheimer associations and raise awareness about dementia worldwide. It works by facilitating the sharing of expertise and resources that exist within its membership.
- What reasons are behind the health gap between US and Europe?
- P.C. Michaud; D. Goldman; A. Gailey / Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population, 2009
- There is a growing longevity gap between the US and Europe with no settled interpretation. This paper demonstrates that differences in observed disease prevalence can almost entirely account for this difference. The paper points that ...
- All countries must adapt quickly to accommodate a new age structure
- K. Kinsella; W. He / U.S. Census Bureau, 2009
- Population ageing has emerged as a major demographic worldwide trend. On the one hand the reality of global ageing and increased longevity represents a triumph of medical, social, and economic advances. But on the other, population ag...
- Causes of health disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous people
- M. King; A. Smith; M. Gracey / The Lancet, 2009
- This article, the second in The Lancet series on the health of indigenous people, delves into the underlying causes of health disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous people, providing an indigenous perspective to understandi...
- Government initiative to prepare for an ageing population
- Building a society for all ages, UK Government, 2009
- UK Government strategy paper to designed to help Britain prepare for our ageing society. The paper highlights the need for a cultural shift, to build a vision of a society for all ages – where people are not defin...
- Individual retirement accounts are still workable, but need adequate reforms
- F. Bertranou; E. Calvo; E. Bertranou / Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, 2009
- In 1981, Chile initiated old-age pension reforms that introduced mandatory funded individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and moved away from public systems. Ten other Latin American countries followed the Chilean model in the 1990s. Bu...
- Emigration from the Eastern Caribbean has major implications for the sustainability of pension schemes
- H. Monroe / International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2009
- The demographic transition in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) displays unusual characteristics.The transition now underway is rapid compared with international experience, and emigration is playing a particularly large rol...
- Improving the returns from assets managed by Asian pension funds
- D. Park / Asian Development Bank, 2009
- Due to population ageing, weakening of family-based support, and related factors, old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of the pens...
- Descriptive guide on symptoms and effects of Alzheimer's
- Alzheimer’s Association, 2009
- Manual intended for anyone who would like to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Chapters include: when memory loss is a warning sign 10 warning signs of Alzheimer&rsqu...
- Improving conditions for ageing populations in prison
- Prison Reform Trust, 2009
- Prison staff working with older prisoners require specialist training and support, as the needs of older people can be hard to detect. The increase in numbers of people needing significant health and social care input has created huge...
- Reducing poverty among elderly Indians would lead to significantly reduced disability rates
- M.K. Pandey / Australia South Asia Research Centre, 2009
- In India, more than one quarter of the Indian aged population (age 60 upwards) is disabled. Age-specific disability rates and the severity of disablement increases with age. Indian data also suggests that that 40 percent o...
- Assessing the determinants of private saving in India and Malaysia
- J. Ang; K. Sen / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2009
- This paper compares the evolution of private saving in India and Malaysia, and analyses how policy changes in the financial sectors and pension systems help explain differences in their saving performance. It assesses whether the &lsq...
- 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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