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Constant hierarchic patterns of physical functioning across seven populations in five countries
- Authors:
- FERRUCCI Luigi, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(3), June 1998, pp.286-294.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This research was aimed at identifying critical steps in the decline in physical function that often parallels ageing. Six basic and nine instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs) were classified into four domains of disability characterised by specific underlying physical impairment. The hierarchical order of this classification was verified in two random samples representative of the older home-dwelling population. The cross-cultural reliability of the model was verified in seven population-based samples of older persons living in five European countries. In older persons the disabling process follows a general pattern of progression based on a typical sequence of impairments.
Combating age barriers in employment: a European portfolio of good practice
- Editors:
- WALKER Alan, TAYLOR Philip
- Publisher:
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 221p.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
Report providing an analysis of more than one hundred and fifty initiatives in favour of the retention, retraining and reintegration of older workers. Intended as a practical tool for all those concerned with developing practice or supportive policies to combat age barriers in employment.
Caring for children and older people: a comparison of European policies and practices
- Authors:
- ROSTGAARD Tina, FRIDBERG Torben
- Publisher:
- Danish National Institute of Social Research
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 597p.
- Place of publication:
- Copenhagen
Integrating senior citizens into the information society
- Author:
- TIELEN Ger
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 24(2/3), 1998, pp.143-153.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Training in new information technology should encourage senior citizens to participate in the development of the information society. This article describes problems and perspectives of the use of new information technology by and for older people, and discusses educational initiatives.
Social policy review 10
- Editors:
- BRUNSDON Edward, HARTLEY Dean, WOODS Roberta
- Publisher:
- Social Policy Association
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 304.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of essays on social policy divided into two sections: developments in British welfare under New Labour; and international developments.
Older women in Europe: east follows west in the feminisation of poverty
- Author:
- GINN Jay
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 24(4), Spring 1998, pp.101-121.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
In this article the author examines existing gender inequality of pension income and the likely impact of state welfare retrenchment on older women in the future. Gender inequality of pension income in European is first reviewed briefly. Then, the sources of cross-country variation in older women's pension disadvantage are considered, using a four-fold typology of European pension systems. Finally, the effect of recent and proposed retrenchment of public pensions on older women in the future is assessed.
From consumerism to partnership: new European perspectives on independent living in older age
- Author:
- RISEBOROUGH Moyra
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust/Housing for Older People in Europe
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 64p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidlington
This report reflects on changing perspectives about older age and the kind of services which best fit older people's wishes and their desire to lead independent lives. The housing and care services provided by European not for profit organisations provide examples of good practice. They illustrate the ways these organisations are responding to the needs of older people and how they are helping to promote positive perspectives of old age.
Ageing, social security and affordability
- Editors:
- MARMOR Theodore R., DE JONG Philip R.
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 365p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Collection of papers looking at spending on pensions and medical care for older people and their place in the debate about the desirability and affordability of modern social programmes. Includes chapters on: social assistance in the member states of the European Union; the relationship between social and occupational security; an international comparison of legal indexation of social security benefits; the hidden liabilities of public pension plans in twelve EU countries; pensions in transition in the United States and Japan; transitional effects of a change in the Spanish pension system; financing old age in Singapore; pay as you go versus funded system of financing pensions in Central and Eastern Europe; pension system reform in Latin America; equity, cost containment and efficiency in health care; health care reform; the social and economic consequences of delaying a political decision concerning reform of health care in Poland; the role of government in the provision and financing of long term care for older people; the impact of the evolution of health expectancy in future public health care expenditure; and forecasts of future disabled and institutionalised US populations 195 to 2040.