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New policies for older workers
- Author:
- TAYLOR Philip
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 45p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Against a background of population ageing, policy makers in the majority of industrialised countries are developing policies aimed at extending working life and promoting the benefits of employing older workers. This report reviews developments in several countries and offers recommendations for public policy. Based on a review of recent literature and interviews with experts in Australia, Finland, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the USA, this report offers: a critical appraisal of current policies; highlights the fragmentation of these policies and the limited evidence for their effectiveness; considers the disadvantages of focusing attention on 'older workers'; attempts to shift the debate away from a narrow discussion of the needs of older workers towards a more general discussion of policy on work and the ageing process; shows how other countries are tackling age and employment issues; draws lessons for the development of public policy for older workers.
Effects of a group-based exercise program on the mood state of frail older women after discharge from hospital
- Authors:
- TIMONEN L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(12), December 2002, pp.1106-1111.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Older people with somatic illnesses are at increased risk of depression. It is not known whether exercise alleviates depressive symptoms in frail, very old people recuperating from an acute illness. Group-based exercise program organized in the context of a Finnish health care organization improved mood in frail older women recuperating from an acute illness. After the intervention, there was a significant improvement in mood in the intervention group compared to the home exercise control group.
The ethnic neighbourhood: a locus of empowerment for elderly immigrants
- Author:
- VALTONEN Kathleen
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 45(3), July 2002, pp.315-323.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article focuses on elderly Vietnamese immigrants in Finland and on the ethnic neighbourhood as a spatial field of empowerment for this group. Within stable social circles, diverse and overlapping patterns of interaction give rise to so-called multiplex relations, which are seen to strengthen in a special way the bonds between the elderly immigrants and their social circles, and to be a decisive factor in reducing the risk of loneliness. The ethnic neighbourhood offers the opportunity for intermeshing relations that are an important source of security for the elderly.