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Aging in Taiwan: building a society for active aging and aging in place
- Authors:
- LIN Yi-Yin, HUANG Chin-Shan
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 56(2), 2016, pp.176-183.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Taiwan’s accelerated rate of ageing is more than twice that of European countries and United States. Although demographic ageing was not a major concern in Taiwan until 1993, when it became an ageing society, ageing issues now have become an imperative topic both in policy and in practice in the country. As this article demonstrates, in response to the challenge of the rapidly growing older population and the inspiration of cultural values of filial obligation and respect to elders, the concepts of active ageing and ageing in place are leading the policies and practices of gerontology to meet the diverse needs of the ageing population in Taiwan. However, challenges remain, including the question of how to promote systematic endeavours, both in policies or research on ageing, and how to encourage greater involvement of non government organisations in the ageing issue. In addition, some emerging issues about ageing are addressed in this article including inadequate resources for older rural adults, building an age-friendly environment, and the increasing number of people with dementia. (Edited publisher abstract)
The 2015 ageing report: economic and budgetary projections for the 28 EU Member States (2013-2060)
- Author:
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
- Publisher:
- European Commission
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 397
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This report sheds light on the economic, budgetary and societal challenges that policy makers in Europe will have to face in the future as a result of the ageing population. Demographic trends mean that the proportion of workers supporting those in retirement will halve from an average of four today, to just two, by 2060.The report’s long-term projections provide an indication of the timing and scale of challenges that can be expected so as to inform European policy makers about the scale and timing of the challenges they must face. The report is structured in two parts. The first one describes the underlying assumptions: the population projection, the labour force projection and the macroeconomic assumptions used. The second part presents the long-term budgetary projections on pensions, health care, long-term care, education and unemployment benefits. Statistical annexes give an overview of the projection results by area and by country. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supportive housing for frail, low-income older adults: identifying need and allocating resources
- Author:
- GOLANT Stephen M.
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 29(4), Winter 2006, pp.37-43.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
This American article offers a simple conceptual framework to help assess the characteristics of an ageing population, evaluate its community and housing situation and identify any future gaps in supply. It is argued that targeting the locations where older people are at more risk of needing affordable and supportive housing requires holistic assessment of the population composition, the housing arrangements and the community context.
Trouble ahead
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.7.02, 2002, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses the lack of services for people with dementia against the background of an ageing population.
Care services for later life: transformation and critiques
- Editors:
- WARNES Anthony M., WARREN Lorna, NOLAN Michael
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 531p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of essays exploring care for the elderly in a time of social and demographic change. Explores the assumptions and values underlying current provision including the rationing of care and the new National Service Framework, and then examines specific areas such as the experience of older people in ethnic minorities, the use of telematics, the care of the dying, and entering into residential care.
Demand for long-term care: projections of long-term care finance for elderly people
- Authors:
- WITTENBERG Raphael, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 132p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Report of a study aiming to make projections of likely demand for long-term care for older people around the year 2030 under different scenarios and to assess the likely impact of different policies and approaches to funding long-term care for older people on the balance of expenditure between sectors.
Future demand for long-term care, 2001-2031: projections of demand for long-term care for older people in England
- Authors:
- COMAS-HERRERA Adelina, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 24p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
The financing of long-term care raises a great many questions. How many older people are likely to require long-term care services in the coming decades? How much are these services likely to cost? Will the cost to public funds prove affordable? Who should pay? How should costs be divided between public expenditure and private sources of finance? In order to address these issues, reliable projections are needed of future demand for long-term care and future long-term care expenditure. This paper presents projections of demand for long-term care for older people in England to 2031 and associated future expenditure. The projections were produced using an updated and expanded version of the Personal Social Services Research Unit’s (PSSRU) long-term care projections model. The version of the model used here has a base year of 2001 and incorporates the recent 2001-based interim population projections. The first part of the paper describes the PSSRU long-term care finance research programme and recent associated projects. The second part of the paper describes the PSSRU long-term care projections model, including details of the data used in this updated version. The third part presents a set of base case assumptions and the projections obtained using those assumptions. The fourth part investigates the sensitivity of the projections to changes in those assumptions. Section five discusses the findings and planned future developments of the model. A final section sets out some conclusions.
Estimating demand pressures arising from need for social services for older people
- Authors:
- CARR-HILL Roy, DALLEY Gillian
- Publisher:
- University of York. Centre for Health Economics
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 47p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Looks at the increasing demand for health and social services generated by greater numbers of older people and at current capacities for meeting this demand. Examines funding issues, including the problems created by the STG (Special Transitional Grant) made to local authorities after the introduction of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990.
Increasing longevity: medical, social and political implications
- Editor:
- TALLIS Raymond
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians of London
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 150p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Papers from a conference on the social, medical and political implications of an ageing population. Includes chapters on: population ageing over the next few decades; ageing, ill health and disability; the economic implications of increasing longevity; advances in the understanding of biological ageing; new technology and the older patient; making rational use of resources; ageing in developing countries; the politics and economics of an ageing population; the research agenda for medicine and old age; genetics and the future of human longevity; and the medical response to an ageing society.
Public policy and the old age revolution in Japan
- Editors:
- BASS Scott A., MORRIS Robert, OKA Masato
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 203p.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
Looks at the ageing population in Japan and contains sections on: health and social care; work and retirement; and social policy.