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Gradual retirement in the OECD countries: macro and micro issues and policies
- Editors:
- DELSEN Lei, REDAY-MULVEY Genevieve
- Publisher:
- Dartmouth
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 223p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Uses comparative analysis of evidence from Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Japan and the USA to look at future directions for policy on the employment of older people. Places this in the context of current trends towards retirement at a variety of ages.
Policy and practices relating to the active engagement of older people in the community: a comparison of Sweden and Australia
- Authors:
- LEONARD Rosemary, JOHANSSON Stina
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 17(1), January 2008, pp.37-45.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article compares policy and practices for engaging older people in community life in Sweden and Australia. Barriers and support for active engagement through paid work, social activism, volunteering and aged services are compared. Both countries face issues of ageing populations, services for rural areas and people with small needs. Issues for Sweden were the absence of age discrimination legislation, availability of funds and lack of recognition of the growing levels of volunteering. Issues for Australia concerned the new managerialist approach to services, with associated complexities of access and limited social activism.
Work-related physical activity and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease
- Authors:
- ROVIO Suvi, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(9), September 2007, pp.874-882.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Leisure-time physical activity has been related with a reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The effects of occupational and commuting physical activity (physical activity at work and on the way to work) on cognitive health are still unclear. This study aimed to clarify the association between work-related physical activity and dementia/AD. Participants of the Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging, and Dementia (CAIDE) study were derived from random, population-based samples previously studied in a survey carried out in 1972, 1977, 1982, or 1987. After an average follow-up of 21 years, 1449 individuals (73%) aged 65 to 79 years participated in the re-examination in 1998. Neither occupational [Odds Ratio (OR) 1.45; 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) 0.66-3.17] nor commuting physical activity (OR 0.46; 95% CI 0.10-2.17) were associated with the risk of dementia or AD after adjustments for age, sex, education, follow-up time, locomotor symptoms, main occupation during life, income at midlife, leisure-time physical activity, other subtype of work-related physical activity, ApoE genotype, vascular disorders and the smoking status. There were also no interactions between work-related physical activity and the ApoE 4 genotype, leisure-time physical activity or sex. In this study, work-related physical activity was not found to be sufficient to protect against dementia and AD later in life. The lack of effect might be partly due to a residual confounding. Nevertheless, physical activity during leisure-time may be beneficial even for people who are physically active at work or when commuting.
Growing older in Europe
- Editor:
- WALKER Alan
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 295p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
This book provides a European dimension, examining and comparing the quality of life as experienced by older people in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. Case studies by European authors consider quality of life indicators such as income, housing, employment, physical and mental health, and family and social support. Examples of good practice are provided from each region, and recommendations are made for future priorities. A comparative introduction by the editor draws out key similarities and differences between the countries studied and sets the context for the case studies.
At the intersection of marketisation, diversity and migration: reshaping the provision of paid family eldercare in Sweden?
- Author:
- BRODIN Helene
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 21(2), 2018, pp.222-234.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article explores how paid family eldercare in Sweden is reshaped at the intersection of marketisation, accommodation to ethnic diversity and globalisation of international migration. Using a mixed-methods case study approach, the paper examines how implementation of customer choice in publicly funded homecare services to older adults in the city of Stockholm interacts with paid family care. The results show that some private homecare companies employ family caregivers as a business strategy; moreover, that the majority of employed family caregivers are foreign-born women coming primarily from non-European countries. The findings point towards gains but also risks for all parties involved. Though the family caregiver is ensured an income, the employment is generally associated with low wages and weak social security. In addition, employed family carers often lack formal training, which affects documentation procedures and monitoring of the daily care work. It is therefore difficult to evaluate the quality of care services performed by employed family carers. The results indicate a need for policy-makers to reconsider how customer choice in eldercare interacts with paid family care. Otherwise, unintended consequences may result in negative effects for integration as well as social work practice with foreign-born older adults. (Publisher abstract)
Working longer, caring harder - the impact of 'ageing-in-place' policies on working carers in the UK and Sweden
- Authors:
- STARR Madeleine, SZEBEHELY Marta
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Care and Caring, 1(1), 2017, pp.115-119.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Most developed countries have introduced significant changes in housing and long term care policies for older people. Simultaneously, there is increasing policy and economic emphasis on extending working lives and on changes to pension schemes. These changes have combined to have negative consequences for working-age family carers. In this contribution the authors discuss the situations in the UK and Sweden - two countries with different policy traditions but facing similar challenges. (Edited publisher abstract)
Combining paid work and family care: policies and experiences in international perspective
- Authors:
- KROGER Teppo, YEANDLE Sue
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 256
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
As populations age around the world, increasing efforts are required from both families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people.At the same time, both women and men are expected to increase and lengthen their participation in paid work, which makes combining caring and working a burning issue for social and employment policy and economic sustainability. International discussion about the reconciliation of work and care has previously focused mostly on childcare. Combining paid work and family care widens the debate, bringing into discussion the experiences of those providing support to their partners, older relatives and disabled or seriously ill children. The book analyses the situations of these working carers in Nordic, liberal and East Asian welfare systems. Highlighting what can be learned from individual experiences, the book analyses the changing welfare and labour market policies which shape the lives of working carers in Finland, Sweden, Australia, England, Japan and Taiwan. The book is arranged in three parts: working carers of older people; working parent-carers of disabled children; and working partner-carers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Welfare trends in Sweden
- Authors:
- PALME Joakim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 12(4), November 2002, pp.329-346.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article looks at the development of welfare in the 1990s in Sweden. The article investigates the effects for the welfare of individual members of society and asks what happened to the welfare state model. Figures on individual living conditions are taken from primary analyses of Statistics Sweden's Surveys of living conditions. The article also discusses differences between gender, age groups and the situation of disadvantaged groups. The analysis focuses on work, economic circumstances and health, though in the discussion of disadvantaged groups additional data on more dimensions of welfare is included.
Is Swedish pension reform the right medicine for aging Europe?
- Author:
- PALMER Edward
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 14(1), 2002, pp.35-51.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Following the Second World War, the idea of the life course with distinct periods of education, work, and retirement became popular as a result of the alliance of interests of unions and management, with politicians seizing the opportunity to accommodate them. These “social partners” implemented benefit rules and created practices for using old age and disability to ease the exit of older workers. Although justifiable at the time, now those rules and practices hinder individual and employer incentives to invest in human capital and work environments that enable older workers to remain in the workforce. The article argues that the workforce environment of the coming half-century, which is relevant for persons born around 2000, is much different from that a hundred years earlier, which determined the opportunities for people born around 1900. People are healthier and live much longer and work environments are friendlier. The article argues that it is no longer justifiable to subsidize exit from the workforce around the age of 60 for healthy workers, especially in view of the coming labour shortage in Europe.