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Transitions to part-time work at older ages: the case of people with disabilities in Europe
- Author:
- PAGÁN Ricardo
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 27(1), 2012, pp.95-115.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article examines the labour-force transitions of older workers with disabilities in general, particularly workers’ transitions to and from part-time employment within a European context. Using the 2004 and 2007 waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, the article compares transitions between employment statuses for disabled and non-disabled individuals, even after controlling for different disability trajectories. In addition, it examines the determinants for remaining in part-time work in 2007 for those individuals who were part-timers in 2004. Findings indicated that older people with long-term disabilities had a higher probability of staying in a part-time job than their compared counterparts. The authors concluded that policy-makers must promote part-time employment as a means of increasing employment opportunities for older workers with disabilities and support gradual retirement opportunities with flexible working hours.
Understanding the older entrepreneur
- Author:
- SMALL Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 16(3), 2012, pp.132-140.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Older workers facing redundancy or retirement may decide to run their own business, be that a company, partnership, or on a self-employed basis. The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the prevalence of entrepreneurial activity amongst older people, and whether such activity may be an option for them to extend their working lives. The research sample was recruited from the Institute of Directors Policy Voice database. An e-mail survey was distributed which included a series of questions relating to age and business activities. Older respondents (aged 55 years or over) were also asked to answer 3 more open-ended questions in more depth. Over 1,200 responses to the survey were received. The findings show that starting, running or continuing in individual business or entrepreneurial activity was surprisingly commonplace amongst the research sample, suggesting that there might be more older entrepreneurs amongst the population as a whole than might have previously been supposed. For those with the requisite skills and personal attributes, entrepreneurship in later life would appear to be a valid option for extending working lives.
Older workers with caregiving responsibilities: a Canadian perspective on corporate caring
- Author:
- SCHARLACH Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 37(1), March 2012, pp.39-56.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
This article provides an overview of current research on older workers with caregiving responsibilities from a Canadian perspective, with a particular focus on those aged 55 and over. The first section presents relevant demographic and policy trends. The second section outlines impacts of these trends on caregiving employees, communities, employers, businesses and governments. The third section identifies potential policy responses and program solutions that support the needs of older workers with caregiving responsibilities. The article concludes with a recommended plan of action to move forward in addressing the emerging challenges associated with this issue.
Circumstances of people with sight loss: secondary analysis of understanding society and the life opportunities survey
- Authors:
- McMANUS Sally, LORD Chris
- Publisher:
- Royal National Association for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 109p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents indicators derived from two large national survey datasets. These allow for the circumstances of people with visual impairment to be described and for comparisons with the rest of the population to be made. Key findings showed that people living with sight loss tend to be older and experience a range of inequalities across many different aspects of their lives, they experience more difficulty in accessing health services, and report having lower feelings of wellbeing. People living with sight loss are more likely to experience financial hardship, and face greater restrictions to their participation in education and employment. People living with sight loss also report that they have less choice about how they spend their free time. Barriers remain to accessing travel, shopping and other activities, and family members, friends and neighbours provide the vast majority of support.
Active ageing index 2012 for 27 EU member states: policy brief
- Authors:
- ZAIDI Asghar, et al
- Publisher:
- European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Vienna
The Active Ageing Index (AAI) is a newly developed tool that offers national and European policy-makers a way to measure and promote the untapped potential of the older population. The AAI measures the active ageing performance across 4 distinct domains that together capture the untapped potential of older people across EU Member States: employment of older workers; social activity and participation of older people; independent and autonomous living of older persons; and capacity and enabling environment for active ageing. Thus, the AAI shows the differential extent to which European older people living across EU Member States have and can realise their potential with respect to employment; healthy, independent and autonomous living; and to undertake other unpaid family, social and cultural contributions to the society in a given country. It also offers breakdown of the results by gender. This policy brief describes the AAI and provides ranking of the EU Member States in terms of their overall AAI values and their values in each of the 4 AAI domains. The AAI will be available online during 2013 and accessible to researchers and policymakers for use and further extension.
Benefits after the Act: the future of means-tested benefits after the Welfare Reform Act 2012
- Author:
- MORGAN Gareth
- Publisher:
- Ferrett Information Systems
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 101p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
After the UK government published the Welfare Reform Bill 2011, and a contentious passage through both houses, Royal Assent was given in March 2011. The changes are almost entirely cost savings, and are substantial in scale. There is now a clear picture of the redesign of social security that the government is introducing. Draft regulations have been published which highlight some of the future systems of means-testing benefits which will be introduced over the coming years. Although lacking in some details, the main structure is now set. This report presents some of the human impacts the changes will have. It explores, among other thing, the effects of the Bill on: benefits and text credits; pensioner benefits; child tax credits; over fifties returning to work; housing benefits; council tax benefits; and disability allowance.
Retirement in flux: changing perceptions of retirement and later life
- Author:
- INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE UK
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 22p
- Place of publication:
- London
Retirement and what it means to be a citizen in an ageing society is changing. Traditionally, our understanding of retirement implies that people make contributions in their working life in return for support in later life. This think-piece argues that society needs to abandon the notion that people make contributions in their working life in return for support in retirement. Such an approach implies that retirement marks the point where older people’s contributions are no longer valuable. An ageing society, with many people living longer and healthier lives, means that contributions should continue into later life. This publication discusses the rights and responsibilities of later life, arguing that the concept of ‘gradual retirement’ may be better suited to an ageing society. Older citizens have a responsibility to remain in the labour market, where possible, to enable skills retention and minimise the fiscal burdens on taxpayers. Alongside this, they should have a right to support to enable longer working lives. Older people should have a right to remain in their own home, but it is fair that they should draw upon property wealth to help fund care costs where possible. In addition, there should be opportunities for older people to volunteer in ways that are flexible, enjoyable, and oriented towards utilising their skills.
Grief, loss and bereavement: evidence and practice for health and social care practitioners
- Editors:
- WIMPENNY Peter, COSTELO John, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 261p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Dealing with the social experience of grief, loss and bereavement are challenging. This book seeks to provide health and social care practitioners with the evidence to assist their practice. The editors bring together a range of worldwide theoretical evidence and practical experiences for understanding and supporting the bereaved in a variety of health and social care contexts. Chapters include: bereavement in children and young people; parental and family bereavement; bereavement and older people; end-of-life care and bereavement; mental health, trauma and bereavement; bereavement and primary care; acute care and bereavement; children’s deaths and bereavement; perinatal bereavement; older people and bereavement; learning disability and bereavement; HIV AIDS and bereavement; occupational health and bereavement; professional development for health and social care practitioners; interventions, and organisation of care and support for the bereaved. The individual chapters are structured to highlight the key points and are well referenced.