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The European Union and older people
- Author:
- EUROLINK AGE
- Publisher:
- Eurolink Age
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 11p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brief document describing what the EU can and can not do for older people's interests, and what it has done to date. Concludes with what Eurolink Age would like to see done.
Active ageing: a strategic policy solution to demographic ageing in the European Union
- Authors:
- WALKER Alan, MALTBY Tony
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 21(S1), October 2002, pp.S117-S130.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Across the European Union, there has been a shift from a society that is predominantly young to one which is dominated by older cohorts. The ageing of European countries has widespread implications for current and future social and economic policies across the region. This article examines the emergence of discourses on ageing at the EU level, in particular concentrating on those concerning the increasingly universal policy concept of ‘active ageing’. The problem with active ageing is that it lacks a precise universally accepted definition. The dominant policy paradigm is the economic one of working longer. The main purposes of this article are to explain why this strategy has emerged and its importance. Despite a great deal of positive political rhetoric, the response at all levels of policy making has been rather limited. An active social and public policy is required to mainstream active ageing as the leading paradigm for ageing policy across the EU. The year 2012 has been designated the’ European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity Between the Generations’, and thus offers a potential focus for renewed policy action.
Making palliative care a priority topic on the European health agenda and recommendations for the development of palliative care in Europe
- Author:
- EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF OLDER PERSONS
- Publisher:
- European Federation of Older Persons
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Graz
In many countries palliative care for older persons is not provided in the most appropriate way that would be possible. The European Federation of Older Persons (EURAG) has been repeatedly confronted with this problem. EURAG wishes to make Palliative Care a priority topic on the European Health Agenda, which would best be achieved by a Decision to be adopted by the Council of the European Union. EURAG therefore undertakes to formulate a draft for such a Decision. This draft takes into account the role of the European Union in the field of health care and proposes the adherence to other recent summaries of recommendations delivered by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers to member states on the organisation of palliative care, and by WHO Europe Collaboration Projects. EURAG is convinced that the available facts, ethical considerations and the availability of appropriate solutions are sufficient as a basis for immediate action. EURAG recommends additional measures at a low cost in order to promote palliative care by informing decision makers, enabling professionals as well as volunteers and helping the families. This document, therefore, promotes awareness for this topic at European level.
Advancing integrated care for older people through EU policy
- Author:
- TAMSMA Nicoline
- Publisher:
- European Health Management Association
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
This document is aimed at the advancement of integrated care for older people within the context of European policy and is particularly targeted at the three main pillars of the EU policy development and implementation - the Council, the Parliament and the Commission.
Assessing needs of care in European nations: policy brief
- Authors:
- MOT Esther, WILLEME Peter, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Centre for European Policy Studies
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This Policy Brief presents the research questions, main results and policy implications and recommendations of the seven Work Packages that formed the basis of the ANCIEN research project, financed under the 7th EU Research Framework Programme of the European Commission. Carried out over a 44-month period and involving 20 partners from EU member states, the project principally concerns the future of long-term care (LTC) for the elderly in Europe and addresses two questions in particular: how will need, demand, supply and use of LTC develop?; and how do different systems of LTC perform? Sections include: How European nations care for their elderly – a new typology of long-term care systems; demographic epidemiologic projections of long-term care needs in selected European countries – Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland; availability and choice of care; the influence of technology on long-term care systems; quality assurance policies and indicators for long-term care in the European Union; projections of use and supply of long-term care in Europe; and performance of long-term care systems in Europe.
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.
Responding well to the challenge of an ageing and shrinking workforce. European Union policies in support of Member State efforts to retain, reinforce and re-integrate older workers in employment
- Author:
- NORDHEIM Fritz von
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 3(2), April 2004, pp.145-153.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Older workers have moved up the policy agenda within the industrialised nations. In the 1980s and first half of the 1990s, policy-making in much of the European Union emphasised the virtues of early retirement, partly as a response to high levels of unemployment. Since the late 1990s, there has been an increasing emphasis on overcoming age barriers in the labour market and on extending working life. This has been driven by concerns over ageing and shrinking labour forces, the sustainability of public pension systems, evidence of age discrimination in the labour market and the potential influence of the ‘grey’ voter. By contrast in the USA, the pronounced trend towards ‘early exit’ which has characterised Europe never existed. This is even more the case in Japan.
Social policy review 1990-91
- Editor:
- MANNING Nick
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 267p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
In three sections: the greening of social policy; the European Community and social policy (including chapters on elderly people, lone parent families and Scandinavian welfare systems); and the labour market and social policy (including a chapter on women and work).
Recent trends in minimum income protection for Europe's elderly: discussion paper
- Author:
- GOEDEME Tim
- Publisher:
- University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Amsterdam
In spite of differences in European pension systems, at least some regulation can be found in every European Union member state which guarantees a minimum income for older people. This paper reviews existing minimum income policies for the elderly in Europe, building on data from a project involving national experts from 25 member states, and explores whether minimum income benefit levels are sufficient for avoiding poverty in old age. It looks at different types of minimum income guarantees targeted at older people, including entitlement criteria (whether access is dependent on past contributions or not and the type of means testing which is applied) and types of contributory and non-contributory pensions. It discusses European variation in the availability of minimum income protection schemes, trends and levels of non-contributory minimum income benefits, and the adequacy of minimum income packages.
The minimum wage and social assistance in the member states of the European Union
- Author:
- STROPNIK Nada
- Journal article citation:
- Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku Journal of Social Policy, 8(1), 2001, pp.35-51.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
This article offers a comparative overview of the legal regulation of the minimum wage in the European Union. The author provides and analyses data on the following elements of the right to social assistance in member countries of the European Union: persons who have the right to social assistance in connection with their citizenship, residence, age, etc.; revenues which are taken into account when determining the amount of social assistance; the application of the principle of subsidiarity in determining the right to social assistance; the manner of establishing the basic amount of the minimum wage; the duration of the right to social assistance; the valorisation of the guaranteed minimum wage; the connection between the right to financial assistance and the measures of an active employment policy; other rights associated with the guarantee of a minimum wage; and social care for the elderly and social care for single parents.