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Extending working life: a review of the research literature
- Authors:
- PHILLIPSON Chris, SMITH Allison
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 95p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This literature review aims to assess the current state of knowledge about factors influencing work and retirement with particular reference to the 50 to 69 year old age group, identify any gaps in the literature and suggest possible data sources to fill them. It analyses a range of quantitative and qualitative social research studies on work and retirement, published in the UK over the period
Profile of the ex-service community in the UK
- Author:
- Royal British Legion
- Publisher:
- Royal British Legion
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
The ex-Service community represents one in six of UK population. 46% report living on net income of less than £10,000 per annum. Half of adults (4.42 million) have long-term illness, disability or infirmity 530,000 people say they are not receiving the help, advice or support they need for current difficulties
Three steps to heaven? Tensions in the management of welfare: retirement pensions and active consumers
- Author:
- MANN Kirk
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 35(1), January 2005, pp.77-96.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
The success of Labour's proposals for welfare reform, particularly retirement pensions, hinges on their ability to promote the idea of the consumer citizen and to undermine traditional ideas of citizenship rights. While the Government presents retirement as a matter of lifestyle choice, welfare ‘consumers’ are demanding more of their providers and are regularly disgruntled with the response. This article begins by exploring proposals for changing the culture and behaviour of people prior to retirement. It is suggested that, despite the language of choice, the threat of compulsion remains for those who fail to invest in the financial markets. Changes in the working practices and technologies of pension experts, legislation and regulation that demand transparency from providers, and more
Serious about saving: the ABI agenda for action on state and private pension reform
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH INSURERS
- Publisher:
- Association of British Insurers
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
These proposals encourage people to: work longer; save more; make the most of their workplace provision; and understand their financial future.
Been there, done that
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.10.05, 2005, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Older social care staff are a largely untapped source of experience once they pass retirement age. Although changes in the law may transform attitudes eventually, the author argues that action needs to be taken now.
Anticipated and experienced changes in activities after husbands retire
- Authors:
- FITZPATRICK Tanya R., VINICK Barbara H., BUSHFIELD Suzanne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 46(2), 2005, pp.69-84.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
As an element of anticipatory socialization, ability to predict future roles accurately may impact subsequent adaptation. Part of a study of retirement and marital quality, this longitudinal research examined husbands' and wives' (n = 61 couples) anticipations of change (more/less/same) in six individual and joint activities following husbands' retirement, and compared them with couples' reported experiences a year after husbands had retired. With the exception of household tasks, continuity in levels of activity from pre-to post-retirement was greater than couples had anticipated. Cross-classification of responses at baseline and Time 2 indicated only modest congruence between anticipated and experienced change in activities. Accuracy of anticipation was not related significantly to retirement
The women and pensions scandal: a blueprint for reform
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
... less, among other reasons. Addressing the situation is increasingly critical as the retirement age for women increases to age 65. The Blueprint sets out four steps to change the system: ensuring individual rights to a pension (so that women can build up their own pension), providing a platform for savings, providing second a pension for all to particularly help the lowest-income individuals,
Ageing matters: European policy lessons from the East
- Editors:
- DOLING John, JONES FINER Catherine, MALTBY Tony, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 204p.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
The implications of population ageing have long concerned politicians, policy makers and governmental and non-governmental organizations in the welfare states of Europe. However, an ageing workforce is increasingly a matter of concern for the developed and fast-developing countries of Asia. Japan leads the field in this respect on account of the speed of its postwar economic development. But the little tigers of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan are poised to catch up, and Malaysia, though in the second tier of developing Asian economics, faces the prospect of population ageing sufficient to daunt an as yet under-prepared infrastructure for old age support. This book examines in detail the experiences and prospects of population ageing in those Asian countries with the highest GDP per capita. The authors pose the question to what extent Asia and 'old Europe' can learn from each other in terms of policy planning. The first section of the book sets out the field in terms of the demographic characteristics and policy predicaments of European and Asian countries. The second section presents case-studies of six countries: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia.
Wise-up on pensions: an NPC guide for working age women
- Author:
- NATIONAL PENSIONERS CONVENTION. Women's Working Party
- Publisher:
- National Pensioners Convention
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
The great majority of pensioner poverty is suffered by women. In view of women's life and employment experience only SERPS or something like it offers compensation for their role in society. Private, occupational company pensions - which, outside the public sector, are of little interest or use to women - rather than pay-as-you-go put at the top of the campaigning list by others.
Severe health and social care issues among British migrants who retire to Spain
- Authors:
- HARDILL Irene, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 25(5), September 2005, pp.769-783.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article focuses on those members of the British community who have lived in Spain for a considerable time and for whom familial, social and institutional ties with Britain are weak or disrupted. Age Concern España was established by members of the British community to provide information and services on healthcare, benefits and local services in Spain. Four indicative case studies of those requesting assistance and classified as being of ‘serious need’ are presented. They illustrate the ways in which happy and fulfilling lives in Spain were abruptly changed as the person's resources (bodily, economic, social and skills) for independent living diminished, and in which institutions and friendship networks played a key role in supporting life. The paper is the product of collaboration between researchers and practitioners in Spain and the UK, and brings together previous research with new qualitative case studies. Whilst policy-makers, practitioners and gerontologists have an increasing awareness of the needs of older migrants and the challenges they pose for public policy, particularly for health and social care systems in Spain, there have been little sustained analysis and cross-country debate.