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Aging population, pension funds, and financial markets : regional perspectives and global challenges for central, eastern, and southern Europe
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ISBN: 0821377329 9786612020438 0821377337 1282020439 9730821377388 Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington, DC : [Vienna] : World Bank ; ERSTE Stiftung,


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Les personnes âgées dans onze pays : enquête médico-sociale
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ISBN: 9289021578 9789289021579 Year: 1985 Volume: 21 Publisher: Copenhague: OMS,

Work and aging : a European perspective
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ISBN: 0748401652 9780748401659 Year: 1994 Publisher: London : Taylor & Francis,

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This book is organized in four parts, comprising "Aging, work, and health", "Aging and mental work capacity", "Training and educational programmes", and "Social policy and perspectives". Individual chapters focus on job demand and stress, motivation and organizational culture, new technologies, and rehabilitation measures. Whilst contributions originate from Europe, their arguments and conclusions are of global significance


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Old age in Europe : a textbook of gerontology
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ISSN: 22113231 ISBN: 9400761333 9400761341 Year: 2013 Publisher: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer,

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Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world and its population is still ageing. This demographic shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. Scholars from various disciplines and the public noted this development and wonder what effects it may have, but lack adequate information. They call for explanations that are concise and easily accessible. The book at hand fills this lacuna. It introduces readers to the most important developments, theories, concepts, and discussions in ageing studies – always keeping an eye on the current situation in Europe. Each chapter adopts the perspective of a different discipline, e.g. public health, sociology, economics, or technology. To make the explanations easy to understand, the book includes learning tools such as learning objectives, multiple choice questions, and a glossary.


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Aging in European societies : healthy aging in Europe
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ISBN: 1441983449 1441983457 1283696916 1489988041 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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Between longer life expectancies and declining birth rates, Europe’s elder population is growing into a sizable minority with considerable impact on nations, health systems, and economies—in other words, global implications as well as local and regional ones. Those investing in the health of older adults need a double perspective: the social and clinical complexity of aging and the larger forces shaping these experiences. Aging in European Societies examines aging trends across the continent, analyzing individual and collective variables that affect the lives of older adults, and drawing salient comparisons with other parts of the world. An interdisciplinary panel of experts provides theory, research, and empirical findings (with examples from the UK, Cyprus, Sweden, and others) in key areas such as family and social supports, physical and cognitive changes, dependence and autonomy issues, and living arrangements. The book’s wide-net approach offers insights into not only aging, but aging well. And of particular importance, it details approaches to defining and measuring the elusive but crucial concept, quality of life. Included in the coverage: The potential for technology to improve elders’ quality of life. Dementia and quality of life issues. Changes in functional ability with aging and over time. Family networks and supports in older age. Factors influencing inequalities in quality of life. Late-life learning in the E.U. Gerontologists, sociologists, health and cross-cultural psychologists, and public health policymakers will welcome Aging in European Societies as a springboard toward continued discussion, new directions for research, and improvements in policy and practice.

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Aging -- Europe. --- Aging -- Social aspects -- Europe. --- Older people -- Care -- Europe -- Case studies. --- Aging --- Adult --- Life --- Health Services --- Behavioral Sciences --- Social Sciences --- Sociology --- Growth and Development --- Population Characteristics --- Geographic Locations --- Physiological Processes --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Health Care --- Geographicals --- Philosophy --- Age Groups --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities --- Persons --- Humanities --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Physiological Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Named Groups --- Quality of Life --- Health Services for the Aged --- Aged --- Europe --- Psychology --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Gerontology --- Social Welfare & Social Work - General --- Social aspects --- Older people --- Age --- Ageing --- Senescence --- Aging people --- Elderly people --- Old people --- Older adults --- Older persons --- Senior citizens --- Seniors (Older people) --- Health and hygiene --- Physiological effect --- Social sciences. --- Public health. --- Medical research. --- Population. --- Aging. --- Quality of life. --- Demography. --- Social Sciences. --- Public Health. --- Population Economics. --- Quality of Life Research. --- Developmental biology --- Longevity --- Age factors in disease --- Age groups --- Gerontocracy --- Old age --- Research. --- Life, Quality of --- Economic history --- Human ecology --- Social history --- Basic needs --- Human comfort --- Social accounting --- Work-life balance --- Historical demography --- Social sciences --- Population --- Vital statistics --- Human population --- Human populations --- Population growth --- Populations, Human --- Economics --- Demography --- Malthusianism --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Europe. --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Ageing. --- Population and Demography. --- Economic aspects.

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