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This book focuses on home as a site of care, with new technologies and for elderly population. It pulls together findings from research in the social sciences and common knowledge of the actors themselves, especially stakeholders involved in the design, delivery and receipt of ‘care in place’. It offers a wide-ranging discussion of key issues raised in both the academic and grey literature in relation to new technologies and responsibilities for health care at home. Then, it identifies critical issues arising from the development of these new care technologies in relation to their design and implementation. It will provide an essential resource for the EU in helping to avoid expensive and inappropriate development and healthcare systems that do not meet the needs of users and citizens.

Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Social Welfare & Social Work - General --- ageing --- elderly persons --- home care --- health care --- care --- care technologies

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Haim Hazan is a leading specialist on old age in anthropology, and has published several books on particular communities of old people. The latest book is an essay on the realities of old age, as it is experienced, as opposed to the ideas about the old current in western societies. It argues that the construction of this world by outsiders is inevitably affected by deeply ingrained social attitudes and structures, such as the spatial segregation of the aged as a population, and the fear of death with which they are associated. By approaching the subject from the social constructionist perspective, and by drawing on a variety of detailed ethnographic accounts, the author describes a unique and nuanced social world. This is a sophisticated and original book, which should have a significant impact on a field still dominated by a 'social problems' approach.

Age group sociology --- Aged --- Aging persons --- Bejaarden --- Derde leeftijd --- Elderly people --- Elderly persons --- Gens âgés --- Old age --- Old people --- Older adults --- Older people --- Older persons --- Ouden van dagen --- Ouderdom --- Ouderen --- Personnes du quatrième âge --- Personnes du troisième âge --- Personnes âgées --- Population âgée --- Quatrième âge --- Senior citizens --- Senioren --- Seniors --- Seniors (Older people) --- Troisième âge --- Vieillards --- Vieilles personnes --- Vieillesse --- Vieux --- Aging people --- Age groups --- Persons --- Gerontocracy --- Gerontology --- Later life (Human life cycle) --- Senescence --- Adulthood --- Age --- Longevity --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology --- Older people. --- Old age.

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Nous n'avons sans doute jamais autant parlé des personnes âgées et du vieillissement des populations qu'aujourd'hui. Nos connaissances médicales, biologiques et sociologiques se sont certes multipliées, mais cette prolifération souligne encore davantage nos lacunes et la diversité des conceptions et des perspectives sur la vieillesse et le vieillissement. Nos institutions médicales et sociales s'attachent à prendre en charge les personnes âgées en respectant leur dignité, mais elles hésitent entre plusieurs objectifs: soigner, guérir, prévenir, lutter, maintenir en santé, accueillir? L'Etat, les sciences biomédicales et les sciences sociales ont développé des savoirs et des pratiques, mais une société peut-elle se contenter de "gérer" la question de la vieillesse et des personnes âgées? Aujourd'hui, la vieillesse paraît concentrer le malaise social d'un individu toujours appelé à se dépasser et se réaliser.

Aged --- Aging persons --- Bejaarden --- Derde leeftijd --- Elderly people --- Elderly persons --- Gens âgés --- Old age --- Old people --- Older adults --- Older people --- Older persons --- Ouden van dagen --- Ouderdom --- Ouderen --- Personnes du quatrième âge --- Personnes du troisième âge --- Personnes âgées --- Population âgée --- Quatrième âge --- Senior citizens --- Senioren --- Seniors --- Seniors (Older people) --- Troisième âge --- Vieillards --- Vieilles personnes --- Vieillesse --- Vieux --- Older people. --- Personnes âgées --- Aging --- psychology --- Aged - psychology --- Aging - psychology

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This policy note examines Thailand's programs for preventing poverty among the elderly, and suggests options for improving the effectiveness of these programs. The number of elderly people in Thailand will increase dramatically over the next 30 years, and the elderly already have a higher poverty rate than the population as a whole. Although Thailand currently has a total of eight pension programs, the majority of the benefits go to those who are not poor. In addition, unlike most countries, Thailand lacks a pension and provident fund supervision agency or a consolidated financial institution regulator, and does not appear to have a well-articulated national pension policy. This has led to the development of two major sets of pension programs, with one group sponsored by the ministry of labor and the social security office, and the other by the ministry of finance and the securities commission. These are also supplemented by an assortment of social assistance and community programs sponsored by the ministry of social development and human security and the ministry of interior. This policy note will examine the above issues in more detail and recommend policy options to simplify and coordinate the various pension and social assistance programs aimed at preventing poverty among the elderly, target more spending at the elderly poor, and assure long-term fiscal sustainability.

Aging Population --- Agricultural Cooperatives --- Annuities --- Benefit Formula --- Civil Society Organizations --- Commercial Banks --- Contribution Rates --- Corruption --- Credibility --- Debt --- Economic Development --- Elderly Persons --- Expenditures --- Fertility --- Financial Crisis --- Fraud --- Gender --- Gross Domestic Product --- Health Insurance --- Household Income --- Income Tax --- Inequality --- Inflation --- Insurance --- Labor Market --- Legal Framework --- Life Expectancy --- Microfinance Institutions --- Mortality --- Pension Plans --- Pensions & Retirement Systems --- Poverty Reduction --- Poverty Strategy, analysis and Monitoring --- Primary Education --- Retirement --- Retirement Income --- Securities --- Social Development --- Social Protection and Risk Management --- Social Protections and Labor --- Social Safety Nets --- Transaction Costs --- Transparency

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Aged --- Aging persons --- Bejaarden --- Death --- Derde leeftijd --- Dood --- Elderly people --- Elderly persons --- Gens âgés --- Mort --- Old people --- Older adults --- Older people --- Older persons --- Ouden van dagen --- Ouderen --- Personnes du quatrième âge --- Personnes du troisième âge --- Personnes âgées --- Population âgée --- Quatrième âge --- Senior citizens --- Senioren --- Seniors --- Seniors (Older people) --- Troisième âge --- Vieillards --- Vieilles personnes --- Vieux --- Old age --- Longevity --- Vieillesse --- Longévité --- History --- Mortality --- Haveluy (France) --- Social conditions --- Longévité --- Haveluy --- Older people - France - Haveluy - History - 18th century --- Older people - Mortality - France - Haveluy - History - 18th century --- Haveluy (France) - Social conditions - 18th century --- VIEILLISSEMENT DE LA POPULATION --- HAVELUY (FRANCE, NORD) --- LONGEVITE --- MORT --- DEMOGRAPHIE --- FRANCE --- 18E SIECLE --- POPULATION --- ASPECT SOCIAL --- Population