ISBN:
9781441983459
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXXI, 285 p. 17 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
International Perspectives on Aging 6
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Aging in European societies
Keywords:
Social sciences
;
Public health
;
Quality of Life
;
Population
;
Aging Research
;
Quality of Life Research
;
Demography
;
Social Sciences
;
Social sciences
;
Public health
;
Quality of Life
;
Population
;
Aging Research
;
Quality of Life Research
;
Demography
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Overview; ``Crisis, Crises of Aging''; Preface; Contents; About the Author; Chapter 1 Introduction; References; Chapter 2 Challenging Statutory Pensions Reforms in anAging Europe: Adequacy Versus Sustainability; Introduction; Pension Arrangements in Europe; Statutory Pensions Before the Economic Crisis; Adequacy Versus Sustainability Challenges; Statutory Pensions During the Economic Crisis; Adequacy Versus Sustainability Challenges; The Role of EU in Promoting Adequacy/Sustainabilityof National Pension Systems; The Impact of EU Binding Law on National Pension Schemes
Description / Table of Contents:
The Open Method of CoordinationNew Policy Initiatives; Conclusions; The National Context; The EU Context; References; Chapter 3 Technology and Ageing: Potential for European Societies; Technology and Ageing Well: An Oxymoron?; Technology and Ageing as a Research Topic; Some Fundamental Insights Regarding Technology and Ageing; What ``Good'' Gerontechnology Requires; Factors Influencing the Use and Acceptance of Technology; A Closer Look at Empirical Research on Ageing and Technology; A Glance on Research in Germany; A Glance on Other European and International Research
Description / Table of Contents:
Outlook: Potential and Challenges of Technologyfor European SocietiesReferences; Chapter 4 Dependence and Individualism: The Influenceof Modern Ideologies on Older People'sFood Security; Introduction; The Healthy Older Person; Individualism and Collectivism; Dependency Versus Independency: A Theoretical Introduction; Food Security and Personal Abilities; Perceptions on Informal and Formal Care; Support and the Welfare State: The Swedish Example; The Welfare State; Shifts in Welfare Ideologies; The Capable Older Customer: A New Rhetoric
Description / Table of Contents:
Strategies to Handle Meals in the Welfare State Characterized by De-FamilisationFrom Collective Feeding to Market Oriented Food Provision:A Dilemma of Shifting Ideologies; References; Chapter 5 European Older Adults' Social ActivityNetworks in National Context: A Cross-NationalExploration of National Cultural, Policy,and Economic Characteristics; Linked Lives; Linked Lives and Activity; The Social Activity Network: Activity-Related Ties and Family Network Tie Availability; Social Activity Networks Cross-Nationally; Historical Time and Place; National Culture and Policy/Economics
Description / Table of Contents:
Traditional Familism and Secular IndividualismWelfare State Generosity and Development; Research Questions and Hypotheses; Method; Measures; Social Activity Networks: Survey of Health, Ageing,and Retirement in Europe (SHARE); National Culture: World Values Survey (WVS) and European Values Study (EVS); National Policy/Economics: World Bank (WB), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and United Nations (UN); Results; Discussion; Traditional Cultures and a Lack of Social Activity Network Ties; Individualistic Cultures and Prominent Activity-Related Ties
Description / Table of Contents:
(Seeming) Weak Role of Welfare State Generosity
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Challenging statutory pensions reforms in an aging Europe: Adequacy versus Sustainability -- Chapter 3. Technology and Ageing: Potential for European Societies -- Chapter 4. Dependency and individualism: The influence of modern ideologies on older people’s food security -- Chapter 5 Cross-National Exploration of National Cultural Policy and Economic Characteristics -- Chapter 6. What about happiness in later life? -- Chapter 7. Dementia and Quality of Life Issues in Older People -- Chapter 8. Changes in physical functional ability with ageing and over time.- Chapter 9. Family networks and supports in older age -- Chapter 10. Factors influencing inequalities in the quality of life -- Chapter 11. Older men in the community: A United Kingdom perspective -- Chapter 12. The Social Networks of Older Europeans -- Chapter 13. Financial Literacy in Retirement Planning Context: The Case of Czech Older Workers -- Chapter 14. Home nursing care of the elderly: The case of Cyprus -- Chapter 15. Quality of Life & Older People -- Chapter 16. Cohort change in living conditions and lifestyle among middle aged Swedes: The effects on mortality and late-life disability -- Chapter 17. Late-Life Learning in the European Union: Implications for Social and Public Policy -- Chapter 18. Transnationalism and the study of aging and old age..
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4419-8345-9
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Permalink
