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-Friendly City” by Akita City Government in Japan, a member of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Network of Age … with society. Second, the elderly's ability to be mobile fosters their social participation …
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SHARE is an international survey designed to answer the societal challenges that face us due to rapid population ageing. How do we Europeans age? How will we do economically, socially and healthwise? How are these domains interrelated? The authors of this multidisciplinary book have taken a...
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Older people experience high rates of depression and suicide, yet they make a positive net contribution to the economy through activities such as employment, volunteering, and looking after grandchildren. The wellbeing of older people is therefore important not only on moral but also economic...
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Demographic trends worldwide indicate significant increases in the number of older people in the population in the coming years. There is a close link between age and disability, and the longer people live the more likely they are to become disabled to some degree. Disability takes many forms:...
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A decomposition of changes to participation rates of 55-to-74 year-olds between 2002 and 2017 based on an estimated … reduced sensitivity of old-age participation to the level of unemployment suggests that the tightening of alternative early … retirement pathways through unemployment or disability schemes has been a major factor in the turnaround in the participation …
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