Auf den Punkt * Kommunen müssen sich den beiden Megatrends demografischer Wandel und Digitalisierung stellen. * Digitale Technologien können dazu beitragen, die Aktivitäten des täglichen Lebens auch im hohen Lebensalter möglichst eigenständig auszuführen. * Digitale Kompetenzen sind zur...

Governments are increasingly recognizing that population ageing is already a challenge to achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development due to the profound impacts this demographic phenomenon has on the well-being of all generations. This publication argues that with...

Increasing the employment of older working-age adults can entail numerous benefits, including higher individual incomes, higher future pension entitlements, stimulation and retention of cognitive skills, and better mental health. Policy makers must implement interventions designed to encourage...

Ensuring active ageing, i.e. the optimisation of opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age, is an important growth strategy for the EU. Achieving a successful active ageing policy will require a sea change in thinking about what ageing...

The article aims to assess some selected solutions of the Polish government's programme "Solidarity of generations" [SG] designed to support economic activity among people aged 50+. It presents the results of a national survey conducted in the first half of 2012, mainly the outcomes of...

The aim of this work is to present an in depth understanding of the conceptual framework of active ageing policies, which have been created and implemented in Poland. The discussion of active ageing in employment in Poland started relatively late. The first discussions on the unfavourable...

In this paper, we use a 1998 reform in the federal funding of local home-based care for the elderly in Norway to examine the effects of formal care expansion on the labor supply decisions and mobility of middle-aged children. Our main finding is a consistent and significant negative impact of...

Introduction -- AARP's history: growing up and branching out -- AARP and its members: maintaining America's largest interest group -- A pragmatic voice and a powerful ally -- AARP's influence: thirty-eight million members, Washington insider status, and no campaign dollars -- Business, advocacy,...