Older Migrants in Germany
AbstractA substantial part of the older population in Germany already has a so-called migration background, but clearly in the next years and decades the rate will increase. Thus, the crucial questions are as follows: How are the older migrants in Germany faring? How are their living situations? What differences exist between migrants and native Germans as well as between members of different migrant groups and different migrant generations? This paper starts with a short overview about the migration history from and to Germany since 1950 and the most important facts of the socio-demographic characteristics of older migran...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - April 4, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Book Review – Grandfathers: Global Perspectives, Edited by Ann Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch
(Source: Journal of Population Ageing)
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - March 28, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
The Unavoidable Nature of Population Ageing and the Ageing-Driven End of Growth – an Update for New Zealand
AbstractDespite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, many people still question the extent to which population ageing and the ageing-driven ending of growth will unfold more or less as projected. This is particularly so in New Zealand, where the population is still relatively youthful due to near-replacement fertility and many years of high per capita net migration gains. As elsewhere, however, the picture differs markedly at subnational level, with the populations of one-quarter of the nation ’s 67 territorial authority areas (TAs) already (in 2017) having more than 20% aged 65+ years. Accompanying this trend, one-thi...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - March 19, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Active Ageing, Pensions and Retirement in the UK
AbstractThe ageing population has led to increasing concerns about pensions and their future sustainability. Much of the dominant policy discourse around ageing and pension provision over the last decade has focussed on postponing retirement and prolonging employment. These measures are central to productive notions of ‘active ageing’. Initially the paper briefly sets out the pension developments in the UK. Then it introduces active ageing and active ageing policy, exploring its implications for UK pension provision. It demonstrates that a more comprehensive active ageing framework, which incorporates a life-c ourse pe...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - March 17, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
An Observational Study on the Factors of Successful Aging in a Sample of Nonagenarian Patients in a Rehabilitation Hospital Complex
AbstractThe number of individuals aged sixty and older is expected to increase from 605 million in 2000 to over two billion in 2050. As a consequence the number of elderly medicare beneficiaries likely to be frail will triple. Our study explored the factors of successful aging in a sample of nonagenarians with no cognitive impairment, temporarily admitted to a rehabilitation hospital complex, with regard to quality of life, mood, clinical and cognitive conditions and personality traits. It was a descriptive study with forty nonagenarians of both genders, with no cognitive impairment, no psychiatric diseases and forty two y...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - March 6, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
