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  • Delaying Retirement

    Progress and Challenges of Active Ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    To a backdrop of ageing societies, pension crises and labour market reforms, this book investigates how the policy shift from early retirement to active ageing has affected individual retirement behaviour. Focusing on eleven European countries, the United States and Japan, it brings together leading international experts to analyze recent changes in pension systems. Their findings demonstrate that ... Leer más

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  • Disrupt Aging

    A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age

    Discover the inspiring national bestseller about aging and health that "will help us all live each year to the fullest" (Sheryl Sandberg).We've all seen the ads on TV and in magazines-"50 is the new 30!" or "60 is the new 40!" A nice sentiment to be sure, but CEO of AARP Jo Ann Jenkins disagrees. 50 is 50, and she, for one, likes the look of it.In Disrupt Aging, Jenkins focuses on three core areas ... Leer más

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  • Eternity Soup

    Inside the Quest to End Aging

    de Greg Critser ...
    Mix the latest and most rigorous scientific research, irrepressible old-fashioned entrepreneurship, and the ancient human desire to live forever (or at least a lot longer) and the result is today’s exploding multibillion-dollar antiaging industry. Its achievements are so far mostly marginal, but its promises flow with all the allure of a twenty-first-century fountain of youth. In Eternity Soup, ... Leer más

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  • Retirement on the Line

    Age, Work, and Value in an American Factory

    de Caitrin Lynch ...
    In an era when people live longer and want (or need) to work past the traditional retirement age, the Vita Needle Company of Needham, Massachusetts, provides inspiration and important lessons about the value of older workers. Vita Needle is a family-owned factory that was founded in 1932 and makes needles, stainless steel tubing and pipes, and custom fabricated parts. As part of its unusual ... Leer más

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  • Paid Work Beyond Pension Age

    Comparative Perspectives

    Edición de Simone Scherger ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In many countries, the number of people working beyond pension age is increasing. This volume investigates this trend in seven different countries, examining the contexts of this development and the consequences of the shifting relationship between work and retirement. ... Leer más

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  • Growing in Age: Ageing in Today’s Society

    de Anne Millar ...
    Growing in Age draws on Anne Millar's years of working with older people through nursing, counselling and pastoral care.It covers many aspects of ageing:- Society and it's attitudes- The personal journey of ageing- How relationships change: on retirement, when a spouse dies and when older people divorce and remarry- Changes and challenges of loss and grief, depression, dementia and dying- Caring ... Leer más

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  • The Individual and the Welfare State

    Life Histories in Europe

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Our health, our income and our social networks at older ages are the consequence of what has happened to us over the course of our lives. The situation at age 50+ reflects our own decisions as well as many environmental factors, especially interventions by the welfare state. This book explores the richness of 28,000 life histories in thirteen European countries, collected as part of the Survey of ... Leer más

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  • The Transformation of Care in European Societies

    Edición de Margarita Leon ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book aims to explore the nature and extent of the 'care deficit' problem in European societies and how effective the different care systems are in dealing with these problems through policy innovation. It combines theoretical and conceptual debates, cross-national comparisons and analytically-driven case studies. ... Leer más

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  • Challenges of Aging

    Pensions, Retirement and Generational Justice

    Edición de C. Torp ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Population ageing is among the most important developments of our time. This book explores the profound challenges faced by an aging world. Leading experts from diverse disciplines describe the fundamental impact demographic aging has on pension systems, on the concepts of retirement and old age, and on the balance of generational justice. ... Leer más

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  • Ageing, Health and Pensions in Europe

    An Economic and Social Policy Perspective

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Providing an overview of the future research challenges for economists and social scientists concerning population ageing, pensions, health and social care in Europe, this book examines how scientific research can provide cutting-edge evidence on income security and well-being of the elderly, and labour markets and older workers. ... Leer más

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  • Reforms in Long-Term Care Policies in Europe

    Investigating Institutional Change and Social Impacts

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Over the last two decades, many changes have happened to the social welfare policies of various industrial countries. Citizens have seen their pensions, unemployment benefits, and general healthcare policies shrink as “belt tightening” measures are enforced. But in contrast, long-term care has seen a general growth in public financing, an expansion of beneficiaries, and, more generally, an attempt ... Leer más

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  • The Art of Forgetting

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    How do we forget? Why do we need to forget? This book intends to answer to these and other questions. It aims to demonstrate that each one is who it is due to their own memories. Thus, distinguish between the information we should keep from those we should forget is an difficult art. In this book, the author discusses about the different types of memory, the main types of forgetting (avoidance, ... Leer más

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