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Ageism, Blogposts October 2, 2019

“Tel jij nog mee als je 82 bent?”

De seniorenbeweging OKRA en de ngo Wereldsolidariteit doen een oproep aan beleidsmakers om senioren een stem te geven. Met een opvallende sociale media-actie. De kopstukken van de partijen zijn door

Ageism, Blogposts October 2, 2019

“How are you ageing today?” Art, Activism and Ageing

In this blogpost, Dave Martin from The Centre for Policy on Ageing builds the case for creative social action as a tool to tackle ageism. Creative social action can provide

Ageism, Blogposts October 2, 2019

“L’âgisme tue ! Nous devons repenser les représentations négatives liées à l’âge”

Plus de 3000 suicides de personnes de plus de 60 ans ont été répertoriés en France, un chiffre comparable au nombre de morts dans des accident de la route. Francis

Ageism, Blogposts October 1, 2019

CSPA giving a voice to retired public servants

By David Luxton On the International Day of Older Persons, the Civil Service Pensioners Alliance is rallying the #AgeingEqual campaign to: Maintain and improve the value of public sector pensions;

Ageism and Participation, Blogposts September 30, 2019

Self-advocacy and empowerment: effective weapons to combat ageism?

By Hanna Köttl Older people are often stereotypically portrayed as vulnerable when they could be powerful drivers for societal change. To overcome the erroneous and negative representations of ageing as

Ageism, Blogposts April 12, 2019

Edadismo y el diseño de productos

¿Cuál es el papel que los diseñadores pueden jugar en desafiar el ageismo? Un artículo de Annika Maya Rivero. Los diseñadores, de acuerdo con André Ricard, interpretan las necesidades humanas

Ageism, Ageism and Abuse, Blogposts December 10, 2018

Elder Abuse, Ageism and Human Rights: an exploration

After qualifying as a social worker in 1981, Bridget Penhale specialised in clinical work with older people from 1983. She has specialised in elder abuse, adult safeguarding and social gerontology in

Ageism, Ageism and Sexuality, Blogposts December 7, 2018

Sexuality in later life: further research is needed

Society’s view of sex in late-life remains misinformed and negative, presuming that older people are not sexually active or interested in intimate sexual relationships. However, positive intimate sexual relations are

Ageism, Ageism and Abuse, Ageism and Gender, Blogposts December 7, 2018

The Istanbul Convention: Protecting the rights of older women to live a life free from violence

One in four women over the age of 60 in Europe has experienced abuse or violence in the last 12 months. Older women are also less likely to report violence

Ageism, Ageism and Disability, Blogposts December 7, 2018

Dementia as a disability

Because of their age and condition, people living with dementia have struggled to access disability support. Dianne Gove comes back on the conclusions of the ethics report published by Alzheimer Europe

“Tel jij nog mee als je 82 bent?”

“How are you ageing today?” Art, Activism and Ageing

“L’âgisme tue ! Nous devons repenser les représentations négatives liées à l’âge”

CSPA giving a voice to retired public servants

Self-advocacy and empowerment: effective weapons to combat ageism?

Edadismo y el diseño de productos

Elder Abuse, Ageism and Human Rights: an exploration

Sexuality in later life: further research is needed

The Istanbul Convention: Protecting the rights of older women to live a life free from violence

Dementia as a disability

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