
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
‘Quand je suis tombée à la retraite… j’ai monté un projet d’avenir!’
A rebourt des idées reçues sur les personnes âgées, Odile a lancé Or Gris, une association d’éducation populaire visant à promouvoir les politiques et les initiatives des seniors actifs, y compris en
Older Belgians with care needs go vote – by themselves!
On October 14, 2018 Belgians were called to the polls for local elections. All Belgians? In practice, older people with care needs are too often given doctor’s notes and proxyOlder adults should have equal rights to learning opportunities!
Gina Ebner, from LLLPlatform and EAEA, highlights the importance of life-long learning for older adults’ participation into society. Learning gives opportunities may it be for health and well-being, meeting new
When ageism goes digital
Despite a growing majority of older adults are today using the internet in Europe, Dr. Maria Sourbati stresses age discriminating digital datasets compromise our capacity to build an age-inclusive, smart
Religion, an overlooked factor of older persons’ participation in society
Are older persons more religious than other age groups? To avoid generalisation about older persons’ relation to spirituality, Tom McCormick shares the results from a host of source books and Internet
Digitalisation: an additional threat to human rights in older age?
In today’s world, in a process of constant change, older persons have new opportunities and growing challenges to “not be left behind”. Sandra Huenchuan yet explains the flawed dimension of
Comment j’ai vécu mes 20 premières années de retraite, pourquoi je prépare les 20 prochaines !
Il n’y a pas d’âge pour se réinventer. Le témoignage de Pierre atteste de la créativité et de la résilience avec laquelle il est possible d’envisager l’avenir, en dehors des
Challenging the perception of retired union members
At a union’s recent conference for Retired Members in the UK, one of the last motions to be heard called for the generations to work together to get rid of