Ageism and Participation

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, Ageism and Participation, Testimonies December 5, 2018

‘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

Ageism, Ageism and Participation, Good Practices November 29, 2018

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 proxy

Ageism, Ageism and Participation, Blogposts November 28, 2018

Older 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

Ageism, Ageism and Participation, Blogposts November 25, 2018

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

Ageism, Ageism and Participation, Blogposts November 25, 2018

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

Ageism, Ageism and Participation, Blogposts November 25, 2018

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

Ageism, Ageism and Participation, Testimonies November 18, 2018

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

Ageism, Ageism and Participation, Good Practices October 12, 2018

“Let’s give the chance to everyone to speak out”: an experience of co-creation

Our society walks, acts, reacts fast. And it often behaves as if older people were second-class citizens, whose needs, concerns and wishes should not be considered on an equal ground