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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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