Ageism and Race

Ageism, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Blogposts October 25, 2018

Older migrants have the right to be treated with respect: respect of their age, and respect of their culture

The ‘othering’ of older migrants in Western societies is common, also when one encounters care professionals. Saloua Berdai Chaouni and Ann Claeys investigate the experience of older migrants living with

Ageism, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Testimonies October 24, 2018

‘Who hears the voice of older migrants?’

Fifi is a committed health professional like there are many — except that besides work, Fifi is also volunteering for Pharos, an organisation giving ‘cultural-sensitive working’ courses to address health

Ageism, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Good Practices October 22, 2018

A guidebook for care professionals to respect the cultural background of people experiencing memory loss

As the Finnish population with a migrant background is ageing, the Society for Memory Disorders Expertise in Finland, published “Culture-sensitive memory work: Finnish experience”, a guidebook intended to specialists of the

Ageism, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Testimonies October 22, 2018

Confucianism and the later life choices of older Chinese living in Belgium

Chinese emigrants are the fourth largest group of non-European foreigners in Belgium, after Morocco, Turkey and Russia. Tina Pan, a Chinese national working in Belgium at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, elaborates on

Ageism, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Blogposts October 22, 2018

Housing and care needs for older migrants in the Netherlands

Older migrants, just like Dutch elderly people, prefer to live on their own for as long as possible, preferably in their current house, which they are familiar with and where

Ageism, Ageism and Gender, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Blogposts October 12, 2018

Ageing of migrant women: the story of multiple discrimination

Taking advantage of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – that will be celebrated next 10 December, the European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW) gives us a

Ageism, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Blogposts October 12, 2018

Ageing labour migrants from the 1960ies at risk of marginalisation in European welfare states

Ursula Trummer, from the Center for Health and Migration Vienna stresses the vulnerability of migrant workers who arrived from Turkey, Italy, Spain and Portugal to work in Central and Western

Ageism, Ageism and Gender, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Testimonies October 9, 2018

Old age poverty has a female face: Being an Elderly Migrant Woman in Sweden

Monica Cristea, vice-chair of RIFFI, the Federation of Migrant Women Associations in Sweden and member of European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW) sheds light on the additional barriers migrant women