Maria looked after her widowed mother with dementia after her father passed away. As she is involved in the Pensioners board of PASYDY Cyprus, she genuinely reflects on the isolation
For Alexander Elu and Célimène Bernard, policy officers at Eurodiaconia, the European network of churches and Christian NGOs, quality are services are key to render our societies more cohesive. They
Eurocarers, the European Association working with and for informal carers, reminds the importance to care for the social rights of the carers – especially when it comes to their work-life
Chris Ball, from the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce, gives us some food for thought around what ‘active ageing’ could concretely mean if we were really developing ‘age management’ policies
Vicki is still working. As she cares for her husband with early dementia, she had to adapt her professional commitments accordingly. And yet nothing is being done to help her
In most European countries, a large part of long-term care for older people is provided by informal carers. Informal carers are typically older women. Read more about the gender and
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Professor of Social Policy & International Development at University of East Anglia, puts the finger on the ageist way in which ‘good health’ is assessed in older age
Nils Vandenweghe Director of the Flemish Elderly Council shares a characteristic example of ageism in access to mental health care, whereby older people are in a disadvantaged position when they
Liz Mestheneos from Greece gives a vivid account of structural ageism and how it has affected older people across several aspects of their lives, but also Greek society at large.
A Day to Reaffirm that Older People Have Rights: New ‘Ageing Equal’ Campaign Calls Out Ageism Worldwide! A guest Blog Post By Bethany Brown of Human Rights Watch. Today, as the