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The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing

Author : Marvin Formosa
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030215156
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing written by Marvin Formosa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comparative resource charts the interface between the University of the Third Age (U3A) movement and active ageing, and in doing so, offers a comprehensive and thorough understanding of what U3A means in different geographical and sociocultural contexts. After first providing introductory chapters to introduce the U3A movement and active ageing in global perspective and tracing the origins of U3As in France, the book sets off charting the international development of U3As in both European and Asian-Pacific contexts. Deliberately, the book moves away from the dominant Anglo-centric US- and UK-rooted analyses of U3As to account for contexts of different political ideology, sociocultural values, geography, and degrees of urbanisation and industrialisation. Lastly, it thematises foreseeable issues, concerns, and predicaments that the global U3A movement faces while meeting the challenges and seizing the opportunities presented by active ageing. The chapters’ comparative perspectives encompass: Origins and development: The Francophone model of U3As The development and characteristics of U3As in European and Asian-Pacific geographies From social welfare to educational gerontology: U3As in China, Russia, Taiwan, Malaysia and South Korea U3As in Italy, Spain and Sweden: A dynamic, flexible, and accessible learning model Late-life learning for social inclusion: U3As in Poland, Iceland, United Kingdom, and Malta The U3A movement in Australia: From statewide networking to community engagement Cross-cultural perspectives on U3As: The case of Thailand The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing boasts welcome contributions to the scholarship on the different histories, structures, and challenges posed by national U3As. Readers from a variety of backgrounds and research interests including gerontology, geriatrics, active ageing, older adult learning, comparative education and educational technology will find this a necessary and valuable resource in better understanding a globalised U3A world. "The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing: European and Asian-Pacific Perspectives contributes to the deep well of histories, experiences, structures, accomplishments and problems of national U3As. It emerges as a tapestry of extraordinary research that offers to guide the U3A movement as it soon enters its fiftieth year of existence." - Prof. Stephen Katz. Trent University

Game-playing for active ageing and healthy lifestyles

Author : Ana Isabel Veloso
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000791947
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Game-playing for active ageing and healthy lifestyles written by Ana Isabel Veloso and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the increase in the ageing population and the evolvement of the Human-Computer Interaction field to a much more humanistic approach, debate is ongoing about designing technology-enabled products for active ageing and healthy lifestyles. Indeed, the mainstream game industry has been challenged with the emergence of an older target group, the advancements in gamification and the proliferation of SMART devices.Previous experience in the field has revealed that for many older adult gamers, games had a therapeutic effect through them being both cognitively challenged and rewarded. However it has also revealed that the gaming industry was not fulfilling their other motivations and accessibility needs.Furthermore, research to date has focused on the physical and cognitive effects of video games in the aging process. Up to now, the use of other active ageing dimensions that go beyond the health domains (i.e. sense of security, and participation in society) in games addressed to this target group remain unexplored.This book differs from current books on the market by focusing on games and the main implications to design for active ageing in terms of the market perspective, the information and communication society, behavioral design, mobility, urban and city planning, accessibility and assessment.

Selected Contemporary Challenges of Ageing Policy

Author : Łukasz Tomczyk
Publisher : Andrzej Klimczuk
ISBN 13 : 8394156878
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Selected Contemporary Challenges of Ageing Policy written by Łukasz Tomczyk and published by Andrzej Klimczuk. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume-"Selected Contemporary Challenges of Aging Policy"-is the most international of all published monographs from the series "Czech-Polish-Slovak Studies in Andragogy and Social Gerontology." Among the scholars trying to grasp the nuances and trends of social policy, there are diverse perspectives, resulting not only from the extensive knowledge of the authors on the systematic approach to the issue of supporting older people but also from the grounds of the represented social gerontology schools. In the texts of Volume VII interesting are both distinct and coherent elements presenting the role of local, regional and global policies in the prism of the countries from which the authors originate: the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Italy, Turkey, and the United States. The chapters show a wealth of methodological approaches to the perception of social policy and its tools. In the texts there are issues related to the idea of active ageing, discrimination against older people in the workplace, comparability of solutions friendly to employment of older adults in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia as well as focused on the importance of educational forms (universities of the third age, senior clubs, folk high schools, and other non-formal solutions) determining an active life in old age. This monograph also attempted to answer the question regarding how to transfer the idea of intergenerational learning into the realm of practice. This issue complements the chapter on the implementation of intergenerational programs in institutions providing long-term care support. The book also outlines a public policy on ageing in the perspective of the changes over the last few decades (Slovenia) and the case demonstrating solutions to accelerate self-reliance as a key to active ageing (Turkey). We hope that seventh volume of our series will be an intellectual stimulus for further international research on change in social policy and will contribute to the dissemination of best practices as well as contribute to positive social change.

Active Ageing, Active Learning

Author : Gillian Boulton-Lewis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9789400721111
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Active Ageing, Active Learning written by Gillian Boulton-Lewis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with the general issues of ageing, learning and education for the elderly and then with the more specific issues of why, how and what elders want to learn. This monograph consists of 10 chapters written by various internationally renowned researchers and scholar-practitioners in the field.

Active Ageing and Healthy Living

Author : G. Riva
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1614994250
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Active Ageing and Healthy Living written by G. Riva and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increased life expectancy and the ageing of the population have been the subject of attention in Western countries, and particularly in Europe, for some years now. The challenge of 'squaring the circle' between ends and means – as well as between personal aspirations and systemic constraints – in health and social care continues to be a major concern for policymakers and all those involved in the delivery of services. This book, Active Ageing and Healthy Living: A Human Centered Approach in Research and Innovation as Source of Quality of Life, presents the results of a number of research projects from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - the largest private university in Italy and in Europe - with a strong commitment to the areas of medicine and health sciences, economics, business, international relations, political science, psychology and communications. Visions and research directions for the future are also presented and discussed. The introduction to the book addresses the challenges posed by an increasingly ageing population and the way in which multidisciplinary research can contribute to positive outcomes. The remainder of the book is divided into two sections. The first proposes promising research directions for future focus, and includes papers on demographic change; frailty in the elderly; the role of diet in healthy ageing; active ageing; and positive technology. The second section deals with recent developments in research into active ageing and healthy living (AA&HL). It addresses numerous topics, including: mechanisms to shift the balance from unhealthy to healthy ageing; nutrition; the role of ICTs for older people; work, retirement and health; and empowering skills for AA&HL.

Technologies for Active Aging

Author : Andrew Sixsmith
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441983481
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Technologies for Active Aging written by Andrew Sixsmith and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenge of population aging requires innovative approaches to meet the needs of increasing numbers of older people. Emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as pervasive computing and ambient assistive technology, have considerable potential for enhancing the quality of life of many older people by providing additional safety and security while also supporting mobility, independent living, and social participation. The proposed book will be a landmark publication in the area of technology and aging that will serve as a statement of the current state-of-the-art and as a pointer to directions for future research and emerging technologies, products, and services.

Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies

Author : Asghar Zaidi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811060177
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies written by Asghar Zaidi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides multinational evidence on active and healthy ageing. It generates authoritative new knowledge for mutual learning and policymaking in addressing challenges linked with population ageing. The authors discuss how to achieve better active ageing outcomes through appropriate policies including addressing life course determinants of active and healthy ageing. The chapters are distinctive in their focus on quantitative analysis of active and healthy ageing based on a first-of-its-kind composite measure, the Active Ageing Index developed during the 2012 European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations. Contributors include researchers, civil service representatives, policymakers and other stakeholders from national, regional and European organisations. This edited volume provides a multidisciplinary resource for academics and policy makers in various areas of the social sciences, especially those studying population ageing and its consequences, economists, sociologists, social policy analysts and public health experts.

The New Dynamics of Ageing Volume 1

Author : Alan Walker
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447314727
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The New Dynamics of Ageing Volume 1 written by Alan Walker and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 2, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. It reports the outcomes of the most concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence shaping the changing nature of ageing and its consequences for individuals and society. This book concentrates on three major themes: active ageing, design for ageing well and the relationship between ageing and socio-economic development. Each chapter provides a state of the art topic summary as well as reporting the essential research findings from New Dynamics of Ageing research projects. There is a strong emphasis on the practical implications of ageing and how evidence-based policies, practices and new products can produce individual and societal benefits.

Active Aging

Author : Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros
Publisher : Hogrefe Publishing GmbH
ISBN 13 : 1616763604
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)

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Book Synopsis Active Aging by : Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros

Download or read book Active Aging written by Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros and published by Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aging well and continuing to be active are often regarded as THE goals in life, from individual, family, community, and population perspectives. This implies good health and physical fitness, good cognitive and positive emotional-motivational functioning, and social participation and engagement.Increasing life expectancy by means of biomedical advances is not on its own enough, however. Research shows that an individual's psychological condition contributes to their quality of life and well-being in old age – and that behavioral and psychological interventions can also prevent illness, improve cognitive and physical fitness, and increase positive emotional functioning and social participation.This book shows how psychologists and psychological science as a whole can face the challenge of promoting optimal and active aging in a society that is growing ever older.

Active Ageing in Asia

Author : Alan Walker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135043922
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Active Ageing in Asia written by Alan Walker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: East Asian societies are changing rapidly, and one of the most important facets of this transformation is population the ageing. of society. "Active ageing" is one of the few concepts available today to effectively address the problems arising from a highly-aged and, particularly in East Asia, fast-ageing society, offering a new social policy paradigm to redirect and innovate new social policies, particularly social services, social transfers, social regulations and laws, towards more investment in and support of the fast rising number of olderelderly citizens. This book focuses on the experiences of East Asian societies where active ageing has been implemented. It presents a thorough analysis of the concept of active ageing and its potential and problems of implementations in different stages of development in East Asia, whilst providing theoretical clarity to, and broadening the concept of, active ageing. Further, the country-focused case studies explore how to design, pursue, measure and evaluate social policies, highlight the problems related to the implementation of the concept of active ageing in social policy and outline the practical implications of active ageing theory forin policy making. Active Ageing in Asia will appeal to students and scholars of social and public policy, social work, gerontology and health and social administration, as well as to policy makers working in the field.

Handbook of Active Ageing and Quality of Life

Author : Fermina Rojo-Pérez
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030580318
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Active Ageing and Quality of Life written by Fermina Rojo-Pérez and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook presents an overview of studies on the relationship of active ageing and quality of life. It addresses the new challenges of ageing from the paradigm of positive ageing (active, healthy and successful) for a better quality of life. It provides theoretical perspectives and empirical studies, including scientific knowledge as well as practical experiences about the good ageing and the quality of later life around the world, in order to respond to the challenges of an aged population. The handbook is structured in 4 sections covering theoretical and conceptual perspectives, social policy issues and research agenda, methods, measurement instrument-scales and evaluations, and lastly application studies including domains and geographical contexts. Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com./div

International Perspectives on Older Adult Education

Author : Brian Findsen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319249398
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book International Perspectives on Older Adult Education written by Brian Findsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book builds on recent publications in lifelong learning which focus on learning and education in later life. This work breaks new ground in international understandings of what constitutes later life learning across diverse cultures in manifold countries or regions across the world. Containing 42 separate country/regional analyses of later life learning, the overall significance resides in insiders’ conceptualisations and critique of this emerging sub-field of lifelong learning and adult education. International perspectives on older adult education provides new appreciation of what is happening in countries from Europe (14), Africa (10), the Americas (7), Asia (9) and Australasia (2), as authored by adult educators and/or social gerontologists in respective geographical areas. These analyses are contextualised by a thorough introduction and critical appraisal where trends and fresh insights are revealed. The outcome of this book is a never-before available critique of what it means to be an older learner in specific nations, and the accompanying opportunities and barriers for learning and education. The sub-title of research, policy and practice conveys the territory that authors traverse in which rhetoric and reality are interrogated. Coverage in chapters includes conceptual analysis, historical patterns of provision, policy developments, theoretical perspectives, research studies, challenges faced by countries and “success stories” of later life learning. The resultant effect is a vivid portrayal of a vast array of learning that occurs in later life across the globe. Brian Findsen is Professor of Education and Postgraduate Leader for Te Whiringa School of Educational Leadership and Policy, Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Marvin Formosa is Head of the Department of Gerontology, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta, and Director of the International Institute on Ageing (United Nations - Malta).

The New Science of Ageing

Author : Alan Walker
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447314662
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The New Science of Ageing written by Alan Walker and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents the first truly multidisciplinary examination of aging. Its astonishing breadth takes in everything from basic cell biology to social participation in later life to representations of aging in the arts and literature. Drawing on the pioneering New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, the UK's largest research effort in the field of aging, it explores how aging is changing and the ways that it can be altered to improve both the lives of the aging population and their place in--and contribution to--contemporary society.

A Fresh Map of Life

Author : Peter Laslett
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674323278
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book A Fresh Map of Life written by Peter Laslett and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today as never before, most people in the developed world at least, can expect to live to old age. How has society reacted to this shift of mortality? Much of the accepted account of ageing is simply the persistence into our own time of past perceptions. Laslett argues that the Third Age - beyond the breadwinning and child-rearing years - is that of greatest personal fulfilment, the apogee of life. Combining social history, sociology and philosophy, this book provokes new thinking on one of the crucial changes in the modern world.

Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism

Author : Liat Ayalon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319738208
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism written by Liat Ayalon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides a comprehensive perspective on the concept of ageism, its origins, the manifestation and consequences of ageism, as well as ways to respond to and research ageism. The book represents a collaborative effort of researchers from over 20 countries and a variety of disciplines, including, psychology, sociology, gerontology, geriatrics, pharmacology, law, geography, design, engineering, policy and media studies. The contributors have collaborated to produce a truly stimulating and educating book on ageism which brings a clear overview of the state of the art in the field. The book serves as a catalyst to generate research, policy and public interest in the field of ageism and to reconstruct the image of old age and will be of interest to researchers and students in gerontology and geriatrics.

Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe

Author : Axel Börsch-Supan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110295466
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe written by Axel Börsch-Supan and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHARE is an international survey designed to answer the societal challenges that face us due to rapid population ageing. How do Europeans age? Under which circumstances do older people and their families live, how healthy and active are they, and how did the crisis affect them? The authors of this multidisciplinary book have taken a first step toward answering these questions based on the recent SHARE data including a new social networks module.

The Cambridge Handbook of Successful Aging

Author : Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108641431
Total Pages : 969 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Successful Aging written by Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 969 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent studies show that more people than ever before are reaching old age in better health and enjoying that health for a longer time. This Handbook outlines the latest discoveries in the study of aging from bio-medicine, psychology, and socio-demography. It treats the study of aging as a multidisciplinary scientific subject, since it requires the interplay of broad disciplines, while offering high motivation, positive attitudes, and behaviors for aging well, and lifestyle changes that will help people to stay healthier across life span and in old age. Written by leading scholars from various academic disciplines, the chapters delve into the most topical aspects of aging today - including biological mechanisms of aging, aging with health, active and productive aging, aging with satisfaction, aging with respect, and aging with dignity. Aimed at health professionals as well as general readers, this Cambridge Handbook offers a new, positive approach to later life.