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| Promoting age equality | | Author(s) | Suzanne Wait, Eric Midwinter |
| Corporate Author | Alliance for Health & the Future, International Longevity Centre UK - ILCUK |
| Publisher | [Alliance for Health & the Future, International Longevity Centre UK], 2005 |
| Pages | 67 pp |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Rights [elderly] ; Social policy ; European Union ; Europe. |
| Annotation | The status of age discrimination across different areas of social policy in the European Union (EU) is reviewed for the five largest older EU Member States - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK - and the three largest accession countries - the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. The analysis looks across different aspects of social policy, specifically: civic and public participation; healthcare; social care; labour markets; pensions and other financial services; and training, education and leisure. Appendices include a demographic overview of the EU and the Member States discussed. Ten themes are identified as important foundations for advancing age equality: cohesive social and economic policies; a binding legal framework; reversing negative stereotypes; personalising services; cultural awareness at all ages; productive engagement (particularly equal opportunities in employment); health promotion for all ages; evidence-based, appropriate care for all; sensitising future professionals to the needs of ageing populations; and life-long learning and training. Background research reports are available on the Alliance for Health & the Future website. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060110203 E |
| Classmark | B:TOB: IKR: TM2: WFC: 74 |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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