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| Older people also suffer because of the crisis | | Corporate Author | AGE Platform Europe |
| Publisher | AGE Platform Europe, Brussels, 2012 |
| Pages | 26 pp |
| Source | http://www.age-platform.eu/images/stories/EN/older... |
| Keywords | Poor elderly ; Isolation ; Social inclusion ; European Union. |
| Annotation | Very many older Europeans have been experiencing the impact of the financial and economic crisis since 2008, and are as at risk of poverty and social exclusion as other populations or age groups. This publication builds on the work carried out by AGE Platform Europe and its member organisations in the field of social inclusion and social protection since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008. It also presents recommendations from the seminar AGE organised with the Committee of the Regions on the impact of the crisis on older people on 19 June 2012 in Brussels. It considers the need to understand the impact of the crisis on older people on issues such as budget cuts; difficulties in accessing and affording health services and long-term care; shortage of adequate housing; energy poverty; and suicide. It looks at ways of preventing poverty and promoting social inclusion such as: guaranteeing adequate income in old age; combating age discrimination in employment and the growing poverty risk among older workers; preventing social isolation; tackling elder abuse; and enhancing rights of older Roma. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130913203 E |
| Classmark | F:W6: TP: RNA: WFC |
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