The Future of Ageing in Europe, 1st ed. 2019 Making an Asset of Longevity

This book provides the most comprehensive analysis available of the challenges created by Europe?s ageing population. Grounded in state-of-the-art scientific assessments by leading European researchers, the book is strongly policy focused. Indeed this book contains a detailed account of the policies required across a broad field, from economic sustainability and extending working lives, to healthy ageing, technological innovation, long term care and political citizenship, for the successful adaptation to the challenges of ageing in Europe and globally. It is a policy manifesto to ensure that the future of ageing in Europe is transformed into a highly beneficial one for both citizens and societies.

1. Introduction.- 2. Strategies of Active Ageing in Europe.- 3. Achieving Economic Sustainability in Ageing Societies.- 4. Effective and Sustainable Private Pensions.- 5. Extending Working Lives.- 6. Healthy Life Years and Social Engagement.- 7. Improving Health in Later Life: How a Life Course Approach Could Improve Health and Well-Being in Old Age.- 8. Technology for All.- 9. Social Support and Long Term Care for Older People – The Potential for Social Innovation and Active Ageing.- 10. Promoting the Political Inclusion and Participation of Older People: Social, Psychological and Institutional Perspectives.- 11. Conclusion: Realising Active Ageing.

Alan Walker is Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has been researching and writing on aspects of ageing and social policy for more than 40 years. He has directed several major national and European research programmes and projects. In 2007 he was given Lifetime Achievement Awards by both the Social Policy Association and the British Society of Gerontology. In 2011 he was awarded the European Association of Gerontology’s first Medal and Honorary Diploma for Advances in Gerontology and Geriatrics (Social and Behavioural Sciences). He was the Economic and Social Research Councils’ first Impact Champion in 2013, was appointed CBE for Services to Social Science in 2014, and made a Fellow of the Gerontology Society of American in 2016.

Brings together for the first time all of the major policy challenges of ageing in one volume, making this text the key point of reference for anyone interested in the future of ageing in Europe, from students to policy makers Features contributions from the leading researchers in the field Foregrounds the current consequences of population ageing and provides a collective framework for future policy change Uses cutting-edge scientific approaches to investigate later life from multiple disciplinary perspectives