Contributed on October 27, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. Articles
Workshop for PhD students: “Life-course influences on retirement: Researchers' and stakeholders' perspectives” Helsinki, Finland, May 17-19, 2017 The European population is ageing rapidly. This demographic change creates challenges to workplaces and pension schemes, among others. The diminishing number or workers and the growing number of retirees are of special concern, because…
Contributed on August 5, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. Articles
Hal Kendig, James NazrooThe papers contained in this special issue of the Journal of Population Ageing originated in a session held at the 2014 International Sociological Association Conference, for which we organised a symposium for the Research Committee on Sociology of Aging, sharing the same title as this editorial. The main motivation for the symposium,…
Contributed on November 29, 2015 by Virpi Timonen. Articles
Kristine Theurer, Ben Mortenson, Robyn Stone, Melinda Suto, Virpi Timonen and Julia RozanovaLoneliness and depression are serious mental health concerns across the spectrum of residential care, from nursing homes to assisted and retirement living. Psychosocial care provided to residents to address these concerns is typically based on a long-standing tradition of ‘light’ social events, such as games, trips, and social gatherings, planned and implemented by…
