Facilitator handbook: Learning the digital
Published in the frame of the project DIGIT-AL – Digital Transformation in Adult Learning for Active Citizenship, this handbook for educators presents training methodologies and examples of relevant practice and promotes digitalisation as a central topic in lifelong learning: Learning for digitalisation, learning about digitalisation and learning through digitalisation. Read more and dowload the publication
Dementia and how to deal with it
The brochure is intended above all for the person with dementia who, in the early stages of the disease and often for many years after, can still make choices and decisions that affect him or her. However, family and friends will find answers to their questions too. This publication (updated in 2021-2022) has been produced […]
Ageism in artificial intelligence for health
The WHO policy brief Ageism in Artificial Intelligence for Health examines the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and public health for older people, including the conditions in which AI can exacerbate or introduce new forms of ageism. The brief presents legal, non-legal and technical measures that can be used to minimize the risk […]
Alzheimer Europe report on sex, gender and sexuality in the context of dementia
This report aims to promote the right of every person with dementia, irrespective of their sex, gender identity and sexual orientation, to be treated with respect and to have access to timely diagnosis, treatment and good quality care and support. It targets policy makers, health and social care students and health and social care professionals/service […]
COVID-19 and older people: Impact on their lives, support and care
This report by Eurofound focuses on older people’s lives during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they were impacted by governments’ and societies’ responses in terms of their physical and mental well-being, social interactions, work, finances, and their need for and use of support services, healthcare and long-term care. The report analyses EU survey data and […]
The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021-30 in a Climate-changing World
The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing Connection Series explores the relationships between the Decade of Healthy Ageing and key global issues. This third advocacy brief highlights how the health and wellbeing of older people are affected by climate change and how climate change is relevant across all four priority action areas of the Decade plan. […]
Health and social care near the end of life: can policies reduce costs and improve outcomes?
This brief by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies reviews the evidence on health and social care needs and expenditures at the end of life. It is part of the economics of healthy and active ageing series by the Observatory, which challenges the often negative perception of the economic consequences of population ageing. […]
Rising from the COVID 19 crisis: Policy responses in the long-term care sector
This brief from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) looks at mortality rates in care homes, as well as the policy responses undertaken during the pandemic. It assesses the emergency preparedness of the sector and highlights the lessons learned, including policies to reduce isolation, testing strategies, care workforce and co‑ordination with the health […]
Guidelines for Age-Inclusive Communication
Initiated by eight leading ageing organisations in the US, Changing the Narrative is a strategic communications and awareness campaign to increase understanding of ageism and to change how people think, talk, and act about ageing and ageism. To support this campaign, some guidelines on how to avoid ageist narrative have been published. You can access […]
20th Asia-Europe Meeting on Human Rights of Older Persons: report and recommendations
The Asia-Europe Foundation and its partners have published the findings and recommendations of the 20th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights – “Human Rights of Older Persons” (ASEMHRS20) held on 22-24 February 2021 in Seoul, Korea, and online. The publication provides an overview of the fundamental concepts and some of the important current issues relating […]
Challenging ageism: A guide to talking about ageing and older age
The Center for Ageing Better has launched a new guide to help organisations challenge ageism, tackling the negative stereotypes which are all too common in conversations about older people and ageing. The new guide is a practical tool drawing on a wealth of research about attitudes to age and the way that the public responds […]
Protecting civic space in the EU
Civil society organisations play a vital role in promoting fundamental rights, but they face diverse challenges across the European Union. This report presents FRA’s findings on a range of such challenges. The findings are based on research, and on two online consultations with civil society organisations, carried out in 2020. Download FRA’s publication
Ageing policies – access to services in different Member States
This study report, requested by the EMPL committee of the European Parliament, focuses on active ageing policies and access to services for the ageing population in the EU countries in five areas: economic activity, social participation, health and well-being, long-term care, and supportive environments including housing, transportation, and securing financial independence. It presents the challenges […]
Study on exploring the incidence and costs of informal long-term care in the EU
This study, prepared for the European Commission, aims to: develop a common understanding of informal care and its key features and confirm this understanding with experts, estimate the number of people providing informal long-term care and to analyse their characteristics, estimate the costs associated with the provision of informal long-term care for the individual and […]
COVID-19 in long-term care
This report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) examines the effects of COVID-19 in the long-term care (LTC) sector in OECD countries, mainly showing infection rates and mortality of LTC recipients. It takes stock of the wide range of policy responses that countries have implemented, detailing the changes over time on testing […]
Ageing and Health: The Politics of Better Policies
This book, published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, uses new evidence to challenge some of the myths surrounding ageing and its effects on economies and health systems. Divisive and alarmist views of population ageing are often based on stereotypes and anecdotes unsupported by evidence. How we address ageing societies is a […]
European social charter and ageism – Council of Europe report
Officially publihsed on 27th September by the Council of Europe, this report examines the current use and future potential of the European Social Charter. The purpose of this study is to explain the critical role of the European Social Charter in advancing and protecting the rights of older persons in Europe. It is designed to […]
Living, Working and COVID-19 – Updated Eurofound report
This factsheet presents the outcome of the latest round of the e-survey and provides a picture of how the social and economic situation of Europeans has evolved during one year of closures and restrictions. Here are some main findings in relation to age/older people: Mental well-being has reached its lowest level across all age groups since the onset of the pandemic over a year ago. […]
