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Between longer life expectancies and declining birth rates, Europe's elder population is growing into a sizable minority with considerable impact on nations, health systems, and economies--in other words, global implications as well as local and regional ones. Those investing in the health of older adults need a double perspective: the social and clinical complexity of aging and the larger forces shaping these experiences. Aging in European Societies examines aging trends across the continent, analyzing individual and collective variables that affect the lives of older adults, and drawing salient comparisons with other parts of the world. An interdisciplinary panel of experts provides theory, research, and empirical findings (with examples from the UK, Cyprus, Sweden, and others) in key areas such as family and social supports, physical and cognitive changes, dependence and autonomy issues, and living arrangements. The book's wide-net approach offers insights into not only aging, but aging well. And of particular importance, it details approaches to defining and measuring the elusive but crucial concept, quality of life. Included in the coverage: The potential for technology to improve elders' quality of life. Dementia and quality of life issues. Changes in functional ability with aging and over time. Family networks and supports in older age. Factors influencing inequalities in quality of life. Late-life learning in the E.U. Gerontologists, sociologists, health and cross-cultural psychologists, and public health policymakers will welcome Aging in European Societies as a springboard toward continued discussion, new directions for research, and improvements in policy and practice.

Cover -- Contents -- ABSTRACT -- I. WORKFORCE AGING -- II. ESTIMATING THE EFFECT OF AGING ON PRODUCTIVITY -- A. Empirical design and baseline estimates -- B. Identification strategy -- C. Robustness checks -- III. QUANTIFYING THE PAST AND FUTURE EFFECTS OF AGING ON TFP GROWTH -- IV. LIVING WITH AGING: THE ROLE OF POLICIES -- A. Empirical design -- B. Results -- V. CONCLUSION -- VI. REFERENCES

Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world and its population is still ageing. This demographic shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. Scholars from various disciplines and the public noted this development and wonder what effects it may have, but lack adequate information. They call for explanations that are concise and easily accessible. The book at hand fills this lacuna. It introduces readers to the most important developments, theories, concepts, and discussions in ageing studies - always keeping an eye on the current situation in Europe. Each chapter adopts the perspective of a different discipline, e.g. public health, sociology, economics, or technology. To make the explanations easy to understand, the book includes learning tools such as learning objectives, multiple choice questions, and a glossary.

In Europe, the old will soon outnumber the young-an event that will threaten the stability of both pension and healthcare systems while also changing the migration patterns of those who need and provide care. This volume uses new media technologies to map this urgent issue. The latest theoretical approaches to issue mapping are put into practice via online mapping techniques, demonstrations of ways to explore the complex issue of demographics, and discussion of the debates surrounding available online data. By employing websites of non-governmental organizations, search engine queries ide

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- MOPACT -- Centrality of Active Ageing -- Social Innovation -- Ageing Europe -- The Active Ageing Index -- Introducing the Book -- Conclusion -- References -- 2: Strategies of Active Ageing in Europe -- Introduction -- Policy-Relevant Knowledge Synthesised from MOPACT -- Challenges Ahead -- Old and Living Alone -- Healthy Life Expectancy -- Long-Term Care -- Active Citizenship and Political Participation -- Tapping the Silver Economy -- Unleashing Social Innovation -- Key Policy-Relevant Findings from MOPACT -- Active Ageing Rising Across EU Member States -- Greater Challenges for Central European Countries -- Greater Risks of Social Exclusion in Older Age -- Ageing Is Not Inevitably Linked to Chronic Diseases -- EU Institutions Playing an Important Role but More Is Required -- Five Prerequisites for Realising Active Ageing in Europe -- Major Policy Priorities and Instruments -- Goal 1: Ensuring Economic and Social Sustainability -- Goal 2: Promoting Health and Well-Being in Later Life -- Goal 3: Provision of Adequate Person-Centred Long-Term Care -- Goal 4: Adopt Modern Technologies for Efficiency and Effectiveness -- Goal 5: Engagement of Older Persons in Social, Cultural, and Civic Activities -- Strategies for Clusters of EU Countries -- Low-Scoring Countries -- Middle-Scoring Countries -- High-Scoring Countries -- Conclusions -- References -- 3: Achieving Economic Sustainability in Ageing Societies -- Introduction -- A Snapshot of Demographic Trends and Economic Effects of Population Ageing -- Recent Trends in Demographics -- The Main Economic Effects of Population Ageing -- Population Ageing, Economic Growth and Secular Stagnation -- New Results on Demographics and Economics of Population Ageing -- Traditional Measures of Population Ageing Are Problematic.

Societies across Europe and Central Asia are aging, but people are not necessarily living longer. This demographic trend-caused by a decrease in fertility rather than improved longevity-presents both challenges and opportunities for governments, the private sector, and individuals alike. Some of the challenges are well known. Output per capita becomes smaller if it is shared with an increasingly larger group of dependent older people. At a certain point, there may not be sufficient resources to maintain the living standards of this older group, especially if rising expenditures on health care

This paper provides a systematic, multidimensional demographic analysis of the degree to which negative economic consequences of population aging can be mitigated by changes in migration and labor-force participation. Using a microsimulation population projection model accounting for 13 individual characteristics including education and immigration-related variables, we built scenarios of future changes in labor-force participation, migration volumes, and their educational composition and speed of integration for the 28 European Union (EU) member states. We study the consequences in terms of the conventional age-dependency ratio, the labor-force dependency ratio, and the productivity-weighted labor-force dependency ratio using education as a proxy of productivity, which accounts for the fact that not all individuals are equality productive in society. The results show that in terms of the more sophisticated ratios, population aging looks less daunting than when only considering age structure. In terms of policy options, lifting labor-force participation among the general population as in Sweden, and education-selective migration if accompanied by high integration, could even improve economic dependency. On the other hand, high immigration volumes combined with both low education and integration leads to increasing economic dependency. This shows the high stakes involved with integration outcomes under high migration volumes.