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Modelling pension futures: two ways of thinking about sustainability
Coverage of German politics – let alone German pension politics - tends to be rather thin in the British press (mainly the FT and the Economist). So it may come as a surprise to learn that pe...
Economic crisis in Sri Lanka and its impact on older adults
Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst economic downturn in history. Due to depleting foreign reserves, the country is facing shortages in fuel, food, cooking gas, medicines, and other essential items...
Forty years of Global Action on Ageing: what has been achieved? And what next?
Forty years ago The World Assembly on Ageing was held in Vienna in 1982. A forum to launch an international action programme aimed at guaranteeing economic and social security to older person...
Dying with Covid, Living with Covid
As I write this blog, England is now living with Covid-19, which seems odd given that in the week ending April 1st almost 800 deaths were registered provisionally in England as involving Covid-19. ...
Will the hybrid model work for older employees?
Two years on from the start of the global pandemic, the world of work is still going through convulsions caused by the great lockdown of offices in every city you could name. The story today i...
Resocializing: Social connectedness in a post-pandemic world
If the last years have taught us anything, it is the importance of social connectedness. Worldwide sweeping measures were put in place to limit the degree to which people could gather, connect, and...
A humanitarian appeal on older adults in Ukraine
In the last few weeks, we have witnessed the unfolding of the assault on Ukraine with extreme scenes seen all over the media, where we are shocked by the news and situations reported, without knowi...
How to prevent accelerated ageing during and after the pandemic?
As we face a prolonged pandemic, many people feel we are ageing faster than before. Apart from generic variations, behaviours and life events also influence how quickly we age. Infectious disease, ...
Senior Entrepreneurship: Catching a Second Wave
There may be some concern that entrepreneurial activities would decrease as countries go through population ageing. This concern is more pronounced in higher-income developed economies, which exhib...
LANGUAGE AND THE LONGEVITY DIVIDEND
You know that feeling when you happen upon a news item and find yourself thinking: "Did I just read that correctly?" So it was when I read a story recently about a major British insurance...
Pandemic related stress: Strategies for older adults, their families, and their caregivers
As we look back on the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe in 2020, we can reflect more objectively on the wider consequences. One of these was undoubtedly an increase in general...
Can the Madrid Plan on Ageing (MIPPA) Current Review Benefit the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region?
The ageing transition is happening in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is happening fast that the governments, policies, and individuals don't fully realise it. Even though li...
Debating a Transparent British ‘carescape’ for health and social care reform
A story about British Social Care…. I recently shadowed a community nurse. I watched as she worked to enable a man with only one week left of his life to be carried from his bedroom to...
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Extinct: the things that become obsolete before we do
As most of us alive today are destined to live longer than ever before thanks to advances in medical science, one of the unforeseen consequences of such longevity is that many of the familiar manuf...
Should we be concerned about the role of choice in death and dying?
“Choice with regard to death and dying is a bourgeoisie thing. The bulk of people are just trying to keep themselves alive.” With this statement, Allan Kellehear, medical and publ...