Aging in European Societies

Abstract

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Challenging statutory pensions reforms in an aging Europe: Adequacy versus Sustainability.- Chapter 3. Technology and Ageing: Potential for European Societies.- Chapter 4. Dependency and individualism: The influence of modern ideologies on older people's food security.- Chapter 5 Cross-National Exploration of National Cultural Policy and Economic Characteristics.- Chapter 6. What about happiness in later life?.- Chapter 7. Dementia and Quality of Life Issues in Older People.- Chapter 8. Changes in physical functional ability with ageing and over time.- Chapter 9. Family networks and supports in older age.- Chapter 10. Factors influencing inequalities in the quality of life.- Chapter 11. Older men in the community: A United Kingdom perspective.- Chapter 12. The Social Networks of Older Europeans.- Chapter 13. Financial Literacy in Retirement Planning Context: The Case of Czech Older Workers.- Chapter 14. Home nursing care of the elderly: The case of Cyprus.- Chapter 15. Quality of Life & Older People.- Chapter 16. Cohort change in living conditions and lifestyle among middle aged Swedes: The effects on mortality and late-life disability.- Chapter 17. Late-Life Learning in the European Union: Implications for Social and Public Policy.- Chapter 18. Transnationalism and the study of aging and old age.