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2.8. Active ageing and independent living

Subcategories

2.8.1. Age-friendly environments 2.8.2. Age-friendly cities and communities 2.8.3. Transport

Bibliographic Records

AGEING IN GREECE AND CURRENT POLICY TRENDS

In a society where the ageing population continues to increase, as in Greece, it is necessary to improve care for the elderly, given that today old people are an important part of the population.

Ageing in the Crisis: Experiences from Greece

A collection of Greek scientific authors’ articles on the effects of the crisis on Greek older people. The authors are multidisciplinary from economics, social policy, health and family research and civil society.

Investigating aspects of health among older Greeks: the development and utilisation of an Hellenic version of a multidimensional and functional assessment questionnaire

The purpose of the research reported in this thesis was to develop a Greek version of the OARS assessment instrument, to validate this instrument in a Greek setting and then use it to investigate gender and geographical differences in the

The promotion of the active aging movement and its link to the quality of life of people over 55.

The present work is based on the conceptual approach of Active Aging, both as an idea and as a social policy movement, aiming at highlighting its value for today’s aging society. In its first and theoretical part, a detailed description

The Transition from Employment to Retirement: The Role of Counseling and Guidance. A Phenomenological Approach.

The present study aims to present the phenomenon of transition from work to retirement and the experience of people experiencing it due to their resulting reclassification. The interviews were analyzed by the phenomenological method. In the end, there is a

The challenge of healthy, active and successful ageing

The ageing of the population is an inevitable natural transition, it is genetically predefined and is affected by environmental factors, which are related with the way of living which exist from the time a person is born. It constitutes the