scholarly journals What is the best way to take internet usage into consideration in the different variants of the active ageing index?

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-207
Author(s):  
Éva Berde ◽  
Izabella Kuncz
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Older People ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Active And Healthy Ageing ◽  
Distance Indicator ◽  
Definition Of

The paper provides a brief description of the Active Ageing Index (AAI). This indicator, introduced in 2012, aims to measure the potential of older people for active and healthy ageing. The indicator is constructed from European Union survey data, and these results are weighted with coefficients determined by experts. One of the variables from the surveys measures the proportion of older people using the internet at least once a week. We argue that such regular internet usage does not show too much variation in this era of the ubiquitous internet, so a more sophisticated definition of internet usage must be taken into consideration. Our discussion contains three different AAI variants: the original expert-based, the Djurovic et al. (2017) I-distance indicator, and our factor-based index.

Measuring active and healthy ageing in Europe

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asghar Zaidi ◽  
Katrin Gasior ◽  
Eszter Zolyomi ◽  
Andrea Schmidt ◽  
Ricardo Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Quantitative Measure ◽  
Gender Disparity ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Active And Healthy Ageing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Mechanisms

The active and healthy ageing measure reported here is calculated for the 28 European Union countries, with a specific focus on the current generation of older people and by using the latest data from multiple surveys. It covers diverse aspects of active and healthy ageing, by measuring older people’s contribution with respect to not just employment but also their unpaid familial, social and cultural contributions and their independent, healthy and secure living. The article presents the first-of-its-kind quantitative measure of active and healthy ageing in the literature on active and healthy ageing which hitherto has focused largely on concepts, definitions and public policy strategies. In this pursuit, an important contribution of this measure, referred to as the Active Ageing Index (‘AAI’), is that it also captures how countries differ with respect to capacity and enabling environments for active and healthy ageing. The AAI offers a breakdown not just by four domains of active and healthy ageing but also by gender. Key findings are that Sweden comes at the top of the country ranking, followed closely by Denmark, the United Kingdom, Finland, the Netherlands and Ireland. The four southern European countries (Italy, Portugal, Spain and Malta) are middle-ranked countries. Greece and many of the Central European countries are at the bottom, highlighting much greater untapped potentials of active and healthy ageing among older people in these countries and a need for greater policy efforts. Women fare worse than men in most countries, identifying a need for an emphasis on reducing gender disparity in experiences of active and healthy ageing. The AAI tool developed has the potential to identify the social policy mechanisms behind the differential achievements of active and healthy ageing, for example, what active and healthy ageing strategies have driven top performers, and in what respect the bottom-ranked countries have lagged behind.

scholarly journals Definition of Technological Solutions Based on the Internet of Things and Smart Cities Paradigms for Active and Healthy Ageing through Cocreation

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Martín Medrano-Gil ◽  
Silvia de los Ríos Pérez ◽  
Giuseppe Fico ◽  
Juan Bautista Montalvá Colomer ◽  
Gloria Cea Sáncez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Active And Healthy Ageing ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Existing initiatives to improve physical, mental, and social condition of senior citizens, which in Europe fall under the name of Active and Healthy Ageing, are including technological paradigms as main driver for innovation uptake. Among these paradigms, Smart Cities and the Internet of Things are of utmost importance. However, these initiatives may benefit from unified visions, efforts, and frameworks when it comes to defining technological solutions that take the most of both paradigms. We have defined an iterative approach, which combines user centred design techniques, technological development approaches, and a multifaceted adaptation process, to define a solution for Active and Healthy Ageing that makes use of the two paradigms. The solution is being defined in the context of two research and innovation projects, City4Age and ACTIVAGE, during which a solution is going to be defined and evaluated in the city of Madrid. Results show how Smart Cities and Internet of Things contribute to the solution, from a user (user needs and use cases) and a service delivery (technologies, architecture, and suppliers) perspective. In conclusion, we find the cocreation framework extremely useful for the Active and Health Ageing domain, and the proposed implementation of it is functioning, although there is room for improvement.

Study protocol for Prospective RELOC-AGE: A longitudinal mixed-methods study exploring associations of housing, relocation and active and healthy ageing in Sweden (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Zingmark ◽  
Jonas Björk ◽  
Marianne Granbom ◽  
Giedre Gefenaite ◽  
Frida Nordeström ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Health Care Use ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Active And Healthy Ageing ◽  
Home Help ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Housing Attributes

BACKGROUND Background: While housing and neighbourhood features have the potential to impact opportunities for active ageing, there is a lack of knowledge related to how older people reason regarding their housing situation and how housing and fulfilment of relocation are associated with active and healthy ageing. OBJECTIVE Objective: The objectives of Prospective RELOC-AGE are to study housing choices and relocation and explore effects on active and healthy ageing among men and women 55 years or older in Sweden considering relocation. METHODS Methods: The estimated sample (n=2800) will include people aged 55+ being listed for relocation at either of two housing companies: a local public housing company in Southern Sweden and a national condominium provider (NCP). Prospective RELOC-AGE has a two-level longitudinal mixed-methods design and include quantitative surveys (implemented by a professional survey company) and a telephone interview for a baseline data collection in 2021, with follow-ups with the same procedures in 2022 and 2023. The survey and interviews include questions related to present housing and neighbourhood, relocation plans and expectations, a range of perspectives on active and healthy ageing, and demographics. Linking to national registers will provide additional data on e.g., home help and health care use, objective housing and neighbourhood characteristics. The study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04765696 [1]. To explore what housing attributes older adults considering relocation find important, and to what extent, when making their decisions on housing, we will develop a Discrete Choice Experiment to be implemented with a subsample of participants. Further, a Grounded Theory (GT) approach will be applied to collect in-depth interview data from participants who have moved to another dwelling, within 6 months after the move. A follow-up interview 12 months later will focus on participants´ deepened experience over time in terms of fulfilled expectations relocation experiences. RESULTS Results: As of submission of this protocol (June 2021) recruitment has commenced with approximately n=960 respondents to the survey and with ongoing telephone interviews. We anticipate recruitment and data collection based on surveys and interviews to continue during 2021. CONCLUSIONS Conclusions: Prospective RELOC-AGE has the capacity to generate new policy-relevant knowledge on associations of housing, relocation and active and healthy ageing. Such knowledge is relevant for the development of proactive approaches to housing in old age on the individual, group as well as societal levels. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04765696

Improving access to adult vaccination: a tool for healthy ageing

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Scrutton ◽  
David Sinclair ◽  
Trinley Walker
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how access to vaccination for older people in the UK can be both improved and used as a tool for healthy ageing. Design/methodology/approach – ILC-UK released a report “Adult Immunisation in the UK”, which applied a UK perspective to a 2013 Supporting Active Ageing Through Immunisation (SAATI) report on immunisation. The ILC report combined the SAATI findings with a traditional literature review, a policy review incorporating grey literature and the outcomes of a focus group discussion. This paper highlights the key findings of the ILC-UK report. Findings – Vaccination needs to be included as part of proactive strategies to promote healthy and active ageing. Initiatives need to be explored that increase the rate of delivery of vaccinations. Barriers to the vaccination of health and social care professionals working with older people need to be removed. The government should explore using psychological insights into human behaviour to improve the take-up of vaccinations amongst adults. The range of settings where older people can receive vaccination needs to be expanded. Information on the potential benefits of immunisation should be made readily available and easily accessible to older people. Practical implications – The paper calls for a structural shift in how vaccination services in the UK are organised. Social implications – The paper calls for a cultural shift in how society views immunisation and the role it has to play in the healthy ageing process. Originality/value – The paper uses new European research on immunisation and applies it to the UK's situation.

scholarly journals Determinants of Active and Healthy Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Cameroon

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3038
Author(s):  
Fomba Louisette Naah ◽  
Aloysius Mom Njong ◽  
Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Active And Healthy Ageing ◽  
Sub Saharan

This paper examines the determinants and policy implications of active and healthy ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa, taking the case of Bamenda, in Cameroon. Specifically, the study sought to identify and explore the determinants of active and healthy ageing using a mixed-methods approach involving qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. Focus group discussions were conducted complemented by a survey (random and snowball sampling) using a structured questionnaire. Narratives and thematic analysis were used to analyze the data generated from the focus group discussion and Tobit regression was employed to analyze the multiple determinants of active ageing by dimensions and on a global scale in Cameroon. Results identified three key dimensions of active and healthy ageing: employment/livelihood options (EL), community support and health (CH) and housing and living in Bamenda (HL). The regression results reveal gender bias in active ageing, a non-effect of education and health on active ageing, and a positive effect of income on active and healthy ageing. This study contributes, among others, to the competence–environmental press theory on active ageing with regards to unbundling context specific determinants of active and healthy ageing. It equally derives policy considerations with regards to gender mainstreaming and the identification of age friendly income earning options to enhance the active and healthy ageing process.

Operational definition of Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA): A conceptual framework

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 955-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Bousquet ◽  
D. Kuh ◽  
M. Bewick ◽  
T. Standberg ◽  
J. Farrell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Active And Healthy Ageing ◽  
Definition Of

scholarly journals Policy Initiatives on Healthy Ageing in Russia from 2010-2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-110
Author(s):  
Elena Golubeva ◽  
Anastasia Emelyanova
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Mixed Approach

Background: A number of various policy strategies has been adopted in the last decade in response to population ageing in Russia. Governmental actions have yet to be evaluated in terms of their efficacy. By making a detailed overview of policy actions and relevant research, we are able to define successes and failures on the way to having a thriving and healthy older population. Aims: To analyse policy initiatives targeting healthy ageing in terms of both the entire population and the individuals thereof, and provide the overview for the most recent years of 2010–2020. Methods: The study has a theoretical nature. We undertake an analysis of available research literature and policy documents. In Section 2.2.1, we used a systematic literature review approach. Regarding the segment of the collection of literature discussed in the paper, a mixed approach was used retrieving online indexing services and additional searching in the Russian electronic library eLibrary.ru. Results: Main demographic documents and primary structural changes focus on the population decline, ageing, retirement, and overall population health. Research on healthy and active ageing in the Russian academic literature, and elaboration of the new strategies and programs designed specifically for the benefit of older people and their health, have been discussed, with special attention given to the mental health of older people. Conclusion: The initiatives mainly prioritise further increases in life expectancy, the quality of life of older persons, stimulating old-age productivity and active ageing. Many aspects require further improvement such as clear definitions, focused attention to geriatric care, better coordination of managing authorities, sustainable funding, and realistic expectations toward implementation indicators.

scholarly journals Citizens’ Online Surveillance Concerns in Croatia

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-361
Author(s):  
Jelena Budak ◽  
Edo Rajh
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Trust In Institutions ◽  
The Government

This paper explores citizens’ privacy concerns and online surveillance perceptions by using the survey data of 2,060 internet users in Croatia. Respondents can be categorised into two groups with significant differences in their perceptions of online surveillance, quality of regulation, trust in institutions, and trust in other people. The more online-privacy concerned group consists of on average less educated, older people, who spend less time online. Also, there are more females in this cluster. The main finding is that internet users who are very concerned about online surveillance tend to have limited trust in both the government and other people and limited faith in the ability of regulation to protect them. More concerned people tend to adopt countersurveillance strategies such as providing false data on the internet.

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