The Future of Ageing in Europe

Alan Walker is Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has been researching and writing on aspects of ageing and social policy for more than 40 years. He has directed several major national and European research programmes and projects. In 2007 he was given Lifetime Achievement Awards by both the Social Policy Association and the British Society of Gerontology. In 2011 he was awarded the European Association of Gerontology’s first Medal and Honorary Diploma for Advances in Gerontology and Geriatrics (Social and Behavioural Sciences). He was the Economic and Social Research Councils’ first Impact Champion in 2013, was appointed CBE for Services to Social Science in 2014, and made a Fellow of the Gerontology Society of American in 2016.

1. Introduction.- 2. Strategies of Active Ageing in Europe.- 3. Achieving Economic Sustainability in Ageing Societies.- 4. Effective and Sustainable Private Pensions.- 5. Extending Working Lives.- 6. Healthy Life Years and Social Engagement.- 7. Improving Health in Later Life: How a Life Course Approach Could Improve Health and Well-Being in Old Age.- 8. Technology for All.- 9. Social Support and Long Term Care for Older People – The Potential for Social Innovation and Active Ageing.- 10. Promoting the Political Inclusion and Participation of Older People: Social, Psychological and Institutional Perspectives.- 11. Conclusion: Realising Active Ageing.