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The Elderly between the Needs for Care and Active Ageing
Tiziana Tesauro and Luca Pianelli

Aging of the Elderly: An Intragenerational Funding Approach to Long-term Care
Susan St. John and Yung-Ping Chen

Costs of Political Intermediation and Sustainability of the European Social Model in Health Care: the Dutch Example
Giulio Ercolessi

Sustainability and Adequacy of Pensions in EU countries: Synthesis from a Cross-national Perspective
Asghar Zaidi

A Comparative Analysis of Welfare Systems and the Health and Social Sector: Evidence from 16 European Countries
Gabriella Pappadà

Dementia and Diagnosis — The Discrepancies in Response across Europe
Sally-Marie Bamford

The Evolution of Clinical Engineering and the Development of Digital and Molecular Medicine: Cultural and Economic Effects
Diego Bravar

Securing Decent Pensions for Nurses: Gaining Insights into the Issues at Stake for an ‘Atypical’ Workforce
Hedva Sarfati

The Post-Socialist Transition and Care for Older People in Slovenia
Valentina Hlebec

Document: Strengthening Older Persons’ Rights

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Editorial
Orio Giarini

The Long Term Costs of Lifestyle Risks. Pathways to Change: A Case Study in the UK
Nick Bosanquet and Helen Rainbow

Secondary Dementias and Prevention
Vincenzo Marigliano

Care Work in the EU: Support Measures in a Context of Demographic Change
Robert Anderson

Aging in the United States and South Korea: Reexamining the Recommendations of the Commission on Global Aging
Paul S. Hewitt

The number of centenarians in Europe
Jean-Marie Robine and Yasuhiko Saito

The Elderly Worker’s Exit from the Company
Renzo Scortegagna

Learning Against Aging. Training Opportunities for the Elderly to Learn in the New Technologies
Elisabetta Risi

Possible Activation Strategies for Older Workers Dismissed Early from Employment
Francesco Pirone

The Labour Market for Older Workers in Sweden: Changes and Prospects
Gabriella Sjögren Lindquist and Eskil Wadensjö

Italy and Denmark from Early Retirement to Active Ageing. Problems and Solutions for Structural Unemployment and Pension Funding
Furio Stamati

The Global Financial Crisis: A Challenge and Trial Concerning the Bulgarian Pension Model
Plamen Yordanov

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Editorial: Welfare and the Wealth of Nations
Orio Giarini

Editorial: “New Age for All Ages”: The Counter-Ageing Society
Mara Tagliabue

The European Social Pension: A Theoretical Exercise
Milton Nektarios

Intertwining of Ageing and Sustainability in Eastern Europe
Aleksander Zidanšek and Ivo Šlaus

The Transition to Retirement: A Problem or a Resource?
Carla Facchini

Pension System Reforms and Trade Union Policies: Overview of Eu — Western Europe
Martin Hutsebaut

Potential Labor Supply and Flexible Work Options for All Workers: An Exploratory Essay
Yung-Ping Chen, Eskil Wadensjo and Andrea Tull

Multidimensional Perspective on the Well-being of Older People
Asghar Zaidi

USA Retirees 2008 Survey: Summary Report
Dallas Salisbury

Medicare in USA: Present and Future
James C. Capretta

The Need for Age-Neutral Training in the ‘Silver Society’
Roger Hessel

Towards the Improvement in Working Conditions for Older Workers: Empirical Evidence from Maltese Companies
Andrea Principi and Giovanni Lamura

The Interaction of Public and Private Systems in Health Care Provision: The Italian Two-faced Janus
Giuseppe Turchetti

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The Graying of the Great Powers — Demography and Geopolitics in the 21st Century
Richard Jackson and Neil Howe

Clinical Aspects of Long-Term Risk Management
Christopher Ball

Long Term Care Underwriting and Claims Assessment Protocols — The Uk Experience
Ross Campbell

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Orio Giarini and Angelo Scarioni

A Longer Life Cycle: Introductions

Facing Demographic Transition
Ivo Slaus

The Necessity for a Restructuring of the Welfare System
Enrico Salza

A Longer Life: Yes, but How and at What Cost? Ethical Issues
Claude Bébéar

Insurance: A Leading Player in the New Welfare
Fausto Marchionni

Health and Ageing

Longevity and Predictive Medicine
Vincenzo Marigliano

Scenarios for Health Policy and Funding in Europe
Nick Bosanquet

Domotics in the Counter-Ageing Society
Nicola Pangher

Between Compression and Shifting Mortality: the Longevity Revolution
Jean-Marie Robine

Health and Ageing: the Case for Long-Term Care
Philippe Trainar

A Longer Life: Scenarios for a Counter-Ageing Revolution
Cinzia Castagnaro and Raimondo Cagiano de Azevedo

Functioning and Disability in Ageing Population in Europe: What Policy for Which Interventions?
Matilde Leonardi, Chatterji Somnath and Bickenbach E. Jerome

Health and Long-Term Living: Trends and Best Practices in Europe
Angelo Carenzi

Why the Young Generation Does Not Care about the Long-Life Phenomenon — and Ways to Change This
Gordon Henrik Wollgam

European Issues and Policies on Welfare

The Strategy of the Four Pillars in a Long-Life Society
Geneviève Reday-Mulvey

Work and Pension in Sweden
Eskil Wadensjö

Stop and Go in the Italian Pension Reform Process
Elsa Fornero

The Management of Active Ageing: From the increasing of the Retirement Age to the New Risks of Employment Among the Middle Aged
Maria Luisa Mirabile

Comments on Working Longer: Comprehensiveness, Timeliness and Gradualness of Reforms
Paolo Sestito

Pensions Reforms in EU Members States: Progress and Challenges
Ruth Paserman

Company Measures for Retention and Reintegration of Workers at Risk of Exclusion: European Experiences with Older Workers
Jorma Karppinen

Active Ageing and Pension Policies in the Context of the European Employment Strategy
Martin Hutsebaut

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Changes in European Welfare: New Forms of Citizenship
Bjørn Hvinden and Hakan Johansson

Ageing in Slovenia and Sustainability
Aleksander Zidansek

Caring for a Family Member with Dementia: Evidence from a Cross Sectional Comparative Study on Caregiver Burden and Psychological Well-Being
Cristian Balducci, Maria Gabriella Melchiorre, Sabrina Quattrini and Giovanni Lamura

Demographic Ageing and Structural Imbalances in China
Manuela Stranges

DOCUMENT: Active Retirees in Germany – The Silver Workers Institute
Jürgen Deller, Patrick M. Liedtke

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Orio Giarini and Mara Tagliabue

General Policy

The Political Economy of State-Based Pensions: A Focus on Innovative Reforms­­
James C. Capretta

Implications of Demographic Change in Enlarged Eu on Patterns of Saving and Consumption and in Related Consumer’s Behaviour­­
Carlo Maccheroni

Active Ageing: the EU Policy Response to the Challenge of Population Ageing
Dede Kasneci

The Lisbon Strategy: Economic and Social Strategic Impacts for the South East European Countries
Višnja Samardžija

Social Dialogue for Sustainable Pensions and Flexible Labour Markets
Hedva Sarfati

SCIENCE AND HEALTH

On Positron Emission Tomography and Proton Therapy
Nebojša Neškovic´

Are the Elderly Strange Adults? Social Psychology’s Contribution to the Study of Ageing
Antonella Deponte

Mental Health: Another Dimension of Health and Ageing
Yung-Ping Chen

Activity and Health in Old Ages: A Reciprocal Influence
Cristina Giudici

INSURANCE

Annuities: Private Solution to Longevity Risk
Lukas Steinmann and Veronica Scotti

The Open Problems of Italian Complementary Social Security
Marcello Messori

Pensions, Social Security and Private Insurance Solutions: Opportunities Squandered
Patrick M. Liedtke

EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL ISSUES

Flexible Retirement in Europe
Elsa Fornero and Chiara Monticone

A Comment on Flexible Work Option for All in the USA
Yung-Ping Chen

Company Initiatives for an Ageing Workforce in Italy
Andrea Principi, Marie V. Gianelli and Giovanni Lamura

Immigration As a Remedy for Population Decline? An Overview of the European Countries
Manuela Stranges

Life-course Disruptions and their Impact on Income and Living Conditions in EU Member States
Mattia Makovec and Asghar Zaidi

CULTURAL ISSUES

Ageing and Rejuvenation (Counter-Ageing) of European Populations: The Philosophical Foundations
Raimondo Cagiano de Azevedo

The Generational Impact Statement: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Paul S. Hewitt

DOCUMENTS

The Four Pillars of U.S. Retirement
Prudential Financial, Newark

Retirement Dreams and Realities
AXA, Paris

On Private Solutions for Seniors to Cover Chronic Conditions
Jeffrey King

Declaration on Full Employment in Each South East European Country
South East European Division of the World Academy of Art and Science

Eight Propositions on the Elderly
Ludo Dierickx, the Green Movement, Belgium

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Orio Giarini

Financial sustainability of social protection systems
Maite Barea

Phased Retirement: Who Opts for It and Toward What End?
Yung-Ping Chen and John C. Scott

Part-Time Pensions and Part-Time Work in Sweden
Eskil Wadensjö

Is the fertility decline a consequence of the growth of the welfare state? Evidence from historical data
Mikko Puhakka and Matti Viren

The biology of aging
S. Gustincich, M. Biagioli, R. Calligaris, Z. Scotto Lavina and S. Zucchelli

Health Care System in the Industrialised Countries and the Role of Private Insurance
Alfeo Zanette and Monica Ricatti

Longevity, Systemic Models and Business Risk
Andrea Battista

Abstracts from The Employment Dilemma and the Future of Work
Orio Giarini and Patrick M. Liedtke

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Orio Giarini

Generation30 — The Present and future of young people in the long-life society
Beatriz Fernandez and Gordon Henrik Wollgam

Technological Changes, the Reversal of Age Pyramids and the Future of Retirement Systems
Yehuda Kahane

Sustainable Development and Quality of Life in the Ageing Societies
Aleksander Zidanšek

The Greying of the Middle Kingdom: The Demographics and Economics of Retirement Policy in China
Richard Jackson and Neil Howe

From Bismarck’s Pension Trap to the New Silver Workers of Tomorrow: Reflections on the German Pension Problem
Patrick M. Liedtke

Long-Term Care: A Key Issue for the 2005 White House Conference on Ageing
Yung-Ping Chen

Eurotrophic factors and longevity: an evolutionary view of the role of the brain in regulating lifespan
Enrico Tongiorgi

Technology-based services supporting ageing in place
Nicola Pangher

The Double Helix of Learning and Work Arguments for Vocational Contents in Higher Education
Mircea Malitza and Elena Gheorghiu

Solving the Pensions Puzzle
Monika Queisser and Edward Whitehouse

The Role of Private Insurance in a Society which Prolongs the Life Cycle
Fausto Marchionni

The Polish pension system in comparative perspective
Maciej Duszczyk and Jakub Wiśniewski

The Pension System in Romania
Tudor Moldovan

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Orio Giarini

Pension Economics and the Four Pillars: a Never-Ending Challenge
Patrick M. Liedtke

The Challenge of Increasing Life Spans for Employment and Pension Schemes: An Open Letter to All Those Who Are, or Will Be, 65
Orio Giarini

Strategies for the Welfare Society in the Larger Europe: the Insurance Perspective
Sergio Balbinot

Building the European Welfare Policy
Jaroslaw Pietras and Maciej Duszczyk

The Demographic Situation Now and in the Next 10 to 20 Years
Raimondo Cagiano de Azevedo

Longevity: a Right to Be Achieved
Vincenzo Marigliano, Mina Brückner, Laura Tafaro and Maria Teresa Tombolillo

Extending the Disease Pattern Shift
Giorgio Stanta and Davide Brunetti

Jobs-Led Development Incorporating Svecchiamento as an Asset?
Ivo Šlaus

Active Ageing: a Core Policy Priority for the European Union
Fritz von Nordheim Nielsen

Why and How to Prolong Working Life: a Labour Market Perspective
Paolo Sestito

Why is the Employment Rate of Older Swiss so High? An Analysis of the Social Security System
David Dorn and Alfonso Sousa-Poza

Employment of Older Workers in the Netherlands: Recent Reforms
Geneviève Reday-Mulvey and Katalin Velladics

How to Reconcile Employees Interest with the Increasing Older Workers Employment Policies
Martin Hutsebaut

The Double Helix of Learning and Work
Mircea Malitza

Basic Factors of Needed Welfare Policy Supporting the Counter-Ageing Society in the Czech Republic
Karel Zeman

A Project of Gradual Retirement in Croatia
Vladimir Miletic

Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries: A Policy Brief
Francesca Colombo and Nicole Tapay

The Role of Management in Healthcare Reform Process in Slovenia
Miroslav Končina

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