9th Conference European Sociological Association

RN01 Ageing in Europe

• "I'm busy, but I have time for myself" - Gender as a determining factor of active agingMarhankova, Jaroslava
• "Personalising Care": the implications for carers and care workers of policy developments in the England 2004-2009Yeandle, Sue UK
• "The Way of The Cross Leads us to Each Other" - Religion in Social Connectedness of Finnish Older AdultsSpännäri, Jenni Finland
• A comparative analysis of long-term care for older people in EuropeRodrigues, Ricardo AustriaHuber, Manfred AustriaHoffmann, Frédérique AustriaMarin, Bern AustriaGasior, Katrin Austria
• A policy of violence?- a reflection on ageing policy, on the example of Poland and SwedenWilinska, Monika Sweden
• Activation policies for the young old: an international comparisonKomp, Kathrin Netherlands
• Active ageing challenges and transitions from employment to retirement in Portuguese health professionalsFerreira, Marianela Portugal
• Active Ageing: Deconstructing the ConceptMaia Silva, Sofia Portugal
• Advocacies for frail and incompetent elderly in EuropeKoeller, Regine GermanyEngels, Dietrich Germany
• Age, paid work and moralityPärnänen, Anna Finland
• Ageing and Quality of Life-related Policies: A Preliminary Review of European Initiatives on Assistive TechnologiesZamora-Monge, Gerardo SpainLaskibar, Iker SpainCuartango Acha, Izaskun SpainUrdaneta, Elena SpainGaldona, Nerea SpainYanguas Lezaun, Javier Spain
• Ageing people as innovators in senior service marketsPekkarinen, Satu FinlandHennala, Lea FinlandMelkas, Helinä Finland
• Ageing, agency and technology in everyday lifeJyrkämä, Jyrki Finland
• Aspects of social exclusion: age as a core risk factor for social isolationAleksandrovs, Aleksandrs LatviaRungule, Ritma LatviaKoroleva, Ilze LatviaKarklina, Ieva Latvia
• Balancing and negotiating obligations and responsibilitiesJolanki, Outi FinlandLeinonen, Anu FinlandKröger, Teppo Finland
• Care managers as administrators of the needs of the elderly - contradictions and diversity in Swedish eldercareAndersson, Katarina Sweden
• Career transitions and trajectories of older school teachers in Germany and Britain: The influence of multi-level factors on employment and retirement decisions in later lifeSchroeder, Heike UK
• Caregivers for old people and social classLanga Rosado, Delia SpainAriza Segovia, Sergio SpainMartínez López, David SpainOlid González, Evangelina Spain
• Caregivers´use of time: housework, personal life and labour. Analysis of data from the Spanish Time Budget Survey 2002-2003Masanet Ripoll, Erika SpainLa Parra Casado, Daniel Spain
• Changing Family Roles Of (South) African GrandparentsTanschus, Nele Marie Gemany
• Combining Parent Care and Paid Work with or without Siblings: How do working carers argue the role of sisters and brothers?Leinonen, Anu FinlandJolanki, Outi FinlandKröger, Teppo Finland
• Community Wellbeing Index: A valid and reliable measure of subjective quality of life in older adultsForjaz, Maria Joao MadridFernandez-Mayoralas, Gloria SpainRojo-Perez, Fermina SpainMartinez-Martin, Pablo Spain-, On behalf of the Spanish Group on Quality of Life and Ageing Spain
• Comparative Patterns of Commitment: Old Age Interest Groups and their Members in the Swiss Welfare StateLambelet, Alexandre Switzerland
• Conceptualizing the neighbourhood as a dynamic social space: older people as actors in place-makingBuffel, Tine BelgiumVerté, Dominique BelgiumDe Witte, Nico BelgiumDe Donder, Liesbeth BelgiumDury, Sarah Belgium
• Conformity and resistance in older women´s life storiesSnellman, Marie-Louise Sweden
• Consequences of obligations: Family care for elders with Pakistani backgroundMoen, Bjørg Norway
• Constraints for uptake of telecare services in SloveniaDolnicar, Vesna SloveniaNagode, Mateja Slovenia
• Demographic Change, Welfare, and Intergenerational Transfers: Globalization and Late Careers in Local CommunitiesLin, Mei-Ling Taiwan
• Design of Environments for AgeingKünemund, Harald GermanyAppell, Jens-E. GermanyAppelrath, Hans-Jürgen GermanyBoll, Susanne GermanyEichelberg, Marco GermanyErdmann, Birte GermanyFachinger, Uwe GermanyFelber, Juliane GermanyGövercin, Mehmet GermanyHein, Andreas GermanyHaux, Reinhold GermanyHeuten, Wilko GermanyHohmann, Volker GermanyHuber, Rainer GermanyHülsken-Giesler, Manfred GermanyKiy, Matthias GermanyMarschollek, Michael GermanyMeis, Markus GermanyMeyer, Jochen GermanyNebel, Wolfgang GermanyNeyer, Franz J. GermanyOkken, Petra Karin GermanyPlischke, Maik GermanyRemmers, Hartmut GermanySchilling, Meinhard GermanySchulze, Gisela C. GermanySteinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth GermanyTegtbur, Uwe GermanyThoben, Wilfried GermanyWahl, Friedrich Michael GermanyWinkelbach, Simon GermanyWittrock, Manfred GermanyWolf, Klaus-Hendrik GermanyWolf, Lars Germany
• Determinants of formal home care use: the influence of individual life circumstances and family contextSchenk, Niels van Gaalen, Ruben The Netherlands
• Does the supply of public care services towards the very old affect labouur force participation of their children?Gautun, Heidi NorwayHagen, Kåre Norway
• Dynamics of Portuguese population and professional workforce and ageing at the workTomás, Licínio Manuel Vicente Portugal
• Early retirement indicators on the institutional level: clustering countries based on policy measuresDenaeghel, Kim BelgiumMortelmans, Dimitri Belgium
• Emergence of romantic relationships in old ageLumme-Sandt, Kirsi FinlandUotila, Hanna Finland
• Exploring the sense of neighbourhood: personal resources, opportunities and constraints - Evidence from the Belgian Aging StudyBuffel, Tine BelgiumVerté, Dominique BelgiumDe Witte, Nico BelgiumDe Donder, Liesbeth BelgiumDury, Sarah Belgium
• Extending working lives: opportunities, constraints and individual expectations in an ageing societyCancio Oliveira, Teresa Portugal
• Family care of older people in Portugal: caring trajectories and their meanings.São José, José Portugal
• Firm-level policies and late career transitions in Germany, Japan and Britain: A qualitative case study approach in the chemical, steel and retail industriesSchroeder, Heike UKFlynn, Matt UKMuller-Camen, Michael UKHigo, Masa USAYamada, Atsuhiro Japan
• From a Bodily paradox to (Age)coded bodies: On Embodied Gendered AgeingKrekula, Clary Sweden
• Gay and Lesbian Aging: How social networks and the experience of stigmatizing affect the need for and access to health and age-servicesNuland, Bjørn Richard Norway
• Gender and the impact of care-giving on sleep in Italy and the UKArber, Sara UKBianchera, Emanuela UKVenn, Susan UK
• Gender effects of European pension reformsGinn, Jay England
• Grandparent roles and welfare state context: a Nordic country in comparative perspectiveHagestad, Gunhild NorwayHerlofson, Katharina Norway
• Grandparents and women's participation in the labour marketAlbuquerque, Paula Portugal
• How do we treat our frail elderly? Insights on the Portuguese caseLopes, Alexandra http://www.letras.up.pt
• Impact of informal caregiving on caregivers wellbeing: gender differencesLarrañaga, Isabel SpainMartin, Unai SpainBegiristain, JMaria SpainValderrama, M.Jose SpainArregi, Begoña SpainBacigalupe, Amai Spain
• Intergenerational solidarity and parent-child proximity in Europe. A comparative analysis on the Gender and Generations Survey (GGS)Mortelmans, Dimitri BelgiumHeylen, Leen Belgium
• Intergenerational solidarity and social cohesion: the limits of private financial transfers within familyFleury, Charles LuxembourgBorsenberger, Monique Luxembourg
• Intergenerational solidarity on the societal level in European countriesKasearu, Kairi EstoniaKutsar, Dagmar Estonia
• Intergenerational Transfers, Life Course Events, and Social Inequality. A Longitudinal Comparison of Gifts and Bequests in GermanyLeopold, Thomas Schneider, Thorsten
• International retirement migration and ageing abroad: Life cycle perspectives on successful ageingKaiser, Claudia Germany
• Knowledge and information on ageing and gender: developing a contextual database at an European level to support policies formulationGomes, Inês PortugalFernandes, Ana Portugal
• Liberating Age: Images of Ag(e)ing in Contemporary Film and FictionEisner, Beate http://www.uni-potsdam.de
• Life extension as life long learningAndersson, Janicke Sweden
• Life story in institutional contexts - looking for a past and a futureYlilahti, Minna Finland
• Loneliness and social isolation of older PolesKubicki, Pawel Poland
• Male Caregivers in Self-Help-Organizations for the ElderlyBraukmann, Stephanie Germany
• Multiple Older Parent-Adult Child Relations: Assessing between and within Family Variation in later LifeMahne, Katharina GermanyHuxhold, Oliver GermanyMotel-Klingebiel, Andreas Germany
• Norwegian Sandwich. On the prevalence and consequences of family and work role squeezes in midlifeDaatland, Svein Olav NorwayVeenstra, Marijke NorwayLima, Ivar A Norway
• Occupation, health behaviour and mortalitySeitsamo, Jorma Finlandvon Bonsdorff, Monika Finland
• Old age and the city. Social change, ageing and old age in an urban environmentMachado, Paulo Portugal
• Particularities of Russian Pensioners' Living StandardsLezhnina, Julia Russia
• Past inheritances and inheritance expectations in EuropeVogel, Claudia Germany
• Patterns of Intergenerational Solidarity in EuropeRaab, Marcel GermanyRuland, Michael GermanySchmidt, Christopher Germany
• Perceptions of pension systems and expectations of own retirement - A pan-European comparisonHofaecker, Dirk GermanyHeien, Thorsten GermanyFrommert, Dina Germany
• Poland: No Country for Old Men? Or: on social construction of old ageStypinska, Justyna Poland
• Positive and negative impact of caregiving for elderly parents on working carers - an ethnic comparisonHalperin, Dafna IsraelLowenstein, Ariela IsraelKatz, Ruth Israel
• Quality of employment for older workers in EuropeKovács, Ilona PortugalCerdeira, Maria da Conceição Portugal
• Quality of Life in Ageing Societies: Italy, Portugal and Turkey -Cross-country Comparisons of Conditions of ElderlyArun, Özgür TurkeyCevik, Aylin Çakiroglu Turkey
• Reciprocal Social Support in Older Adults: Secular Trends and Longitudinal Changes over a 16-year Follow-UpLyyra, Tiina-Mari FinlandLyyra, Anna-Liisa FinlandLumme-Sandt, Kirsi FinlandHeikkinen, Riitta-Liisa Finland
• Recruitment across etnicity and nationality in elder careRostgaard, Tine Denmark
• Representations of elderly in Lithuanian mediaRapoliene, Grazina Lithuania
• Resources, evaluations and social contexts - diversity and inequality in later life in a multi-level perspectiveMotel-Klingebiel, Andreas GermanyHuxhold, Oliver Germany
• Reversing early retirement: Different patterns on the same trendSpross, Cornelia GermanyKraatz, Susanne Germany
• Settings that make users: An ethnographic account of telecare for the elderlySánchez Criado, Tomás SpainCassián Yde, Nizaiá SpainLópez Gómez, Daniel Spain
• Sexuality, Age and Care in an Inner City BoroughCronin, Ann UKKing, Andrew UK
• Stability, adaptability and fragility of the elderly care "configurations" over time: in Belgium, 1994-2002Masuy, Amandine
• Storytelling, ageing and ethnicity in a rural Tornedalen, North SwedenTapio, Tarja Finland
• Strategies for promoting active ageing in Europe: a review of the literatureCancio, Teresa Portugal
• Strengthening self-confidence in own training competencies. Special focus on ageing workforceBaron, Stefan GermanySchömann, Klaus Germany
• The Age Dimension of European Immigration: A New Challenge for European SocietiesBarbulescu, Roxana Italy
• The Apple Doesn´t Live Far from the Tree: Geographical Proximity Between Parents and Their Adult Children in EuropeIsengard, Bettina Szydlik, Marc
• The challenge of reconciling work and care for an ederly dependent parent: the Portuguese situationSamitca, Sanda Wall, Karin
• The combination of informal care for the elderly and employment - Social inequality and rationalityPreuß, Maren Germany
• The effects of active ageing policy and practiceMidtsundstad, Tove Norway
• The impact of welfare state institutions on the early retirement patterns in Europe: a comparative analysis using the ECHP and the EU-SILCPetrovici, Carmen The Netherlands
• The intention to retire early. A comparative study between employees of different European countries.Bral, Liesbeth BelgiumPonnet, Koen BelgiumBoudiny, Kim BelgiumMortelmans, Dimitri BelgiumPasteels, Inge Belgium
• The interplay of law and innovation in ICT-supported independent living of older people in the USA and Europe - a case comparisonTimmers, Paul Belgium
• The Nature and Dynamics of the Relationship between Migrant Carers and Older PeopleWalsh, Kieran IrelandO'Shea, Eamon Ireland
• The new German labour market policy and older welfare recipients: Activation or "active ageing"?Zaleska-Beyersdorf, Joanna Germany
• The places for ageing in parliamentary speechesKaskiharju, Eija Finland
• The Role of Education in Managing Chronic Illnesses and Its Effects on Quality of LifeReibling, Nadine Germany
• The role of home help in the field of formal care for older people in SloveniaNagode, Mateja SloveniaSmolej, Simona Slovenia
• The Secret of Senior Home HelpMoravcová, Lucie Czech Republic
• The social relationship in nursing homesGuedes, Joana Portugal
• The usage of ICT by the elderly in Lisbon: Motivations and AttitudesBarbosa Neves, Bárbara PortugalAmaro, Fausto Portugal
• Time use and life trajectories of elder peopleGennai, Francesca ItalyRodeschini, Giulia italyCristoforetti, Antonio italy
• Towards a Humanistic Gerontology: Methodological Issues in 'Seeing' Visual Images of AgeingFairhurst, Eileen UK
• Tracing the link between "feeling at home" and quality of life in residential care settings for older peopleCooney, Adeline Ireland
• Transfers Between Generations in Western and Eastern EuropeBrandt, Martina GermanyDeindl, Christian Switzerland
• Understanding Precarity in Old Age: Income Poverty or Well Being for Effective Policy MakingKalaycioglu, Sibel TURKEY
• Voluntary and Involuntary Early Retirement in Germany - The effects of labour market structures and genderReichert, Timo GermanyZapf, Ines GermanyKoenen, Felix Germany
• Why are we still working - Explaining differences in older persons' workforce participation by individual-level characteristicsBoehm, Stephan SwitzerlandKarlsson, Martin Germany
• Widowhood, Gender and Depression in Later LifeSchaan, Barbara Germany
• Wisdom among Older People: Exploring Social Consequences of VirtueEdmondson, Ricca Ireland