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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Population Ageing"”.
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Population ageing, longevity and migration: an overlapping generations approach
… This thesis studies the main consequences of population ageing and the connections with the phenomenon of migration, The theoretical analysis is developed using Overlapping Generations Models (OLG). The thesis is divided in the following four chapters: 1) “A Model for Determining Consumption …
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Three essays on the endogenous growth of a regional economy under the impacts of demographic changes
The impact of an ageing population on the economy is one of the key issues in most developed countries. It is a generally accepted notion that an ageing population could cause negative effects, including a decrease of per-capita output and economic welfare, on the economy mainly due to the decline …
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Natural variation in the human plasma lipidome signature using mass spectrometry: relevance to healthy ageing
Population ageing and the associated increase in neurodegenerative diseases has made brain health an important research priority. Lipidomics, a subfield of omics, involves characterisation and quantification of total lipids in biological systems. Since brain lipids influence protein function and …
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Age discrimination in financial services. A comparative study between Italy, UK and Austria
… on the economy and its relation to population ageing.
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A Comparative, cross-cultural study of the prevalence and correlates of late life depression in low and middle income countries
Background: Population ageing is happening fast in low and middle income countries where there is an urgent need to act in order to attend the needs of this growing population. Late-life depression is one of the most important causes of disability in this age group. Evidence on the epidemiology of …
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Naděje dožití bez demence v Evropě
Dementia-free life expectancy in Europe Abstract Population ageing is associated with a growing number of people living with dementia. Although improvements in healthcare have led to increases in life expectancy at birth, it remains unclear to what extent this also means longer healthy lives. This …
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Live Longer, Work Longer? Evidence from Sweden’s Ageing Population
Sweden’s elderly population is growing, propelled by a continuous decline in old-age mortality, while coupled with a persistent replacement level fertility. This changing age structure increases the per worker cost of providing a given age-vector of per capita benefits, encompassing costs for …
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"Ar senatvė yra stigma? Senėjimo tapatumas Lietuvoje" /
While population ageing is attracting ever more attention of international scientific community and social policy, its cultural and communicative aspects remain underinvestigated. The goal of the dissertation is to investigate the old age (ageing) identity in Lithuania, applying the sociological …
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"Is old age stigma? Ageing identity in Lithuania" /
While population ageing is attracting ever more attention of international scientific community and social policy, its cultural and communicative aspects remain underinvestigated. The goal of the dissertation is to investigate the old age (ageing) identity in Lithuania, applying the sociological …
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Emotional Empowerment Design for Older People from a Positive Ageing Perspective: A Case Study of Zhengzhou, China
As population ageing is becoming increasingly prominent in today's society, how to enhance the quality of life and well-being of older people through design, so that they can become the dominant players in their own later life, and thus achieve positive ageing, is the main concern of this study. …
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Effects of Mechanical Interventions on Human Locomotion
Due to population ageing and increasing incidence of neurological disorders, the demand for robotic technologies for assisting, augmenting, and restoring human locomotion is rapidly increasing. Recent approaches aim to make the devices adaptive to improve performance and to deal with individual …
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After the Brexit referendum: an exploration into how EU migrant care workers for individuals with dementia make sense of their role and experience
… care roles. However, in the context of rapid population ageing and the increased prevalence of dementia, European migrant care workers (EUMCWs) have occupied a prominent role in meeting the longstanding recruitment and retention issues in social care sectors. This study sought to explore the …
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Towards active ageing: A comparative study of experiences of older Ghanaians in Australia and Ghana
Population ageing has become a central feature of the 21st century, as most countries search for economically viable strategies to support and manage their ageing populations to live in a dignified way. In 2002, the World Health Organisation (WHO) proposed the active ageing policy framework to …
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Collaborative networks in ambient assisted living
… the elderly, a phenomenon that is related to population ageing. However, this is becoming not exclusive of the elderly, as diseases like obesity, diabetes and blood pressure have been increasing among young adults. This is a new reality that needs to be dealt by the health sector, particularly …
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An exploratory study of older people living alone in Chongming, Shanghai
… living alone is increasing due to dramatic population ageing and changes in living arrangements. Little is known about older people living alone in Mainland China and their quality of life (QoL) where collectivism and filial responsibility are emphasised.<br/>Aims<br/>This study aimed to …
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The effect of vitamin K On vascular health and physical function in older people with vascular disease
“Population ageing” - the process by which older individuals make up a proportionally larger share of the total population over a period of time has thrown up new challenges such as the increasing demand and expense on health and social care. Cardiovascular disease, prevalent in older people, goes …
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Fluid Dynamics Characterization of Transcatheter Aortic Valves
… Aortic stenosis affects up to 7% of the world population, and current clinical data indicate that the number of the affected people could be triple by 2050, due to population ageing and health lifestyle. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was introduced as a minimal invasive …
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Oldest-old partner’s experiences of providing end-of-life care: a narrative study
Background Population ageing has rapidly increased the number of people requiring end-of-life care across the globe. Governments have responded by promoting end-of-life in the community. Partly as a consequence, older partners are frequently providing for their partner’s end-of-life care at home, …
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Variations in health status of the elderly in Thailand
… at old age is one of the key concerns about population ageing in Thailand because older people are more frails. The differences in health status at old age between areas of residence, individual characteristics and time periods were investigated in this study. The variations of health in old …
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Ageing well as an adult on the autism spectrum in Australia: a mixed-methods investigation
… a lack of understanding regarding adulthood and ageing for this population. Meanwhile, demographic trends of population ageing have coincided with increased interest in the concept of ‘ageing well’ in gerontology. However, existing conceptualisations remain exclusive of those with disabilities. …
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