The concept of productive ageing
Productive ageing is an umbrella concept covering the different types of activities that people engage in older ages. These include economic activities, formal and non-formal lifelong learning and volunteering, and different types of caregiving. Productive ageing is about ageing well through optimiz...
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| author | Dommaraju, Premchand Wong, Shawn |
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| description | Productive ageing is an umbrella concept covering the different types of activities that people engage in older ages. These include economic activities, formal and non-formal lifelong learning and volunteering, and different types of caregiving. Productive ageing is about ageing well through optimizing opportunities for older people. The concept is useful in promoting and optimizing employment opportunities, encouraging healthy and active life, lowering barriers for community participation and lifelong learning, and supporting caregiving. Engaging in productive activities at older ages is an effective way to slow down the decline in functional capacities as intrinsic abilities decline. The degree to which older persons engage in productive activities varies across countries depending on the nature of activity, prevailing cultural and social norms, welfare systems, structural constraints, and available opportunities. Technology opens up potential new ways of enhancing engagement of older people in productive activities. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1512642021-09-16T08:39:22Z The concept of productive ageing Dommaraju, Premchand Wong, Shawn C. R. Martin V. R. Preedy R. Rajendram School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Sociology Caregiving Grandparenting Healthy Aging Productive ageing is an umbrella concept covering the different types of activities that people engage in older ages. These include economic activities, formal and non-formal lifelong learning and volunteering, and different types of caregiving. Productive ageing is about ageing well through optimizing opportunities for older people. The concept is useful in promoting and optimizing employment opportunities, encouraging healthy and active life, lowering barriers for community participation and lifelong learning, and supporting caregiving. Engaging in productive activities at older ages is an effective way to slow down the decline in functional capacities as intrinsic abilities decline. The degree to which older persons engage in productive activities varies across countries depending on the nature of activity, prevailing cultural and social norms, welfare systems, structural constraints, and available opportunities. Technology opens up potential new ways of enhancing engagement of older people in productive activities. 2021-09-16T01:38:58Z 2021-09-16T01:38:58Z 2021 Book Chapter Dommaraju, P. & Wong, S. (2021). The concept of productive ageing. C. R. Martin, V. R. Preedy & R. Rajendram (Eds.), Assessments, Treatments and Modelling in Aging and Neurological Disease: The Neuroscience of Aging (pp. 3-11). Academic Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151264 978-0-12-818000-6 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151264 10.1016/B978-0-12-818000-6.00001-9 3 11 en Assessments, Treatments and Modelling in Aging and Neurological Disease: The Neuroscience of Aging © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Academic Press |
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