Our Chair, Lola Casal-Sanchez and the chair of the organizing committee, Anndeloris Chacon, has met today with the authorities of the City Government of Bristol to close the details for our meeting 2019! Helen Holland, Cabinet Member with responsibility for Adult Social Care, on behalf of Marvin Rees, Major of Bristol has expressed they are […]
Country
China is aging faster than elsewhere
by Jan Booij China is an aging society. In 2055 the number of people aged over 60 in China will increase to 478 million or 33% of the population. In comparison, in the Netherlands this will rise to 25% in 2050. By 2050 China will have 65 million more elderly people than the rest of […]
Care and support for elderly labour migrants in Belgium by David Talloen and Olivia Vanmechelen
Our ENIEC-members David Talloen and Olivia Vanmechelen wrote an article in the magazine Geron about care and support for elderly labor migrants in Belgium. The migrant workers who came to Belgium 40 to 60 years ago from Southern-Europe, Turkey and Northern Africa have a different social profile as well as different expectations to care. David Talloen and […]
Dementia care training in Frankfurt initiated by our members
Jan Booij Frans Hoogeveen and Jan Booij have developed a three-day study trip to Frankfurt concerning the well-being of elderly with dementia in June. The aim of the field trip was to exchange best practices and to learn from eachother. The participants visited the Julie Roger Haus of the Frankfurter Verband and Oberin Martha Keller […]
Confucianism and the later life choices of Chinese elderly in Belgium
Confucianism and the later life choices of Chinese elderly in Belgium Tina Pan Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium is quite an internationalized country with the presence of EU headquarters, NATO and transnational companies. Of its about 11 million total population people of foreign background and their descendants were estimated to be 25% according to a report […]
Croatian Ethnicity in Hungary
By Nikolett Arnold The Croatian minority in Hungary is a very prominent one that also has a minority government and is able to advise the government on minority policy, however does not have a vote in parliament. Croatia is our southern neighbor and througout history the borders of the countries have changed many times, it was […]
KOTOSA – A Project about SubSaharan elderly in Brussels
Kotosa is a documentary about SubSaharan elderly in Brussels, Belgium. Kotosa means ‘to respect’ in Lingala, the official language in the Democratic Republic of Congo. DRC is a former colony of Belgium, so we share a turbulent and at times violent past – and present. In Brussels almost 30 percent of the elderly (65+) have an immigrant background. It’s a very diverse group. Sub-Saharan elderly […]
The first Finnish guidebook for culture sensitive memory work
The ETNIMU project of The Society for Memory Disorders Expertise in Finland, published a guidebook called “Culture-sensitive memory work: Finnish experience”, meant for the specialists of social and health care sector, on the 3rd of October 2017. The aim of the guidebook is to expand the vision of specialists of how the clients of different […]
Roma people as a target group in the brain health promotion project ETNIMU in Finland
By Siiri Jaakson, Finland. The Society for Memory Disorders Expertise in Finland has run a project called ETNIMU since 2015. The aim of the project has been to promote the brain health of the elderly from different ethnic backgrounds in Finland. Besides the Roma people, the target groups were chosen to be the Russian, Estonian and […]
Empowerment through Participation: Good Practices from work with Ageing Somali Women in Helsinki
By Hanna Rantala, Ruth Franco and Susana Lethovara Report (English) http://www.jadeprojekti.fi/ […]
