Title

The contribution of volunteering and a wider asset based approach to active ageing and intergenerational solidarity in Europe

Authors

Guy Robertson

Author Affiliations

Positive Ageing Associates

Date of Publication

8 March 2013

Series/Report no.

Working with Older People, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 7-18.

Key words

Active ageing

Asset based

Elderly people

European year

Intergenerational solidarity

Older people volunteering

Volonteurope/CSV

Volunteering organizations

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to outline learning and good practice across Europe on the deployment of asset based approaches for promoting active ageing and intergenerational solidarity.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper draws on a wide ranging review of good practice across Europe distilled from desktop analysis and two European roundtable sessions with key stakeholders.

Findings

The paper analyses the current level of volunteering by older people across Europe and the evidence for its benefits to the health and wellbeing of older people. It then goes on to provide analysis and good practice regarding area and individual based asset approaches, as well those relevant to addressing the social exclusion faced by people with dementia.

Practical implications

The analysis and good practice examples in the report provide resources for developing effective asset based approaches to promoting active ageing and intergenerational solidarity.

Originality/value

The review of European experience is particularly original. There has been little if any European review of asset based approaches to active ageing and intergenerational solidarity. Learning from practice elsewhere enables more confident initiatives to be taken up and developed.

주요 내용

논문은 유럽 전역의 노인들의 현재 자원 봉사 수준과 노인들의 건강과 복지에 대한 이점에 대한 증거를 분석한다. 그런 다음 지역 및 개인 기반 자산 접근 방식과 치매 환자가 직면 한 사회적 배제 문제 해결과 관련된 분석 및 모범 사례를 제시한다.

ISSN

1366-3666

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1108/13663661311312539