Keine Königswege bei der Verhinderung von Altersarmut

2012 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert Rürup
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Equivalence Principle ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
The Future ◽  
Silver Bullet

AbstractPoverty in old age is, up to now, not a relevant social problem in Germany.Nevertheless, there are clear indications that poverty among the elderly will increase in the future due to a bundle of reasons. Because of this there is no silver bullet to solve this problem. In the conception of an adequate strategy to reduce and to prevent a rise of poverty in old age, however, the equivalence principle as the basic principal the German statutory pension scheme has to be questioned critically.

Drohende Altersarmut – neue Aufgaben für die Rentenversicherung?

2012 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Equivalence Principle ◽  
Pension System ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
Poverty Risk ◽  
Employment Trajectories ◽  
Old Age Poverty

AbstractOliver Arentz and Steffen Roth state that poverty among the elderly is currently an exception in Germany. Nevertheless, it is foreseeable that future pensioners will have less income and assets at their disposal. Reasons are the effects of the demographic change to the pay-as-you-go pension scheme, gaps in employment biographies and low pay employment. With that in mind, they discuss the reform package advocated by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Furthermore they derive guidelines for a sustainable reform of the pension schemes.Bert Rürup also argues that poverty in old age is up to now not a relevant social problem in Germany. Nevertheless, there are clear indications that poverty among the elderly will increase in the future due to a bundle of reasons. Because of this there is no silver bullet to solve this problem. In the conception of an adequate strategy to reduce and to prevent a rise of poverty in old age, however, the equivalence principle as the basic principal the German statutory pension scheme has to be questioned critically.Jan Goebel gives an overview of the current development of old-age poverty in Germany and classifies widely discussed concepts for the reform of statutory pension insurance. Although current indicators generally point to an increase in old-age poverty, the empirical data show no growth at present in poverty risk for persons aged 65 and older. However, it is expected that the income position of older people will be worsen due to the declining pension payments of new retirees and the increase in discontinuous employment trajectories as well as the insufficient spread in private old age provision. One of the reforms discussed for preventing rising poverty risks in old age is to consider life expectancy in the pension formula. This appears to be a promising means of reducing inequality within the group of pensioners, he states. The implicit redistribution within the statutory pension system due to the empirically well-known correlation between living standards and life expectancy will decrease, and the equivalence principle can be strengthened.

scholarly journals Subjectively perceived change in consumption along the living standards in old ages

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (Különszám 2) ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
Réka Hegedüs ◽  
Klaudia Rádóczy
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Cluster Formation ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Elderly Age ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Financial Awareness

THE AIMS OF THE PAPER The aim of our research is to provide a picture of the conditions for providing the income background necessary for old age, the spending habits of the 50 plus age group, and to illustrate how the old ages goup of our survey, the elderly age group we survey perceives changes in their spending in the last 10-year. METHODOLOGY We used a representative personal survey with 500 Hungarian people. This survey was made in February 2020 on a targeted sample of the Hungarian population aged 50-70. In the analysis method, we used cluster formation, because we tried to identify groups showing different consumption changes based on the consumption categories of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. MOST IMPORTANT RESULTS, NEW FINDINGS The results show that the people who participated in the survey had little perception of a change in their spending compared to their life 10 years before. On the other hand, our retirement income in old age may lag far behind the income in active, working years, so we can assume that if the significant decline in income did not affect consumption patterns, old-age income may be supplemented by savings in old age. EMPIRICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESEARCH The clusters that we made shows well that the spendings of the 50-plus age group are also significant for the economy as a whole. The types of their expenditures is diverse and there is a lot of items that they would not necessarily be able to afford from an average income funded by the pension scheme. The characteristics of the clusters also show that there is a positive relationship between financial awareness (planning spending, exploring sales) and age. In our oppinion this is the reason why financial awareness education, the communications about this is very important. The financial management of households can be incorporated into the education of children from an early age. Acknowledgments: This research was partially supported by the Human Resource Development Operational Programme, grant No.: EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00004 “Comprehensive developments at the University of Pécs for the implementation of intelligent specialization”

scholarly journals Sir Martin Roth. 6 November 1917 — 26 September 2006

2010 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 377-389
Author(s):  
Michael Rutter ◽  
Aaron Klug
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Alzheimer Disease ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Pathological Process ◽  
Molecular Studies ◽  
Normal Ageing

Martin Roth was distinguished for his major contributions to the understanding and classification of mental disorders in the elderly. These led to a new discipline, psychogeriatrics, as the problems of late life became recognized as constituting a major medical and social problem. His pioneering investigations led to the crucial demonstration of the differences between the dementias and the affective and other mental disorders of old age. The quantitative neuropathological and psychological studies undertaken by Roth and his colleagues established the pathology of Alzheimer disease as indicative of a disease separate from normal ageing and from other psychiatric disorders. These early studies led to collaborative molecular studies that pointed to a possibly causal pathological process.

scholarly journals Regulating the Elderly: Old Age Pensions and the Formation of a Pension Bureaucracy in Ontario, 1929-1945

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Struthers
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Old Age ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
World War ◽  
Universal System ◽  
Old Age Pensions

Abstract This article examines the emergence of means-tested old age pensions in Ontario in the context of the Great Depression and World War II. Ontario's old age pension scheme, it argues, was launched in 1929 with weak political commitment, little bureaucratic-preparation, and an almost complete absence of administrative experience at the provincial and municipal level in assessing and responding to need on a mass scale. The article examines the complex interplay among federal, provincial, and local government authorities in the politics of pension administration throughout the 1929-1945 era, arguing that local control of pension decision-making in the early years of the Depression provided two divergent models of pension entitlement both as charity and as an earned social right. After 1933 governments at both the provincial and federal level centralized decision-making over pension administration in order to standardize and restrict pension entitlement, contain its rapidly rising costs, and enforce more efficiently the concept of parental maintenance upon children. World War II undermined the concept of pensions as charity by broadly expanding the boundaries of entitlement both for the elderly and their children. By 1945 means-tested pensions had few supporters within or outside of government, laying the basis for the emergence of a universal system of old age security in 1951.

O entendimento de idosos a respeito da sexualidade

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 278
Author(s):  
Christielle Lidianne Alencar Marinho ◽  
Deuzany Bezerra de Melo Leão ◽  
Juliana Leão Pontes ◽  
Ramara Valéria Nunes Apolinário
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Future ◽  
Negative Perceptions

ABSTRACT This is an exploratory-descriptive study, from approach qualitative. The participants were elderly, both sexes, from a seniors group. The aim was to investigate the elderly’s understanding regards to sexuality and to know how they live it. 42 individuals were interviewed, 35 of them female and seven male. Half of the participants were declared widow. When questioned about the places they generally frequent, the most cited places were beaches and cinema. Regards to sexuality, some elderly considered that it is natural, which is part of life, others restricted it to affection and companionship; others judged the sexuality as nonexistent. As for pleasant activities, the most cited were to be with their family and home activities, crafts and leisure time. The elderly plan to live healthfully in the future and to have nice living with their parents. Some of them considered this stage of life as a final moment of their existence in which they may enjoy life. Others had negative perceptions about the future, developing hopelessness feelings. The results showed that, even combining sexuality only to sex, the elderly showed to live it in the widest sense, seeking pleasure from the most diverse ways. However, it was possible to perceive the presence of the myth of asexual oldness and feelings of hopelessness. After these results, we realize that it is very important to develop this subject and warn the society that it is possible to reach old age in a healthy way, expressing love and sexuality. Descriptors: sexuality; aging; elderly; nursing.RESUMOTrata-se de um estudo exploratório-descritivo, de abordagem qualitativa. Os participantes foram idosos, de ambos os sexos, de um grupo de terceira idade. O objetivo foi investigar o entendimento dos idosos a respeito da sexualidade e conhecer como eles a vivenciam. Foram entrevistados 42 indivíduos, 35 do sexo feminino e sete do masculino. Metade dos participantes se declarou viúvas. Quando questionados sobre os lugares que freqüentavam, os mais citados foram praias e cinemas. Com relação à sexualidade, alguns a consideraram natural e que faz parte da vida; outros a limitaram ao carinho e companheirismo; outros julgaram a sexualidade como inexistente. Quanto às atividades prazerosas, as mais citadas foram convivências com familiares e realização de atividades do lar, artesanais e de lazer. Os idosos planejam no futuro viver com saúde e conviver bem com seus familiares. Alguns consideraram esta etapa como um momento final de sua existência no qual devem curtir a vida. Outros apresentaram percepções negativas sobre o futuro, desenvolvendo sentimentos de desesperança. Os resultados evidenciaram que mesmo associando a sexualidade apenas ao sexo, os idosos demonstraram vivenciá-la no seu sentido mais amplo, buscando prazer das mais diversas maneiras. Porém, ainda pôde-se perceber a presença do mito da velhice assexuada e de sentimentos de desesperança. Diante desses resultados, percebe-se a importância de aprofundar este tema e alertar a sociedade de que é possível atingir a velhice de maneira saudável, expressando o amor e a sexualidade. Descritores: sexualidade; envelhecimento; idoso; enfermagem.RESUMEN Es un estudio exploratorio-descriptivo, de abordaje cualitativa. Los participantes fueron adultos mayores, de ambos sexos. El objetivo fue conocer el entendimiento que tienen los mayores con respecto a la sexualidad y saber como ellos la vivencian. Se entrevistaron 42 personas, 35 del sexo femenino y 7 del sexo masculino. Mitad de las participantes eran viudas. Preguntados sobre los lugares que frecuentaban, los más citados fueron playas y cines. Con respecto a la sexualidad, algunos la consideran natural, que hace parte de la vida; otros, la limitaron al cariño y al compañerismo; otros juzgaron la sexualidad como inexistente. Cuanto a las actividades de placer, las más citadas fueron convivencia con familiares y realización de sus tareas de la casa, artesanales y de ocio. Los mayores hacen planes para el futuro, vivir con salud y convivir bien con sus parientes. Algunos consideran esa etapa como un momento final de su existencia, donde deben disfrutar la vida. Otros presentan percepciones negativas del futuro, desarrollando sentimientos de desesperanza. Los resultados muestran que, aunque se asocie la sexualidad sólamente al sexo, los mayores demuestran vivenciarla en su sentido más amplio, buscando placer de diversas maneras. Sin embrago, aún se puede percibir la presencia del mito de la vejez asexuada y de sentimientos de desesperanza. Frente a esos resultados, se percibe la importancia de profundizar este tema y alertar la sociedad de que es posible llegar a la vejez de manera saludable, expresando el amor y la sexualidad. Descriptores: sexualidad; envejecimiento; anciano; enfermería.

Cognitive Versus Social Rigidity in Old Age: Implications for Therapy

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
Doris Christoph ◽  
Anita K.F. Li
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Placebo Control ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Cognitive Rigidity ◽  
Personal Adjustment ◽  
The Social

ABSTRACTThe present study examined the interrelationships among cognitive and social rigidity, intelligence and personal adjustment in old age, and evaluated a six-week training program teaching social problem-solving skills to the elderly. Ninety-eight subjects, aged 60.9 to 88.0 years, were randomly assigned to the treatment, placebo control, and the waiting-list groups. Subjects were pretested on the TBR Opposites test (cognitive rigidity), the social MEPS (social rigidity), WAIS Vocabulary, and Adjustment of Old Age scales; and post-tested on social rigidity and adjustment The hypothesis that cognitive rigidity is independent of social rigidity was not fully supported. Adjustment to old age was found to be significantly related to social rigidity and, to a lesser degree, to cognitive rigidity. Only treatment subjects showed an overall, significant pre- to post-training improvement on social MEPS scores. The findings suggest that social rigidity is amenable to change.

scholarly journals The future of day care in old age psychiatry

1993 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 427-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Ball
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Day Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Day Hospital ◽  
The Future ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

In 1961 Shaw & Macmillan claimed that there was no doubt of the value of the day hospital as an “alternative to in-patient care and prophylaxis” for the elderly mentally ill (EMI). Thirty years later the day hospital remains central to many EMI services. During these years little has been done to evaluate this method of service delivery against other models of service provision.

Der neoliberale Rentenkonsens in Deutschland und seine Genese

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (187) ◽  
pp. 309-324
Author(s):  
Christian Christen
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Core Element ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
The Moment

The reform of the old age pension scheme the last twenty years was part of an international transformation process of the old-age insurance systems since the 1980s. The core element is the conversion from the pay-as-you-go systems to capital-funded models with a shifting to individual provision and risk taking. This politically intended break shows fatal distributional and economic effects in the present. Neither a more stable, more cost-effective, more efficient old-age insurance could be established for the majority of employees, nor did the capital market-financed pension system automatically promote innovation and economic growth. In the end, most of the political promises and allegations of the reformists have already been rejected by real social and economic developments. Poverty among the elderly will rise in the near future dramatically due to the deformation of the statutory pension system, the great distortions on the labour market and rising inequality. Nevertheless, the pension consensus still holds at the moment but a radical paradigm shift and a clear revision of past reforms are overdue. 

‘Strength in What Remains Behind’: Wordsworth and the Question of Ageing

Romanticism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-270
Author(s):  
Mark Sandy
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Frequent Pattern ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
Old Men ◽  
Poetic Vision

Attending to the hoped-for connection between young and older generations, this essay revisits Wordsworth's poetic fascination with the elderly and the question of what, if any, consolation for emotional and physical loss could be attained for growing old. Wordsworth's imaginative impulse is to idealise the elderly into transcendent figures, which offers the compensation of a harmonious vision to the younger generation for the losses of old age that, in all likelihood, they will themselves experience. The affirmation of such a unified and compensatory vision is dependent upon the reciprocity of sympathy that Wordsworth's poetry both sets into circulation and calls into question. Readings of ‘Simon Lee’, ‘I know an aged Man constrained to dwell’, and ‘The Old Cumberland Beggar’ point up the limitations of sympathy and vision (physical and poetic) avowed in these poems as symptomatic of Wordsworth's misgivings about the debilitating effects of growing old and old age. Finally, Wordsworth's unfolding tragedy of ‘Michael’ is interpreted as reinforcing a frequent pattern, observed elsewhere in his poetry, whereby idealised figures of old men transform into disturbingly spectral second selves of their younger counterparts or narrators. These troubling transformations reveal that at the heart of Wordsworth's poetic vision of old age as a harmonious, interconnected, and consoling state, there are disquieting fears of disunity, disconnection, disconsolation, and, lastly, death.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document