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ASC ISAR Seminar Presenter: Prof. Athina Vlachantoni, Professor of Gerontology & Social Policy, Department of Gerontology, University of Southampton, UK Abstract: Coming from a minority ethnic community in the UK is associated with a...

An educational tool for ethical, transparent, and safe activities in adult education, targeting the digital inclusion of older persons in Europe.

The Ageing and Social Change research environment conducts leading-edge research on key social, political and cultural issues of ageing.

"We need to understand why some individuals become lonely and provide them with support at various levels in society before it happens," says Bianca Suanet, professor at LiU who researches an inclusive society for the elderly.

To categorise every person over 60 as someone who neither wants nor can understand new digital technology is discriminatory. This was one of the topics discussed at a doctoral course in Norrköping.

ASC-ISAR provides outstanding lectures on ageing of interdisciplinary significance for all those interested in ageing research.

People with dementia still have the ability to learn new things despite their illness. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis recently presented at ¸£Àû¼§.

By 2050, the number of older people diagnosed with dementia in Sweden may have doubled compared to today. Providing care to everyone will be a big challenge. A new research programme will be launched at LiU to find solutions for the future.

Social relations are important for people. But this does not mean that solitude is always harmful. On the contrary, research shows that a small minority of older people are alone and that a considerable proportion of them are happy with being so.

How can participation in late working life be more inclusive and equal? This is studied by researchers in the research programme EIWO. The programme has received SEK 8,7 million from FORTE to continue in phase two.