Active Ageing and Demographic Change

<p>Although demographic change has been a widely discussed topic for decades its scope social impact and related policy responses leave us with many unresolved social issues. Demographic change is a reality for all European societies but the ways in which it is taking place differ from country to country. Active ageing both as a concept and policy response to the demographic ageing of populations has been widely debated researched and utilised informing both policy and practice and providing a common narrative framework to ageing. However there continues to be a lack of clarity around the precise meaning of ‘active ageing’.</p><p>This book explores the way in which social work is critically engaging with the theme of active ageing in light of or maybe as a reaction to the policy responses witnessed within the context of large-scale and rapid demographic change. This book was originally published as a special issue of the <i>European Journal of Social Work. </i></p>