... author shares their experiences of intergenerational living through the pandemic. Findings What each of them has learned about intergenerational living during the COVID pandemic and mutual support and what has surprised them, including how it has improved quality of life for both of them...

...Stephen Burke Purpose This paper aims to review how intergenerational connections and relationships have been affected to date by COVID-19. It provides lessons for the future. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a review of policy and practice. Findings Although there are some...

... perspective. Design/methodology/approach This paper undertook a global comparison of the discussion and recommendations from both the Japanese Young Leader Event and the satellite Global Dementia Legacy Event. Findings The paper provides insights about the cultural and intergenerational differences...

... to life's ebbs and flows no matter how much loneliness is understood to be a social ill. Connections Intergenerational Isolation Loneliness Older age Elderly people United Kingdom Quality of life The natural empathy that loneliness arouses is as human as the condition itself. Despite...

... for further analysis and discussion. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Active ageing Wellbeing Older people Intergenerational Intervention Injury prevention Population Healthy ageing Carers Quality of life Elderly people Accident prevention United Kingdom An ounce...

... can be contacted at: jonathan.swan@workingfamilies.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Engagement Wellbeing Opportunity Performance Workforce Intergenerational Quality of life Workplace Age groups Organizational design Employees There are, of course, some concerns...

...‐on implications on the local community. It also aims to look at the value to young people of using community centres to host youth work activities, so that intergenerational relationship building can be repeated in localised settings to help prevent the loss of a generation. Design/methodology/approach...

...Stephen Burke; Nancy Z. Henkin; Donna M. Butts Purpose Intergenerational work has the potential to bring ages, races and cultures together to support policies and practices that help all individuals become productive citizens who use their skills and talents to contribute to the communities...

... (Table AII). The resulting dependency ratio is therefore higher than it would be if calculated using unadjusted employment figures. Declan Gaffney can be contacted at: declangaffney@hotmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Employment Ageing Intergenerational Elderly people...

... IntergenerationAll projects cited skills of the core project team as a definitive factor in how well the project fared, and one of the key factors for those embarking on this work to consider carefully. A number of different elements recurred in our findings; skills and training in working with different ages...

.... Over the last year, new research from two national pilot programmes has been published about the positive role of befriending to support older people. Befriending One‐to‐one support Personalised support Informal supportive social relationships Intergenerational Loneliness Quality of life...

... and undervalued and seen as vulnerable, second‐class citizens.Old age was perceived as a time of physical and mental deterioration, poverty and dependency. Intergenerational activities were important for both individual self‐esteem and the ability to participate fully in society. Suggestions for enhancing dignity...