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Welcome to the News section of AARPInternational.org. Here you will find timely information from sources around the world on issues related to demographic change. You will also find our latest News Maker interviews.
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Singapore: Singapore Launches Road Safety Campaign To Reduce Traffic Accidents
June 21, 2008
Xinhua News Agency
Europe: Ageism Laws to Be Cleared Up by Court ; The Impact of Anti-age Discrimination Both in the UK And Across Europe Is Assessed by Damian Kelly at Birmingham Law Firm Eversheds Legal & Finance
June 20, 2008
Birmingham Post
Japan: Record Number Of Japanese Elderly Kill Themselves Over Poor Health, Money Woes
June 19, 2008
Associated Press
India: Ericsson And Apollo Hospitals To Introduce Mobile Health Services In Rural India
June 10, 2008
M2 Communications
Australia: Better Dementia Care Aim Of New Centre
June 10, 2008
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News Online
Japan & Finland: Japan, Finland Agree To Work Together To Solve Issues Surrounding Aging
June 10, 2008
Associated Press
Australia: MP Angry Over Pensioner Rail Travel Change
June 6, 2008
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News Online
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CoverAGE
CoverAGE is AGE's monthly newsletter that highlights important policy proposals that affect Europe's aging population.
Current Awareness in Aging Research (Latest Issue)
CAAR (Current Awareness in Aging Research) is a weekly email report produced by the Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that helps researchers keep up to date with the latest developments in the field.
International Update
The Office of Policy at the U.S. Social Security Administration issues a monthly report on developments in global public pension systems.
News Makers
Interview with Jürgen Deller
May 1, 2008
Countries around the globe are facing rapidly aging populations coupled with falling birth rates. That could mean significant labor shortages as more people reach retirement age. In Germany, for instance, the elderly population has nearly doubled in the past 50 years and the ratio of elderly to the working age population is declining.
In this Newsmaker, Dr. Jürgen Deller, Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Leuphana University of Leuneburg, Germany, discusses possible solutions to combat labor shortages caused by a rapidly aging workforce.
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