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Monique Lanoix, Prof. University of , Driverstr. 22, 49377 Vechta E-Building, Room Number E 131 Monique Lanoix is an Associate Professor of Public Ethics and Philosophy at Saint Paul University in Ottawa. How to get there Her areas of research interest include political philosophy, feminist philosophy and medical ethics, in particular: the Vechta is situated 68 km from the Airport and 90 km rights of social citizenship as they pertain to adults in from the airport Münster/Osnabrück. need of ancillary health care services and the status of From either destination, you drive on the motorway A1 and care labor. exit at no. 64 “Vechta”, heading in the direction “Vechta/ Wouter De Tavernier, Ph.D. /”. After having arrived in Vechta, follow “Rombergstraße” which leads to the University in Driverstra- Wouter De Tavernier is postdoctoral researcher at the ße 22. Centre of Comparative Welfare Studies at Aalborg Univer- Public transport, “Nordwest-Bahn”, offers a train connection sity in Denmark, where he also obtained his Ph.D. Before, that runs every hour from Bremen or from Osnabrück. Star- he graduated in Social Policy Analysis and in Sociology ting at the train station of Vechta, you can walk to the Uni- and worked as research assistant at KU Leuven (Belgium). versity in less than 30 minutes. Alternatively you can take a Today, his research focuses mainly on ageing and female bus, Line 602 or Line S60. employment, covering issues of pensions and retirement, late career and eldercare. Institute for Giovanni Lamura, Ph.D. Gerontology (IfG) Giovanni Lamura is director of the Centre for Socio- Economic Research on Ageing (INRCA). He graduated in International economics in Italy in 1990; obtained a PhD in „Life course Colloquium and social policy“ at Bremen University () in 1995; was visiting fellow in 2006-07 at the University of Ham- burg-Eppendorf (Germany); and research director of the pillar “health and care” of the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna (Austria) in 2010- 11. His research interests are family and long-term care of Eldercare and work - dependent older people; work-life balance; migrant care International Perspectives work; prevention of elder abuse and neglect; ICT-based and Challenges initiatives to support informal carers; intergenerational 13th June 2018 - E-Building, Room No. E 131 solidarity; active ageing and volunteering in later life; in- terdisciplinary research on ageing. Eldercare and work - Eldercare and work - University of Vechta International Perspectives and Challenges International Perspectives and Challenges

Demographic developments in general and the Programm In Vechta, the Institute of Gerontology (IfG) is de- Wednesday, 13th June 2018 dicated to the study of individual and social con- ageing of societies in particular affect the elderca- ditions, mechanisms and consequences of ageing. re service sector currently in two respects. On the The goal is the shaping of sustainable demographic one hand, care demands increase and the group of 15.00 Welcome and Introduction changes that we understand as a transition to a so- elderly in need of care becomes more heterogene- Prof. Dr. Frerich Frerichs ciety of long life. ous. On the other hand, the workforce in the care (Germany) sector is ageing and it proofs to be increasingly difficult to attract new staff. 15.10 Eldercare and work - International Internationally acknowledged scientists from diffe- Research Perspectives rent fields teach and conduct research in the area Prof. Dr. Hildegard Theobald of Gerontology. Their research focuses on different At the background of these twofold challenges it (Germany) aspects of ageing and address social, psychic and becomes even more important to promote the em- economic issues. ployability of employees in the eldercare sector, to increase attractiveness of this occupational field 15.30 Vulnerability and Care for future staff and to reflect on different care Prof. Dr. Monique Lanoix Newly established in 2006, the IfG is regional and needs of specific groups such as elder migrants. (Canada) application oriented, nonetheless it targets theo- retical and internationally relevant subjects. Our 16.15 Coffee break colloquia aim for contributing relevant gerontologi- The international colloquium on “Eldercare and cal issues to the scientific discourse, to discuss the work” provides the opportunity to get deeper in- 16.45 Eldercare in the Turkish Community in research outcomes within the scientific community sight in these challenges from an international Belgium and thus gain newly emerging research perspectives. – not to say comparative - perspective and to Wouter De Tavernier reflect upon improvements in labour organisation (Denmark) and how to cope with different care requirements in eldercare. 17.30 Migrant carers in Italy Giovanni Lamura (Italy)

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