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Find out more on how ISSN 1664-8714 to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by ISBN 978-2-88963-620-4 DOI 10.3389/978-2-88963-620-4 contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: [email protected] Frontiers in Sociology 1 March 2020 | Social Innovation for Ageing Population PERSPECTIVES AND THEORIES OF SOCIAL INNOVATION FOR AGEING POPULATION Topic Editors: Andrzej Klimczuk, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland Łukasz Tomczyk, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Poland Citation: Klimczuk, A., Tomczyk, Ł., eds. (2020). Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88963-620-4 Frontiers in Sociology 2 March 2020 | Social Innovation for Ageing Population Table of Contents 05 Editorial: Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population Andrzej Klimczuk and Łukasz Tomczyk PART I CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL IMAGE OF OLDER PEOPLE 09 To Be Supported, or Not to Be: Images of Older People in Policy and the Reality in Local Communities in Japan Ken Aoo, Noriko Abe and Mitsunobu R. Kano 14 Change Ahead—Emerging Life-Course Transitions as Practical Accomplishments of Growing Old(er) Anna Wanka 27 Reconstructing Research About Close Relationships in Old Age: A Contribution From Critical Gerontology Julia Piel and Bernt-Peter Robra PART II INNOVATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN AGEING SOCIETIES 33 Making a Case for Creating Living Labs for Aging-in-Place: Enabling Socially Innovative Models for Experimentation and Complementary Economies Gabriella Spinelli, Paul Weaver, Michael Marks and Christina Victor 49 Open to All: Dementia, Creativity, and Open Ecosystem Innovation Timothy J. Senior 66 Growth Through Education: The Narratives of Older Adults Cecilia Bjursell 76 Older People in the Platform Economy Eva Berde 82 Book Review: Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison: Political Lessons, Scientific Avenues, and Democratic Issues Agnieszka Cieśla 84 Book Review: The Longevity Economy: Unlocking the World’s Fastest-Growing, Most Misunderstood Market Magdalena Leszko Frontiers in Sociology 3 March 2020 | Social Innovation for Ageing Population PART III INNOVATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SUPPORTING ACTIVE AGEING AND HEALTHY AGEING 86 Creating a Culture of Health in Planning and Implementing Innovative Strategies Addressing Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Chariklia Tziraki-Segal, Vincenzo De Luca, Silvina Santana, Rosa Romano, Giovanni Tramontano, Paola Scattola, Corrado Celata, Giusi Gelmi, Sara Ponce Márquez, Luz Lopez-Samaniego, Veronica Zavagli, Arja Halkoaho, Corrina Grimes, Maria Teresa Tomás, Beatriz Fernandes, Laura Calzà, Patrizia Speranza, Liliana Coppola, Harriët Jager-Wittenaar, Rónán O’Caoimh, Anna-Maija Pietilä, Ana Maria Carriazo, Joao Apostolo, Guido Iaccarino, Giuseppe Liotta, Donatella Tramontano, William Molloy, Maria Triassi, Vincenzo Viggiani and Maddalena Illario 101 Creation Process of the Digital Platform to Foster Healthy and Active Aging: enbuenaedad Sandra Pinzón-Pulido, Mónica Padial-Espinosa, Luz López-Samaniego, Bibiana Navarro-Matillas, Pilar San Juan-Lozano, Juan Manuel Espinosa-Almendro, Josefa Ruiz-Fernández and Francisco Garrido-Peña 110 Evaluation of Food Insecurity in Adults and Children With Cystic Fibrosis: Community Case Study Perry S. Brown, Dixie Durham, Rick D. Tivis, Shannon Stamper, Cleary Waldren, Sarah E. Toevs, Barbara Gordon and Tiffany A. Robb PART IV TRANSFORMATION AND MODERNISATION OF CARE SERVICES 118 Informal Carers Training: In-group Social Learning as an Effective Method for Quality Care Empowerment Jože Ramovš, Ana Ramovš and Ajda Svetelšek 136 The Status of Older Adult Care in Contemporary Ghana: A Profile of Some Emerging Issues Delali Adjoa Dovie 148 The Different Models of Community Eldercare Service in China Lei Zhang and Jinwei Yang PART V DEVELOPMENT OF KEY COMPETENCIES AND CREATIVITY OF OLDER PEOPLE 158 Senior Entrepreneurship: The Unrevealed Driver for Social Innovation Justyna Stypińska, Annette Franke and Janina Myrczik 174 Proxy Users Enable Older People Creative Writing on the Web Piotr Toczyski, Jarosław Kowalski and Cezary Biele Frontiers in Sociology 4 March 2020 | Social Innovation for Ageing Population EDITORIAL published: 25 February 2020 doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2020.00006 Editorial: Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population Andrzej Klimczuk 1* and Łukasz Tomczyk 2 1 Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland, 2 Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Kraków, Poland Keywords: ageing, social gerontology, social innovation, caregivers, age-friendly, public health, healthcare Editorial on the Research Topic Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population OVERVIEW Gerontology together with its subfields, such as social gerontology (sociology of ageing), geragogy, educational gerontology, political gerontology, environmental gerontology, and financial gerontology, is still a relatively new academic discipline that is currently intensively developing, expanding research fields and combining various theoretical and practical perspectives. The interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity, and multidisciplinarity of research on ageing and old age, despite its vast thematic, methodological and theoretical diversity, have a common denominator, which is the focus of research work on improving