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Journal articles on the topic "Retirement, places of"
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Crawford, Kylie L., Anna Finnane, Ristan M. Greer, Clive J. C. Phillips, Solomon M. Woldeyohannes, Nigel R. Perkins, and Benjamin J. Ahern. "Appraising the Welfare of Thoroughbred Racehorses in Training in Queensland, Australia: The Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes for Horses after Retirement from Racing." Animals 11, no. 1 (January 11, 2021): 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11010142.
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There is international public concern regarding retirement of racehorses, including the reason for retirement and the outcome for horses after racing. However, there are currently no prospective studies investigating these factors. A recent independent inquiry in Queensland, Australia, highlighted that the true outcomes for horses after retirement from racing are largely unknown. Furthermore, there are currently no measures to monitor the outcome for racehorses and their welfare once they have left the care of the trainer. This study investigated these gaps in knowledge through a weekly survey conducted over a 13-month period. We aimed to evaluate: (1) the incidence of retirement, (2) the reasons and risk factors for retirement and (3) the medium-term (greater than 6 months) outcomes for horses after retirement. Data were collected through personal structured weekly interviews with participating trainers and analysed using negative binomial and logistic regression. There was a low incidence of retirements, namely 0.4% of horses in training per week. The season and training track did not affect the incidence of retirement. Musculoskeletal injuries were the most common reason for retirement (40/110 horses, 36%). Involuntary retirements accounted for 56/100 (51%) of retirements, whereby musculoskeletal injuries, respiratory or cardiac conditions and behavioural problems prevented the horse from racing The odds of voluntary retirement, whereby the horse was retired due to racing form or impending injury, increased with each additional race start (OR 1.05; p = 0.01) and start/year of racing (OR 1.21; p = 0.03) but decreased with increasing percentage of first, second and third places (OR 0.94; p < 0.001). Medium-term follow-up (median 14 months, IQR 11, 18, range 8–21) revealed that most horses (108/110; 98%) were repurposed after retirement, almost half as performance horses (50/110; 46%). Horses that voluntarily retired had 2.28 times the odds of being repurposed as performance horses than those retired involuntarily (p = 0.03). Whether retirement was voluntary or involuntary did not influence whether horses were used for breeding or pleasure. The primary limitation of this study is that our results reflect retirement in racehorses in South East Queensland, Australia, and may not be globally applicable. Furthermore, we were unable to monitor the long-term outcome and welfare of horses in their new careers. It is vital that the industry is focused on understanding the risks for voluntary rather than involuntary retirement and optimising the long-term repurposing of horses. There is a need for traceability and accountability for these horses to ensure that their welfare is maintained in their new careers.
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Crawford, Kylie L., Anna Finnane, Ristan M. Greer, Clive J. C. Phillips, Solomon M. Woldeyohannes, Nigel R. Perkins, and Benjamin J. Ahern. "Appraising the Welfare of Thoroughbred Racehorses in Training in Queensland, Australia: The Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes for Horses after Retirement from Racing." Animals 11, no. 1 (January 11, 2021): 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11010142.
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There is international public concern regarding retirement of racehorses, including the reason for retirement and the outcome for horses after racing. However, there are currently no prospective studies investigating these factors. A recent independent inquiry in Queensland, Australia, highlighted that the true outcomes for horses after retirement from racing are largely unknown. Furthermore, there are currently no measures to monitor the outcome for racehorses and their welfare once they have left the care of the trainer. This study investigated these gaps in knowledge through a weekly survey conducted over a 13-month period. We aimed to evaluate: (1) the incidence of retirement, (2) the reasons and risk factors for retirement and (3) the medium-term (greater than 6 months) outcomes for horses after retirement. Data were collected through personal structured weekly interviews with participating trainers and analysed using negative binomial and logistic regression. There was a low incidence of retirements, namely 0.4% of horses in training per week. The season and training track did not affect the incidence of retirement. Musculoskeletal injuries were the most common reason for retirement (40/110 horses, 36%). Involuntary retirements accounted for 56/100 (51%) of retirements, whereby musculoskeletal injuries, respiratory or cardiac conditions and behavioural problems prevented the horse from racing The odds of voluntary retirement, whereby the horse was retired due to racing form or impending injury, increased with each additional race start (OR 1.05; p = 0.01) and start/year of racing (OR 1.21; p = 0.03) but decreased with increasing percentage of first, second and third places (OR 0.94; p < 0.001). Medium-term follow-up (median 14 months, IQR 11, 18, range 8–21) revealed that most horses (108/110; 98%) were repurposed after retirement, almost half as performance horses (50/110; 46%). Horses that voluntarily retired had 2.28 times the odds of being repurposed as performance horses than those retired involuntarily (p = 0.03). Whether retirement was voluntary or involuntary did not influence whether horses were used for breeding or pleasure. The primary limitation of this study is that our results reflect retirement in racehorses in South East Queensland, Australia, and may not be globally applicable. Furthermore, we were unable to monitor the long-term outcome and welfare of horses in their new careers. It is vital that the industry is focused on understanding the risks for voluntary rather than involuntary retirement and optimising the long-term repurposing of horses. There is a need for traceability and accountability for these horses to ensure that their welfare is maintained in their new careers.
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Stallmann, Judith I., and Lonnie L. Jones. "A Typology of Retirement Places: a Community Analysis." Community Development Society. Journal 26, no. 1 (March 1995): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15575339509490160.
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Ciofi, Joy. "Aging and Personhood in the Landscape of the Mega-Casino: Retirement at the Tables." Anthropology & Aging 40, no. 1 (February 6, 2019): 63–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/aa.2019.200.
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The retirement of the Boomer generation constitutes the largest wave of retirements in US history. This article examines the ways in which mega-casinos as institutions have become new spaces of aging and important sites where the ideals of retirement can be played out. Based on thirty-two months of fieldwork at two of the US’s largest casinos, I argue that these facilities help older adults maintain their personhood by engaging them socially, mentally, and physically through the myriad services and amenities they offer. Dominating narratives informed by Western economic and medical trends call for ‘active aging,’ ‘productive aging,’ or ‘aging gracefully,’ and these related paradigms emphasize social engagement along with physical and cognitive activities as the keys to thriving in old age. The casino environment simultaneously challenges and facilitates these narratives, providing an age-diverse setting in which seniors can exercise, entertain family, acquire gifts, and earn status. Drawing on David Graeber’s (2001) framework for theorizing value, I assert that it is participation in the many activities of the casino, rather than the monetary wins and losses, that has constituted them as valuable places to sustain personhood and achieve the ideals of an ‘active’ or ‘successful’ retirement.
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Rudman, Debbie Laliberte, Suzanne Huot, and Silke Dennhardt. "Shaping ideal places for retirement: Occupational possibilities within contemporary media." Journal of Occupational Science 16, no. 1 (April 2009): 18–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2009.9686637.
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Osman, Zaiton, Phang Ing@Grace, Azaze-Azizi Abd Adis, Izyanti Awg Razli, Mohd Rizwan Abd Majid, and Imbarine Bujang. "Retirement Planning & Job Satisfaction: Cushion to Avoid Bridge Employment?" Asian Social Science 12, no. 1 (December 21, 2015): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v12n1p30.
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<p>Retirement forces older workers to disconnect with their previous behavioural patterns and economic position. Transition and adjustment from working life to retirement places great psychological pressure and financial distress on older workers, especially those with dependent children. Bridge employment provides a solution for older workers to continue working after retirement while transitioning into retirement slowly and smoothly. As losing the job role has a significant impact on the psychological well-being of retirees, engaging in bridge employment helps to fulfil the important psychological functions of older workers by providing an adaptive style to retirement. This study investigates the influence of retirement planning and job satisfaction on bridge employment. A self-administered questionnaire was used in this study and a total of 523 samples were collected for nine major districts in Sabah. Data were analysed using Partial Least Square (PLS) method version 2.0. The result showed a significant relationship between retirement planning and job satisfaction on bridge employment, explaining 4.7% the variance in bridge employment and job satisfaction was found to be the strongest predictor of bridge employment.</p>
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Zhou, Rui, Shuangshuang Wang, and Nengliang Yao. "URBANIZATION, FINANCIAL SOURCE, AND PLACE OF DEATH AMONG CHINESE LONGEVITY OLDER ADULTS." Innovation in Aging 6, Supplement_1 (November 1, 2022): 683. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.2509.
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Abstract The research on place of death among Chinese oldest adults is scare. This study explored the associations of urbanization and financial source on the places of death among Chinese longevity older adults. The sample consists of 21,920 decedents (female=60%, died at home=89%, mean age at death=95) from 2000-2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), conducted by Peking University. Places of death were divided into two categories: home and other sites (including hospitals, institutions and others). Urbanization was measured by residential areas: rural or city. Financial source consisted of family financial support and retirement wage. Chi-square test showed that older adults living in rural areas and getting family finance support were more likely to die at home. Results from binary regression models show that controlling for covariates, decedents living in cities were 6.2 times more likely to die in other places than at home and those received retirement wage were 3.1 times respectively. Notably, older adults who lived in cities and also had retirement wage were 17.7 times more likely to die in other places comparing to those living in rural areas with only family finance support. Findings suggest that more older adults will choose to die at hospitals or institutions as the process of urbanization and the development of social pension system in China, which will put enormous pressure to the hospital-centered healthcare system. Improving the quality of healthcare in grassroots areas might be a feasible attempt to relive the pressure of hospital-centered healthcare system in cities.
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Xia, Bo, Jiaxuan E, Qing Chen, Laurie Buys, Tan Yigitcanlar, and Connie Susilawati. "Understanding Spatial Distribution of Retirement Villages: An Analysis of the Greater Brisbane Region." Urban Science 5, no. 4 (November 17, 2021): 89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci5040089.
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The nature of the increasingly ageing populations of developed countries places residential issues of these populations at the heart of urban policy. Retirement villages as housing options for older adults in Australia has been growing steadily in recent years; however, there have been a dearth of geographical studies looking into the distribution of existing retirement villages at the regional level. This study aims to reveal the geographical distributions and cluster patterns of retirement villages in the Greater Brisbane Region of Australia to better understand and serve the living requirements of current and potential retirement village residents. The geovisualization method was adopted to visually explore the distribution patterns of retirement villages. The Global Moran’s I and Local Moran’s I measures were employed to analyze the spatial correlation and the clusters of retirement villages in the study region. The study revealed that distribution of retirement villages was not random (z-score = 7.11; p < 0.001), but clustered in nature and included hotspot patterns, especially along the coastline and Brisbane River areas. Moreover, for-profit and not-for-profit retirement villages have different distribution patterns and adopted significantly different tenure agreements. In the study region, the spatial distribution of retirement villages aligns with the aggregation trend of older residents. The findings of this study disclosed the spatial distribution patterns of retirement villages and will provide developers and policymakers with geographically referenced data for the choice of new development sites to meet the market demand of potential customers, forming aged-friendly development strategies, and eventually leading to improved quality of life for older Australians.
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Zaborovskaya, Yulia M. "The Social Policy in Respect of Pensioners in the Conditions of the Pandemic: A Study of Russian and Foreign Experience." State power and local self-government 1 (January 18, 2024): 49–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.18572/1813-1247-2024-1-49-53.
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Persons of retirement age are the most vulnerable category of citizens requiring support from the state during a pandemic. The article considers social support measures, as well as measures taken in various states and aimed at reducing the incidence and mortality rate among the population (self-isolation regime, transition to remote work, mask regime, recommendations for visiting public places at certain hours). Based on an analysis of social policy and measures implemented in these countries, measures have been proposed to increase social guarantees in Russia against persons of retirement age during the coronavirus pandemic.
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SCHIEBER, SYLVESTER J. "Political economy of public sector retirement plans." Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 10, no. 2 (April 2011): 269–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474747211000060.
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AbstractVirtually all state and local government employers in the United States offer workers some sort of retirement benefits today but there is significant variation in the characteristics of those plans. There is also a great deal of public angst about the level and timing of commitments made in these plans. The literature on retirement plans suggests that they are important elements of compensation that plan sponsors use in meeting their human resource goals. But public retirement plans are created and operated in a public policy environment and forces other than local labor market considerations may be brought to bear in the organization and operation of these plans. This paper explores some of the possible explanations for the variation in state retirement plans. Public disclosure data is used to develop a model that explains relative generosity of benefits based on the characteristics of participants and the marketplaces in which the plans are offered. The final section of the paper places the issues explored in a forward looking context. The public disclosure environment recently put in place for public retirement plans is likely to have a more profound effect on state pension operations than any other development in recent history.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Retirement, places of"
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Kathler, Cheryl Joyce. "Participatory planning of housing for older persons : two televised case studies." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26849.
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"Population aging" is a worldwide occurrence facing both developed and developing countries alike. In Canada, significant public policy issues arise with the increasing number and proportion of older persons. One of the most important of these is meeting the housing needs of the more than one million older persons facing housing decisions in the next three decades. The greatest challenge to all those involved in producing, financing or managing housing for older persons is to assist the majority of older persons in their desire to remain in the community as they age.
The underlying premise of this explorative study is that older persons should and must be involved at all levels of planning current and future seniors' or retirement housing. The specific purpose of the thesis is to explore "collaborative planning" as a method of involving older persons in housing issues. The rationale for the participation of older persons is developed from the review of three areas of relevant literature. In contrast to the literature on "environment and aging" and gerontology, this study seeks an understanding of the broader social, political-economic forces as prerequisite to meaningful analysis of the lower levels of the housing context. This wider perspective also forms the basis for the rationale of including older persons in the planning process.
A discussion of "participation" as a process and a movement provides an introduction to two case studies as examples of "collaborative planning" involving older persons and professionals in discussing seniors' or retirement housing. The thesis research question is:
What do older persons view as their housing needs and preferences, and how successful is present seniors' or retirement housing in meeting these? The structure, format and objectives of the two case studies were framed within the thesis principles and assumptions in addition to this question. The case studies were assessed for their usefulness for defining housing needs and preferences of older persons, and for examining how closely these stated needs and preferences fit existing housing alternatives. The evaluation of the case studies revealed that collaborative planning took place, and that the stated objectives of each event and those of the sponsoring organization were met. The thesis assumptions and premises were thereby substantiated. The wide impact and numerous outcomes of the case studies within the seniors' communities were also noted. However, the research question was largely unanswered in terms of "product", and the analysis includes some possible explanations.
Analysis of the case studies within the broader context indicated that older persons and professionals alike are in a "reactive" mode of thinking rather than creative or "proactive" in what they visualize as seniors' housing options. Entrenched thinking and attitudes are difficult to change, and as this study concludes, education of all involved is necessary. The greater necessity is, however, the need to personalize the issue of inadequate and unsuitable seniors' or retirement housing, so that change is seen as imperative to one's own future life as an older person.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Myers, Erik S. "What Becomes of Boquete: Transformation, Tension, and the Consequences of Residential Tourism in Panama." Ohio : Ohio University, 2009. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1245254852.
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Stephens, Brent William. "An exploratory survey of the needs and adjustment to retirement of persons residing in Port Alfred." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006514.
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The problem that was chosen to be investigated, was that, within the white middle class South African white-collar worker there appears to be a tendency to live for the "pie in the sky" - which for most seems to be retirement to the idyllic cottage by the sea. Within the South African scenario, there seems to be a definite lack of career planning or at least planning for retirement, other than the financial emphasis. Upon reaching the "ultimate" retirement, retirees take their pension money and move to the coast, expecting pure bliss. The result of their lack of forethought is that they settle in a totally different climate, away from the support of family and friends, possibly finding their income inadequate, with the result that many fall seriously ill, and then discover a lack of geriatric care or a hospital at the time in their lives when they need it the most. The aim of the research was to investigate these issues using a specific location - Port Alfred, researching the fact that Port Alfred continues to be a retirement haven, despite appearing to lack the necessary facilities required by the elderly. The method of the research was to initially administer a pilot questionnaire to a few elderly residents at random, which was then followed up by the formal personally administered questionnaire to a sample. The sample of retired elderly residents in Port Alfred was chosen at random primarily from the various old age homes in Port Alfred. This questionnaire was administered in 1983 but due to financial and personal reasons, the results were not written up. In 1990, the research was continued with a further questionnaire being administered in 1991. The research direction was altered slightly to identify not only what resources were felt to be lacking, but also to identify how well the retired persons of Port Alfred had managed their transition to retirement. The results showed some similarity between the 1983 and the 1991 research. On the surface the retirees appeared well-adjusted and content, but when it was delved deeper, they appeared to have opted out of making any great effort to change their situation, but rather had taken the view that they had earned their rest, would make the best of what they had, and leave it to someone else to champion their cause. This meant that they relied heavily upon those in their community to meet their obvious needs. The promised hospital that they had arduously raised funds for had not materialised, and that seemed to have been the last effort that they had been prepared to make, they were now at rest. The conclusion was that, although the retirees had made the best of their situation, this definitely did not mean that their resources were adequate. Various charities and social services were at work in the community to redress the imbalance, but it was felt that these would in turn benefit by the addition of a social worker. This social worker would coordinate these services and take responsibility for the community at large, particularly addressing the need to unify the services with those to the large non-White community, in the (on-going) development of the New South Africa
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Scherbakova, Victoria. "What do the elderly demand? A study of the living environment in Storuman-, Sorsele and Vilhelmina municipality." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184647.
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In sparsely populated municipalities, there is a large increase of elderly people in relation to people of working age. This will entail a great need for housing for the elderly, and at the same time resources for the care of the elderly. The aim for this study is to examine how older people within Storuman-, Sorsele and Vilhelmina municipality perceive their current housing and other forms of housing for the future, and also to analyze how the housing demand is met now or in the plans for future development within the municipalities. Interviews have been conducted with both elderly but also with people who work with housing issues within the municipalities. There are incentives that the demand of shared housing will increase. The elderly feel a lack of meeting places and they prefer shared forms of housing over regular apartments. The municipalities have different challenges and different housing supply and therefore they have different approaches and plans to cope with the future housing demand for elderly.
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Van, der Merwe William Charles. "'n Evaluering van die kostedoeltreffendheid van maatskaplikewelsynsprogramme vir die versorging van ouer persone in residensiele fasiliteite." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52953.
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Thesis (MSocialWork) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2002.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since 1988 it became practice for welfare organisations to submit an evaluation of their welfare programme as part of their application for state funding for the next year. Included in this evaluation is a section on the cost efficiency of the programme. After the first democratic election in 1994 a number of processes were started to develop new welfare policies for the country. In all of these processes cost efficiency is seen as a principle, but in spite of this, so it seems from the documents, is the evaluation of cost efficiency still a problem. The question therefore arises: What is the present status of the evaluation of the cost efficiency of social services after twelve years of program evaluation? Only a few studies on the methodology of the evaluation of cost efficiency within the South African context were found through the literature study. An exploratory study was therefore undertaken to determine what the reasons could be why so little progress was made with cost effiency evaluation. The empirical study focussed on residential facilities for older persons and was done within one welfare organisation in the Western- and Southern Cape. A sample of twenty managers was randomly selected and fifteen respondents returned the questionaire. It is a potential danger that managers of residential facilities for older persons could see the evaluation of the services rendered as just another administrative task, because of the very strong link between evaluation and the application for state funding. The researcher therefore wanted to ascertain what the attitude of the managers is towards the evaluation of their services, and especially the evaluation of the cost-efficiency thereof. It was found that the managers are positive towards program evaluation and the evaluation of cost efficiency, but the majority of them responded that the lack of guidelines and manuals is a deficiency. The lack of proper measuring instruments was also stressed. The research also shown that the managers conceptualize cost efficiency mainly in terms of costs and not as a relation between the outcomes of the programme and the costs thereof. The managers of residential facilities uses the evaluation document that was send out by the department, because it forms part of the application for state funding. This means that the level of program evaluation is actually determined by the department. It was found that this document focused mainly on the measuring of inputs and outputs and not so much of the evaluation of the outcomes of the programme. Based on the results of the study the researcher proposed guidelines to promote the evaluation of the cost efficiency of social services.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Dit is sedert 1988 praktyk dat vrywillige welsynsorganisasies jaarliks 'n evaluering van hulle maatskaplikewelsynsprogram moet indien as deel van die aansoek om staatsubsidie vir die volgende jaar. By hierdie evaluering van die maatskaplikewelsynsprogramme is die evaluering van die kostedoeltreffendheid van die program ingesluit. Na die eerste demokratiese verkiesing in 1994 het verskeie prosesse aan die gang gekom om nuwe maatskaplikewelsynsbeleid vir Suid-Afrika te ontwikkel. In al die dokumente wat deur die prosesse ontwikkel is, word die kostedoeltreffendheid van maatskaplikewelsynsdienste as 'n belangrike beginsel gestel. Tog blyk dit, uit die verslae van sommige van die prosesse, dat die evaluering van kostedoeltreffendheid 'n probleem blyk te wees. Die vraag ontstaan dan tereg: Wat is die huidige stand van die evaluering van die kostedoeltreffendheid van maatskaplikewelsynsprogramme twaalf jaar sedert die implementering van programevaluering? Uit die literatuurstudie het dit geblyk dat daar min studies in Suid-Afrika bestaan wat handel oor die metodiek van kostedoeltreffendheidsevaluering van maatskaplikewelsynsprogramme. Verkennende navorsing is onderneem om vas te stel waarom daar oënskynlik min vordering gemaak is met die evaluering van kostedoeltreffendheid van maatskaplikewelsynsprogramme. Die empiriese studie het gefokus op residensiële fasiliteite vir ouer persone en die navorsing is uitgevoer by een welsynsorganisasie in die Wes- en Suid-Kaap. 'n Steekproef van twintig bestuurders is op ewekansige wyse geselekteer en vyftien respondente het die vraelys teruggestuur. Die gevaar bestaan dat, vanweë die sterk verband tussen die evaluering van die program en die aansoek vir subsidie, die evaluering van die maatskaplikewelsynsprogram bloot net as nog 'n administratiewe taak gesien kan word. Daarom wou die navorser vasstel wat die bestuurders van residensiële versorgingsprogramme vir ouer persone se houding jeens programevaluering en die evaluering van die kostedoeltreffendheid van die program is. In die studie is bevind dat die bestuurders positief jeens programevaluering en die evaluering van die kostedoeltreffendheid van die programme is, maar die oorgrote meerderheid bestuurders het aangedui dat hulle dit as 'n leemte sien dat daar min riglyne of handleidings bestaan. Die gebrek aan meetinstrumente is ook beklemtoon. Uit die studie het dit verder geblyk dat die bestuurders die konsep kostedoeltreffendheid hoofsaaklik in terme van koste verstaan, en nie in terme van 'n verhouding van die uitkomste van die program tot die koste daarvan nie. Die bestuurders van residensiële fasiliteite voltooi jaarliks die evalueringsdokument van die betrokke staatsdepartement, omdat dit deel vorm van die aansoekprosedure vir staatsubsidie. Hierdie dokument bepaal derhalwe die vlak van programevaluering. Dit het uit die studie geblyk dat die dokument wat gebruik word grootliks fokus op die meting van insette en uitsette en nie soseer op die uitkomste van die welsynsprogramme nie. Gebaseer op die bevindinge van die navorsing is riglyne voorgestel wat sal meewerk om die evaluering van die kostedoeltreffendheid van maatskaplike dienste te bevorder.
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Mahajan, Ruchi. "Design and Technology for Retirement Communities." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1595849126390168.
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Wilson, Richard A. "ECHO aging in place communities /." This title; PDF viewer required. Home page for entire collection, 2009. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
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Curch, Lisa Marie. "THE PLACE OF DIETARY PRACTICES IN THE LIVES OF OLDER WOMEN." UKnowledge, 2002. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/370.
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Studies have supported the benefits of positive dietary behaviors in preventing or reducing morbidity and extending longevity, as well as the psychosocial function of dietary practices for quality of life. Research is needed though on the dietary behaviors of elders in general and older women in particular, for whom gender affects lifelong dietary patterns. Health behavior theory has typically focused on psychological factors, to the neglect of sociocultural processes. This investigation utilized a life course perspective, enhanced by social interactionist elements, to address aspects of development and change in behavior neglected by health behavior theories, such as temporal dimensions and social contexts. Using primarily an ethnographic approach centered on in-depth narrative interviews of 18 older women residing in a retirement community, this study explored how social milieu influences the development and progression of dietary behavior throughout life, the potential of life course transitions to modify dietary behavior, and how the retirement community environment shapes current dietary behavior. The interviews probed current dietary experiences and practices, as well as constructed histories of dietary behavior. Through the use of coding techniques and thematic analysis, themes and concepts that emerged from the data were organized for further analysis. Four levels of influence on dietary behavior were identified: 1) person factors, including psychological and physiological processes; 2) interpersonal relationships and social interaction; 3) social roles and statuses; and 4) contexts, particularly environmental, community policy and political economic contexts. Analysis additionally revealed four major food-related themes in the lives of the women: dietary morality, dietary wellness, dietary sociability and dietary duty. Interpretation of the findings, in terms of lifelong social experiences, the impact of relationships, roles and transitions, and structural characteristics of the retirement community that constrain or facilitate dietary practices, contributed to the development of a theoretical model. The research findings and model of life course influences on the nature of dietary behaviors of older women provide a more holistic understanding of dietary practices of older women and have implications for future research and practice, particularly as related to quality of life issues.
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Webb, Rickey Ben. "Equipping selected retirement community residents for a ministry of intercessory prayer at Buckner Westminster Place in Longview, Texas." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Berg, Jessica. "Everyday mobility and travel activities during the first years of retirement." Doctoral thesis, Mobilitet, aktörer och planering, MAP, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-10168.
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Mobility is central to living an independent life, to participating in society, and to maintaining well-being in later life. The point of departure in this thesis is that retirement implies changes in time-space use and interruption in routines, which influence demands and preconditions for mobility in different ways. The aim of this thesis is to explore mobility strategies and changes in mobility upon retirement and how mobility develops during the first years of retirement. A further aim is to provide knowledge of the extent to which newly retired people maintain a desired mobility based on their needs and preconditions. The thesis is empirically based on travel diaries kept by newly retired people, and qualitative interviews with the same persons, and follow-up interviews three and a half years later. The results show that mobility is a way of forming a structure in the new everyday life as retirees by getting out of the house, either just for a walk or to do errands. Many patterns of everyday life remain the same upon retirement, but the informants also merge new responsibilities and seek new social arenas and activities. As a result, the importance of the car have not changed, but it is used for other reasons than before. After leaving paid work, new space-time constraints are created which influences demands for mobility. The study further shows that “third places” become important, especially among those who live alone, as they give an opportunity to being part of a social context and a reason for getting out of the house. The follow-up interviews revealed that declining health changes the preconditions for mobility. Daily walks had to be made shorter, and the car had to be used for most errands to where they previously could walk or cycle. However, mobility can also be maintained despite a serious illness and a long period of rehabilitation.Mobilitet är en förutsättning för oberoende, delaktighet och välbefinnande när man åldras. Utgångspunkten i avhandlingen är att pensioneringen innebär tidsrumsliga förändringar och brott i rutiner som på olika sätt påverkar människors behov av att resa och deras förutsättningar för mobilitet. Syftet med avhandlingen är att utforska mobilitetsstrategier och förändringar i mobilitet i samband med pensioneringen samt hur mobiliteten utvecklas under de första åren som pensionär. Ambitionen är att öka kunskapen om i vilken utsträckning nya pensionärer upprätthåller en önskad mobilitet utifrån deras egna behov och förutsättningar. Avhandlingen baseras empiriskt på resedagböcker som nyblivna pensionärer har fört och kvalitativa intervjuer med samma personer, samt uppföljningsintervjuer tre och ett halvt år senare. Resultaten visar att mobiliteten är en strategi för att skapa en struktur i vardagen som pensionär genom att komma hemifrån, t.ex. för att ta en promenad eller för att uträtta ärenden. Många vardagsmönster behålls vid pensioneringen men informanterna finner också nya åtaganden och söker nya sociala arenor och aktiviteter. Betydelsen av bilen har inte förändrats men den används av andra anledningar än tidigare. Vid pensioneringen skapas andra tidsrumsliga begränsningar vilka inverkar på efterfrågan på mobilitet. Resultaten visa också att "tredje platser" blir viktiga, särskilt bland dem som lever ensamma, eftersom de ger en möjlighet att vara en del av ett socialt sammanhang och en anledning att komma hemifrån. Uppföljningsintervjuerna visade att förutsättningarna för mobilitet förändras när hälsan försämras. Promenaderna blir kortare och bilen används i högre utsträckning för de ärenden dit de tidigare kunde gå eller cykla. Men trots allvarliga sjukdomar och långa perioder av rehabilitering kan mobiliteten upprätthållas.
ERA-NET 2007 "Keep moving: improving the mobility of older persons"
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Books on the topic "Retirement, places of"
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Savageau, David. Retirement places rated. 5th ed. New York, NY: MacMillan USA, 1999.
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Stafford, J. D. Retiring in the hinterland. [Thunder Bay, Ont.]: Lakehead Centre for Northern Studies, 1989.
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John, Howells. Retirement choices for the time of your life. San Francisco: Gateway Books, 1987.
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John, Howells. Choose California for retirement: Retirement discoveries for every budget. Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1998.
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Stern, Ken. Lee and Saralee Rosenberg's 50 fabulous places to retire in America. 2nd ed. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, 1996.
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D, Ford Norman. The 50 healthiest places to live and retire in the United States. Bedford, MA: Mills & Sanderson Publishers, 1991.
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Emling, Shelley. Your guide to retiring to Mexico, Costa Rica, and beyond: Finding the good life on a fixed income. New York: Avery Pub. Group, 1996.
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L, Fox Richard. America's best places to retire. Houston, TX: Vacation Publications, 1995.
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Bolender, Benjamin C., and László J. Kulcsár. "Retirement Migration to Unconventional Places." In Rural Aging in 21st Century America, 311–29. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5567-3_17.
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Green, Paul. "In Search of a Place Like Me: Making Sense of Character, Boundaries and Later-Life Mobility Pathways in Southeast Asia." In Retirement Migration to the Global South, 29–47. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6999-6_2.
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Grigoryeva, Irina, Oksana Parfenova, and Alexandra Dmitrieva. "Social Policy for Older People in the Post-Soviet Space: How Do Pension Systems and Social Services Influence Social Exclusion?" In International Perspectives on Aging, 385–95. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51406-8_30.
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AbstractThis chapter considers pension protection and social services in the post-Soviet space as forms of social policy that can protect older people from risks of social exclusion. We draw on the example of two countries, Russia and Ukraine, which share a common Soviet background. Until relatively recently, both countries held a similar position with regard to the pension protection and social security of old people. However, recent reforms in the area of pensions and social services have generated various possible ways for the development of both countries. In Ukraine, pension reform took place in 2017, and can be described as “softer” in comparison with the Russian version. Ukrainian reform does not involve raising the retirement age, but rather increases the length of service required to retire. Pension reform in Russia has been taking place before our eyes, in 2018–2019. It assumes a sharp rise in the retirement ages for men and women. In addition to addressing pension reform, the chapter considers in more detail social services for older people in Russia and Ukraine. In broad terms, the chapter seeks to answer the following question: How do modern pension reforms and the structure of social services in the post-Soviet space (for example, Russia and Ukraine) affect the social exclusion of older people?
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Urbaniak, Anna, Anna Wanka, Kieran Walsh, and Frank Oswald. "The Relationship Between Place and Life-Course Transitions in Old-Age Social Exclusion: A Cross-Country Analysis." In International Perspectives on Aging, 209–21. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51406-8_16.
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AbstractThe international literature presents growing evidence of the impact of life transitions in older age on experiences of social exclusion. Older people’s relationship with place potentially plays a mediating role in this interrelation. However, the specific mechanisms through which the older adult place relationship mediates exclusionary outcomes of life-course transitions remain poorly understood in the study of ageing. This chapter investigates how older adults’ relationship with place is interlinked with life-course transitions and old-age social exclusion. To address this interrelation, we present case studies from three different countries, Germany, Ireland and Poland, focusing on individual experiences of retirement and bereavement, and analyse the cases by drawing on the concepts of spatial agency and belonging. We conclude by examining how spatial agency and belonging can protect and empower older people at critical junctures in their lives.
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Hogue, Helen M., Elaine T. Jurkowski, and Maor Rubinstein. "Work, Retirement, and Leisure in Rural Places." In Aging in Rural Places. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/9780826198112.0005.
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Clark, Sam. "Retirement reviewed." In Inside Retirement Housing, 247–53. Policy Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447357629.003.0015.
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Chapter 14 draws together the research stories contained within this volume, presenting them as an anthology that captures multiple cultures connected to British retirement housing, while highlighting key areas of significance and contribution to environmental gerontology. It also presents a reminder to readers that the retirement-living products at the centre of this book represent just one accommodation solution or typology – retirement blocks – that serve a niche segment of the UK population and contribute a relatively small volume of for-sale properties to overall housing stock. This chapter also calls to mind the wider social purpose of housing and the inherent risk in pursuing the commodification of residential ‘units’ or ‘rooms’ and financialisation of housing generally. Here readers are invited to reflect on how the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the significance of good-quality homes, especially during periods of lockdown, which revealed great disparity of experience due to housing inequality, particularly in relation to dwelling size, proximity to outdoor space, and environmental performance (heating and cooling). Volume housing, especially apartment blocks, must be considered first and foremost as homes and places for dwelling, with potential to meet the changing needs of occupants over the long term, including those ageing in place.
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Repetti, Marion, and Toni Calasanti. "Retirement migration." In Retirement Migration and Precarity in Later Life, 13–27. Policy Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447358213.003.0002.
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This chapter provides a deeper understanding of the social and economic characteristics of international retirement migration. It explores the diverse forms that retirement migration can take, including short-term and permanent versions, and scholars’ increased interest in these trends since the early 1980s. We describe the themes that appear the most in the literature on international retirement migration, such as lifestyle factors, ease of travel, transnational family ties and the globalisation of the health, housing and leisure markets targeting retirees in richer countries. We then develop interlinkages between retirement migration and precarity, and show how some scholars have explored this aspect since the early 2000s. Finally, we address ageism and how this shapes retirees’ living conditions in the Global North and, possibly, in international retirement migration contexts. We end the chapter by presenting our study and the sample, and briefly describing the places where we conducted the interviews in Spain, Costa Rica and Mexico.
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Baily, Martin Neil, and Benjamin H. Harris. "How Are Families Planning for End-of-Life Care?" In The Retirement Challenge, 125—C9.P57. Oxford University PressNew York, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197639276.003.0009.
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Abstract Retirees run the risk of outliving their assets and facing large medical expenses at the end of life. Nursing home care costs more than $100,000 a year in some places. Dementia care can last for several years if the person contracts Alzheimer’s while young. The most common form of end-of-life care is from a family member, either a spouse or adult child. That can place a heavy burden on the caregiver and mean sub-par care for the patient. Insurance policies can cover part of the cost of full-time care but are very expensive. Medicaid pays for nursing home care for those who have exhausted their financial resources, but the quality of these nursing homes varies. This chapter discusses the problem and why the long-term care insurance market has not thrived.
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Lewis, John. "Métis older adults and the negotiation of nativeness." In Aging People, Aging Places, 223–40. Policy Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447352563.003.0020.
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This chapter refers to community planners and local government decision makers that are acutely aware of the changing demographic character of North American communities. It examines the retirement of the baby boomer generation, which is projected that 20 percent of the North American population will be 65 years or older. It also recounts how the Age-Friendly Communities (AFC) movement acquired considerable policy and research traction since its launch by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2007. The chapter discusses that the province of Ontario has made several incremental efforts to expand its AFC policy efforts based on three linked strategic policies and investments. It includes the launch of the Finding the Right Fit Age-Friendly Communities Planning Guide, the Ontario AFC Planning Grants Program, and funding for an AFC Outreach and Community Support Program.
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Attig, Thomas. "Meeting Them in Familiar Places." In Rheumatoid Arthritis: Plan to Win, 218–21. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195130560.003.0041.
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Abstract I returned to my parents’ home on Cross Street and my hometown many times in the years after Dad died. Mom changed the arrangements she had made at home to care for Dad while he was ill. She sorted through and disposed of most of his clothing and other personal items. She otherwise kept the house very much as it was before he died. Over the years she bought some furniture or carpet when old items wore out and rearranged things in ways that suited her. It seemed very much the same place to me nearly twenty-five years later when she left it for a retirement home. Men I visited, I easily remembered Dad in the various rooms of the house or out in the yard. I saw him napping after a hard day’s work, sitting before the television watching the Mite Sox or Cubs, eating at the kitchen or dining room table, sitting and listening while company chattered away or I played the piano, or joking with my friends. Occasionally, I told my children something about the grandfather they never met when we returned there together or as I remembered incidents in particular places.
Conference papers on the topic "Retirement, places of"
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Yaacob, Wan Noor Anira Hj Wan Ali @. "Elderly Needs Of Garden In Retirement Homes: A Systematic Review." In ICRP 2019 - 4th International Conference on Rebuilding Place. Cognitive-Crcs, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epms.2019.12.72.
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Wu, Yuefang. "Seasonal Community and Resident’s Experience of Place: Case Study of an Evolving Retirement Migration Destination." In 6th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities. (Philosophy of Being Human as the Core of Interdisciplinary Research) (ICCESSH 2021). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210902.036.
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Silva, Joa˜o P. M. A., Ricardo Jardim-Goncalves, Adolfo Steiger-Garc¸a˜o, and Anto´nio A. C. Monteiro. "Product Lifecycle Management Enhancement With an Ontological Approach." In ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2005-85570.
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Recently, computational design aiding tools resources are undertaken in modern companies, enhancing high quality product definition development. However, accurate digital product descriptions are attained through multiple software applications, each one seeking to solve focused needs. Regardless significant advances, there still remains a substantial computational deficiency in how these systems interact with each other between the several PLC stages. Plural issues with different origin and nature contribute to such state, increasing the research community interest to contribute with solution that minimizes the problem. In particular, one main issue refers to product and process knowledge exchange along PLC stages. According to this scenario, and with market pressure to increase profits and reduce redundancies, an efficient coordination and management of all the activities taking place along the Production Process must be performed. Hence, promising technologies of Product Lifecycle Management are considered strategic to manage capture of product knowledge along its life, from initial conception to retirement. This paper proposes the use of an ontology to be used in a knowledge-based system, giving support to a comprehensive product model to improve integration and data exchange capabilities trough entire PLC. The capture, handle and re-use of knowledge from multiple disciplines during PLC (e.g. design, manufacture or maintenance), extending capabilities of existent product and process models is the promising main benefit of ontologies development.
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Zabelina, Ekaterina, Yulia Chestyunina, Ekaterina Vedeneeva, Irina Trushina, and Svetlana Kurnosova. "Late Economic Socialization: Regional Dimension." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001665.
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The aging society faced by many countries, can have a significant impact on employment, savings, consumption, economic growth, and fiscal balance. It is promising to consider the problems of an aging society through the prism of the effective economic socialization of the older generation, which allows ones to extend the working capacity, health and well-being of pensioners. Late economic socialization is understood as a process and result of a person's re-interpretation of the economic reality, acknowledged by changes in economic mind and behavior at the retirement as a new social status (Chestyunina & Zabelina, 2019). Factors that affect the effectiveness of the late economic socialization have not been sufficiently studied. This study seeks to fill this gap by the qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with pensioners living in different parts of the country (in the capital and in the industrial city). 12 respondents were interviewed in Moscow and 9 respondents in Chelyabinsk. Thematic analysis was used to systematize and analyze data. Despite the difference in living standards in the capital and the region, most pensioners in both groups are satisfied with their income level. An analysis of the distribution of daily financial spending and savings goals suggests that pensioners in the capital have a wider range of life needs and opportunities than in the region. Similarities in purchasing behavior among pensioners in the center of the country and on the periphery, as well as a relatively low level of consumer activity were found. A different attitude to loans was recorded among the respondents in different parts of the country. If in the region almost 100% of the respondents view loans sharply negatively, then in Moscow there are only half of such pensioners, the rest perceive the loan as normal fact and support it as an opportunity to purchase expensive goods. Plans for the future of Moscow pensioners are more diverse and include ambitious economic goals: to get an apartment in turn, to exchange an apartment, to close a mortgage. Only a small part of the respondents in Chelyabinsk (22%) set economic goals in the future, and they are associated with the continuation of employment. In addition, some of the opinions about the future in this group are very pessimistic. Pensioners in Moscow put money at a lower place in the value system than respondents in the region, which indicates a greater satisfaction with the material needs of pensioners in the capital. Representations about an ideal life in retirement are concentrated on issues of financial independence among Moscow respondents. For the pensioners in the region, besides wealth, health and a sense of stability play an important role. The criteria for an economically successful person are more blurred and uncertain in the group of the pensioners in the capital. The results indicate a regional specificity of the late economic socialization. The prospects for investigating the identified differences in the quantitative study are discussed.
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Nichols, Timothy, Glenn Ashe, and Dennis Kruse. "The Global Shipbuilding Executive Summit Series: Partnering with the Navy and Coast Guard to Improve Naval Shipbuilding." In SNAME Maritime Convention. SNAME, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/smc-2014-p29.
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The shipbuilding industry is approaching a historic crossroads. The demand for new and more capable ships is surging while a wave of retirements and operational obsolescence will place enormous challenges on shipbuilders around the world. However, recent performance setbacks in the form of protracted delays in delivery of new ships that were over budget and not compliant with essential requirements clearly confirmed that the industry must do better. At the same time, increased fleet operations are placing significant pressure on fleet maintenance budgets to achieve expected fleet availability metrics within the bounds of available resources. The challenges that these conditions are placing on the shipbuilding industry prompted a group of industry and government leaders in the USA to have the first Global Shipbuilding Executive Summit in 2010 that was jointly sponsored by the American Society of Naval Engineers and Siemens PLM Software. Based on the view that Public Private Partnerships are best suited to deal with such broad systematic issues, a group of like-minded leaders came together to focus on solutions to the top shipbuilding industries challenges. The summit began with introductory comments by prominent shipbuilding leaders from both the USA and Europe. The European perspective was a very important and challenging viewpoint on how leading shipyards are addressing similar challenges and moreover competing in the export market for high performance vessels. Then close to 100 executives spent several hours developing a set of specific recommendations to improve industry performance and productivity.
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Mercean-Țârc, Mirela. "The genre of symphony in the transylvanian school of composition – the last seven decades." In Conferința științifică internațională "Învăţământul artistic – dimensiuni culturale". Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts, Republic of Moldova, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.55383/iadc2022.04.
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The term „school of composition” has been used mainly to define a group of composers whose directions in music creation meet two conditions: claiming from a founding- master and respecting the continuity of the traditions established by him, often going beyond the original model. In this sense, we should emphasize the contribution made by Professor Sigismund Todita to the establishment of the composition school within the “Gh. Dima” Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca, one of the most active musical higher education institutions from Transylvania in the second half of the 20th century. A dominant figure by the authority conferred by erudition and his encyclopedic spirit, S. Toduţă formed entire generations of composers whose creative path also marked original orientations in contemporary Romanian music. Maestro Cornel Ţăranu took over the management of this composition school after the retirement of S. Toduţă, in the last two decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the new millennium. Currently, the composer Adrian Pop is the main coordinator of the destinies of the future music creators, Adrian Borza, Şerban Marcu and Cristian Bence Muk taking over the responsibility of consolidating a bright future for music composition in this prestigious Transylvanian school, The „Gh. Dima” Academy of Music from Cluj-Napoca The paper aims to highlight the role and the place of symphony in the creation of these composers, as the fruit of creative maturity, of the craft in the art of orchestral writing. At the same time, it will try to draw a global picture of the evolution of this genre in terms of stylistic stages, of the language of each composer and the adaptation to the orientations and the directions of contemporary music in the last seven decades.
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Eastman, Don, Rick Elgin, and Beilene Hao. "A Probabilistic Approach to Life Management for Auxiliary Power Units." In ASME 1997 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/97-gt-107.
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Component fatigue life is a major concern in the design of gas turbine Auxiliary Power Units as it directly influences the reliability and life cycle cost of the end product. Accordingly, there is heavy emphasis placed upon designing components which safely maximize their fatigue life. Typical industry practice for managing fatigue has relied on what is commonly referred to as the “safe life approach” in which retirement lives are analytically determined for components and hardware is removed from service before fatigue related failures can occur. The safe life approach is deterministic in nature since stress analysis results based on minimum geometry, material properties and maximum load are used to set a single life for the component. However, service experience shows that fatigue failures can occur before service life and that actual service lives are distributed over a large range of values as a result of variables not accounted for by deterministic methods. In order to better achieve the goal of minimizing product life cycle costs while recognizing the variable nature of fatigue lives, Sundstrand Aerospace (SA) has developed a Life Management Plan (LMP) which includes probabilistic methods to augment the company’s standard safe life methodology. Sundstrand’s LMP builds on the safe life methodology by using statistical distributions along with Monte Carlo simulations to predict initial component cracking rates. These initial predictions are used to guide an inspection program which provides actual cracking data. As this inspection data base grows, the initial simulation is modified to include the inspection data and the predicted failure rates are updated. This provides Sundstrand with a tool to manage failure risk in the field as well as to provide early warning of negative trends. This paper will discuss how Sundstrand’s LMP was devised and implemented as well as what lessons have been learned and what changes are planned for future incorporation. A case history will be cited to illustrate how the LMP has worked, comparing predictions to actual experience.
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Wei, Y., U. Nienhuis, and E. Moredo. "Two Approaches to Scheduling Outfitting Processes in Shipbuilding." In SNAME Maritime Convention. SNAME, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/smc-2009-p09.
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In shipbuilding, outfitting is the process of installing non-structural components, like equipment, pipes, cables, ducts, etc., which can run through several structural compartments. Pre-outfitting is defined as outfitting activities that take place before hull erection, thus during panel, section and block assembly. The outfitting process is characterized by interferences between yard and many subcontractors, disturbances by unexpected delays, and technological constraints concerning the installation of main propulsion machinery. Scheduling of this process is therefore quite complex and a difficult topic to research. According to extensive literature study, there have been some relevant paper published more than twenty years ago[1],[2],[3],although since then the topic has not received much attention.. Traditionally, the initial outfitting process planning is generated largely manually by experts with the help of computer software, like Microsoft Project and Primavera. These tools allow some limited plan checking and evaluation. As soon as special simulation tools, for example based on eM-Plant or, Arena, are fully developed, plans can be tested, analyzed and optimized in a more accurate way. Even though the digitalization of downstream work is being developed, the initial plan depends greatly on experts. They have to be trained and then gain their expertise from practice. It generally takes over five years for someone to acquire sufficient expertise in a particular area[4]. Furthermore, the knowledge the experts gained by their years of experience may be lost, due to retirement and personnel quitting the company. Hence, it is indispensable to make such tacit knowledge explicit through models. It means that in order to optimize the facilities, maximize the production efficiency and minimize the building time, it is necessary to develop a system to automatically generate plans for outfitting processes, which can also support the simulation models afterwards for verification purposes. The research discussed in this paper looks into the possibilities to automatically generate an outfitting sequence and planning, based on two approaches. The first approach is an analytical approach, where the focus lies on the most convenient installation sequence on a system or compartment level. This sequence considers all relations between activities within one system and with activities of other systems, and relations within one compartment and its adjacent compartments. Then a mathematical approach is discussed. Physical constraints between the pipes, ducts, cable trays, etc. are introduced and represented. A model is made to generate an installation sequence of these components in one compartment.
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Parr, Corhyn. "Collaborative ReTek Exchange: An Innovative Solution to the Skills and Resource Shortage in the Nuclear Industry." In ASME 2009 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2009-16396.
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A Different Approach to the Skills and Resource Shortage The Nuclear Industry has for many years been concerned about a skills and resource shortage. This has been due to a poor perception of the industry by those on the outside, highly competitive industries vying for the same resource pool, a steep retirement curve for highly qualified staff and a lack of graduates entering industry. Here in the UK the creation of the National Skill Academy for Nuclear (NSAN) has put in place a framework to record skills and look to accredit the training providers in the nuclear industry to ensure that the correct skills for the future are available. This has gone some way to solving the skills problem and developing a well recognised accredited system but what about resource — where are the additional qualified resources going to be found? Part of the Solution – A Resource Exchange. How do we solve the skills shortage? We come together as an industry and share the available resource through a collaborative resource exchange. It has been done before in the IT industry when rates for specialists hit £1500 per day and recruitment agencies were charging extortionate fees for providing temporary resource. ReTek Consulting have developed the ReTek Resource Exchange to provide a neutral collaborative platform across the supply chain; from large scale infrastructure companies and joint venture platforms through to small companies and independent consultants. Using the ReTek Exchange permanent staff are made available to work for others during periods of underutilisation. Links with similar highly regulated industries enable further management of peaks and troughs and a growth in experienced nuclear professionals through focused training and development. The Benefits of the ReTek Exchange are: • Increased utilisation of your current workforce. • Shared cost of permanent staff. • Speedy access to staff available in your region. • Reduced need for contract or agency staff. • Access to wider skills & experience. • Retention of key staff through personal development. • Knowledge and experience transfer. Now is the time in the industry to make the most of the available resource and work together to ensure the required growth through training and development of all workers. The infrastructure required to make this resource exchange possible is available and proven many times. This paper will talk through the story of the development of the ReTek Exchange in the UK and how the same system can be used elsewhere in the world.
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Keen, Elena, Brian Gibbs, Tershara Matthews, Luiz Feijo, Glenn Legge, Sudhakar Tallavajhula, and Ram Seetharam. "Repurposing Offshore Infrastructure for Clean Energy (ROICE) Vs. Decommissioning – Regulatory Considerations." In Offshore Technology Conference. OTC, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/35474-ms.
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The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in the United States (US) has approximately 1,500 oil and gas structures that have reached or will soon reach the end of their oil and gas production phase and will need to be decommissioned within the next few decades. Decommissioning can be quite an involved and expensive process, but is required by both national and international law, and is also a required step in the U.S. federal offshore leasing process (30 CFR 250.1703). The decommissioning process includes plugging and abandoning of all wells, removal or preservation in place of all pipelines, removal of all oil and gas equipment, and disassembling supporting structures to bring back to shore which leads to the final step of site restoration. Costs for such decommissioning for individual assets can range from the tens to several hundreds of million dollars a. The P50 estimate for decommissioning of all current assets in the GOM is estimated to be between 34 to 48 B$ b, c. With the 1,500 asset assumption stated previously, this averages out to about 25M$ per asset in decommissioning costs. One potential mechanism to encourage decommissioning is to incentivize it through a repurposing initiative, known as Repurposing Offshore Infrastructure for Clean Energy (ROICE) projects. This has the potential to create a revenue stream from clean energy or other energy transition activities. The responsibility for conducting and financing the decommissioning portion of the leasing requirement is based on the "joint and several liability" principle, where all current and previous asset owners remain responsible for fulfilling the ARO (asset retirement obligation). It is estimated that ten percent of the cost of decommissioning structures is covered by surety bonds, with the rest dependent on the balance sheet of current or previous operators. This often results in individual asset decommissioning plans being delayed for years while the financial responsibility is determined, assigned, and accepted. An example of a ROICE project could involve fixed or floating wind turbines around an existing oil and gas platform, with the wind power exported to shore or used to generate green hydrogen (H2) through an electrolytic process on a repurposed platform. H2 generation by electrolysis will be supported by seawater desalination to provide a self-sufficient and constant fresh water supply. An alternative ROICE project scenario is to utilize a repurposed platform for carbon dioxide (CO2) injection and storage in saline reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, with a 45Q tax credit of $85 per ton. Of the different components of the oil and gas structures to be repurposed, it is likely the most cost-effective to reuse the jacket (main support structure) and the deck (flooring above the structure) for ROICE projects. In specific cases, utilities, cranes, and living quarters, among other things, may also be reusable with some refurbishments, The remaining equipment will need to be decommissioned as per normal practice and in compliance with the lease agreement.
Reports on the topic "Retirement, places of"
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García-Mantilla, Daniel. PLAC Network Best Practices Series: Target-Income Design of Incentives, Benchmark Portfolios and Performance Metrics for Pension Funds. Inter-American Development Bank, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003599.
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In defined contribution systems, at the end of the accumulation phase the assets in the retirement account are exchanged for a pension. The conversion rate from assets to retirement income (which depends on the level of interest rates) is very volatile, and its variations constitute the main investment risk facing pension fund affiliates. In this sense, performance metrics, management fees and benchmark portfolios that focus on assets (and asset returns) and ignore the variations in the conversion rate, embed several problems: i. they send wrong signals to regulators, fund managers and workers, ii. they provide wrong incentives to pension fund management companies, and iii. they leave pension fund affiliates exposed to their largest risk factor, even during the last few years preceding their retirement date. We find that regulatory incentives with these fundamental problems are ubiquitous in the region. The document presents a series of best practices, and delivers a practical set of tools to assist regulators and supervisors in designing a framework that improves security and sufficiency of retirement income, and provides relevant and timely information to pension fund affiliates. The framework achieves that by fostering an integration of the accumulation and the payout phases, and an alignment of the regulatory incentives for pension fund management companies with the retirement income objectives of pension fund affiliates. Using historical data from Colombia as a case study, the document illustrates and quantifies the improvements in terms of pension benefits and retirement income security that the proposed framework could bring.
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