Project: Care, retirement and wellbeing of older people across different welfare regimes
| Acronym | CREW |
| Duration | 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2019 |
| Project Topic | As societies age, the well-being of the elderly increasingly becomes a priority and challenge. CREW is an interdisciplinary team from six institutions in five countries poised to examine the interrelationships between social participation (in the forms of paid work and caregiving) and health and wellbeing. Our proposed research covers four broad topics. First, we investigate the determinants of health and wellbeing in older age and critically examine new and old measures. Second, we describe patterns of caregiving and the impact of providing care on the wellbeing of caregivers. Third, we analyze the challenges faced by pension systems as consequence of changes in family dynamics and work patterns. Finally, we examine the population of older adults without close kin, analyze its characteristics, and how the welfare state shapes their well-being. Gender and welfare policies are transversal themes of each topic, as they shape all of the dynamics analyzed. CREW fills key policy-relevant gaps in existing research, ultimately contributing to knowledge which inform policies to guarantee high quality of ageing and equal opportunities for successful ageing for both men and women and for people of different socio-economic groups. |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | JPI MYBL |
| Call | 2nd Call: Welfare, Wellbeing and Demographic Change: Understanding Welfare Models |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Coordinator | Spain |
| 2 | Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute | Partner | Netherlands |
| 3 | Université Catholique de Louvain | Partner | Belgium |
| 4 | University of Florence | Partner | Italy |
| 5 | University of Padua | Partner | Italy |
| 6 | University of Western Ontario | Partner | Canada |