SeniorNet is a nonprofit organization that teaches computer skills to older persons and maintains the SeniorNet Online Network. SeniorNet activities have included helping to start over 70 learning centers, supporting more than 15,000 members, developing publications, holding an annual conference, and operating the online network. (Author/JOW)

Results of surveys of Mini White House Conference attendees, Norwalk (Connecticut) Senior Center members, and SeniorNet participants indicate that many senior citizens are interested in learning and/or using computers for a variety of purposes including socialization, personal financial management, intergenerational communication, special…

Discusses the confusion surrounding the concept and term "productive aging," and indicates that it means different things to different people. (JOW)

This special issue provides international comparisons of black seniors in South Africa, Ghana, Jamaica, Bermuda, and the United States, focusing on policy and program issues. The challenge is to ensure true equality of opportunity so that black seniors in the future will not be in the disadvantaged position of today. (Author)

Discusses the adoption by the United Nations's Social Development Commission of a proposed set of UN Principles for Older Persons, lists the principles and a declaration on the rights and responsibilities of older persons, and offers a statement on the need for a declaration of rights. (JOW)

Focuses on a particular aspect of voluntary activity that is the subject of a pan-European program--life experience counseling by those who have lived long enough to know what are the important things in life. (Author)

Senior enterprises--small businesses enabling older people to earn income and remain productive outside the traditional work setting--have been successfully developed in many countries. Program considerations include economic feasibility, relationship to social security and tax programs, linkages with the broader community, and training and…

An international expert group met in February 1988 to focus on "Strategies for the Participation of the Elderly in Development." The group agreed that the elderly are an overlooked but significant national resource. Strategies to make better use of this resource for economic development were created. (CH)

Five European projects illustrate how older adults are volunteering as well as creating volunteer opportunities that enable them to contribute their considerable skills and energies to community service. (SK)

Social security systems in many countries have reached or may soon reach a state of crisis in terms of funding old age pension and other benefits. A reassessment of the appropriate role of public pension provision in the total income flow available to retirees is needed. (JOW)

Reports on discussions of 30 United States and Canadian experts at a meeting on policies and problems concerning midlife and older women. Discussion focused on income security and long-term care. Includes future prospects. (CH)

Reports on the commonalities and differences in the status of older women in the member states of the European Community. The report is a timely reminder that the needs of this population group, as well as the risks they take, must be addressed by European policymakers and social planners. (Author/JOW)

The authors discuss the contributions made by millions of older volunteers in the United States. They focus on the federal senior volunteer programs, (1) the retired senior volunteer program, (2) the foster grandparent program, and (3) the senior companion program. These model programs have been successfully replicated in other countries. (CH)

By skillfully structuring volunteer assignments, organizations can be successful in persuading a significant number of retirees to accept assignments and to devote a minimum of two days a week to those assignments. (Author/JOW)

Social security systems in many countries must serve different populations of women, both as beneficiaries and as insured workers. As more women are acquiring their own social security rights, it is unclear what jobs they will have, what the benefits will be, what family responsibilities they will have, and what social policies will affect their…