This publication is a training manual for those who work with older people - It contains a comprehensive training programme with detailed descriptions of all the activities and supporting group materials.

This book is the outcome of an international conference on ‘Transforming Disability into Ability’. The conference addressed key challenges in disability policy and discussed OECD policy recommendations.

The book provides an overview on European approaches towards integrated social and health care services and policies; furthermore, it provides indicators for successful approaches and models of good practice to overcome the "social-health-divide".

The study examines how alternative measures of poverty in an enlarged Europe could take into account both income and non-income aspects and the extent to which comparative measures of consistent poverty reflect country-specific versus European-wide thresholds.