Interview with Pia Grüninger - Senior women selling fashion

I have been a customer of format, a small, beautiful boutique for women of a certain age, for a long time. I have always received good service and good advice, and it is perfectly acceptable to leave without having bought anything. I therefore wanted to know the background to store owner Pia Grüninger's philosophy and asked her to answer my questions. After many years in the business

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Interview with Sylvia Locher on the topic of singleness and retirement

According to the Federal Statistical Office, there were around 3.8 million private households in Switzerland at the end of 2018. Just over a third of these households had only one person living in them, which corresponded to 16% of the permanent resident population living in a single-person household. Two people lived in just under a third of households, corresponding to 29% of the permanent resident population. The average household size was 2.23 persons. A long time ago

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Intergenerational solidarity is part of a society's DNA

This is what Heidi Z'graggen, a member of the Cantonal Council of Uri, said at a conference on "Generational solidarity - generational conflict" in November 2019, which I was able to attend. Did you know that today there are four different age groups? There are children and young people, then adults. Then - from the age of 65 to 79 - there are the "young pensioners"! And only from the age of 80 are you so-called

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Stefan Kaister, a senior worker with rough edges

Almost 10 years ago we founded the O€CO SME network, and I have been president of the association since 2015. The association sees itself as a think tank for everyone who values sustainable environmental, energy and economic policy: SMEs, associations, administrations, institutions, politicians and the public. The association's purpose is to promote ecological and liberal economic policy through a broad, controlled growth network.

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Kiebitz - Coaching for employees

Andreas Ladner, whom I know from a previous job we did together, works as a coach/consultant at Kiebitz. Kiebitz? What do you think that is? I make an appointment with him and meet him for an interview. Andreas, what is Kiebitz? Kiebitz is an association that works in the field of work integration. Its clients include regional employment agencies (RAV), disability insurance (IV) and social welfare.

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What do the "Basel 55+" guidelines mean for ageing policy?

In the second week of September 2019, the canton of Basel-Stadt published its "Basel 55+" guidelines. What is meant by such a document? Why "Basel 55+" Let's start at the beginning: In the canton of Basel-Stadt, the Department of Health (GD) implemented the proposal in 2013 that senior citizens' organizations should work with working groups to find solutions to problems affecting the older population. The main topics were support and care, securing livelihoods, health promotion and prevention, information, integration and migration

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Conversations in old age

We recently sat down at a birthday party. Half of the guests had already been retired for a few years. The group was cheerful; we toasted and wished the birthday boy or girl good luck and, above all, good health. But I smiled again. The guests knew each other, they had always met at the birthday boy's house. So the questions "How are you?" or "Are you all right?" were natural. Then

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