Disease onset and family provision of help: evidence from the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing • John C. Henretta, University of Florida

Fertility trajectories and health later in life: a cross-national approach • Julie Fricke, University of Colorado, Denver ; Maria Sironi, University College London

Change of socioeconomic inequalities in length of stay in hospital with increasing age: cumulative (dis)advantage or age-as-leveler? • Yaoyue Hu, Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Mikko Myrskylä, Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ; Pekka Martikainen, University of Helsinki

Health disparities in Europe’s ageing population: the role of social network • Jenny Olofsson, Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR), Umeå University ; Mojgan Padyab, Umeå University ; Gunnar Malmberg, Umeå University