Add to ORKGWe are entering the most age-rich period in human history, and the graying of humankind offers us opportunities to adopt alternative perspectives and redefine issues and questions related to aging and longevity. William H. Thomas, a well-known geriatrician, questions current societal views of aging and the aged in his 2004 book, What Are Old People For? How Elders Will Save the World. Drawing on popular culture, history, science, and literature to explore what aging really is, Thomas presents elderhood as a developmental stage of life that is an essential part of a healthy society and is as important in its own way as childhood and active adulthood
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95681-7_71Thi...
The study follows a line of experiences, description, variation, prediction and explanation concerni...
Hearing and memory losses, cognitive decline, easily fractured bones, crankiness and depression are ...
How do we know and live old age today? What does it mean to be old in a time of the promise of high-...
For most of the history of humankind, ageing has been the problem of a fortunate few. Before 1900, w...
Personal discussion on the perspective of aging and teaching more interiority and self-reflection in...
Employment for aging is a significant aspect shaping the aging processes during formative years. The...
Aging Studies focuses on the cultural, humanistic and experiential aspects of aging insofar as these...
Introduction: Dominant understandings of ageing depart from the assumption that old age is character...
The continuing growth in the number of adults aged 60-plus has raised global alertness of population...
Demographic studies foreshadow a dramatic increase in the proportion of "older" members of our globa...
Presentation 1 (Prof. dr. Machielse): A comprehensive perspective on ageing, with a focus on potenti...
A small group of Japanese and American gerontologists have been working together toward developing a...
Baby boomers are the oldest generation alive. The life expectancy of the baby boomers was just over ...
The article focuses on the life of elderly people. The majority of older people are fit and well, li...
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95681-7_71Thi...
The study follows a line of experiences, description, variation, prediction and explanation concerni...
Hearing and memory losses, cognitive decline, easily fractured bones, crankiness and depression are ...
How do we know and live old age today? What does it mean to be old in a time of the promise of high-...
For most of the history of humankind, ageing has been the problem of a fortunate few. Before 1900, w...
Personal discussion on the perspective of aging and teaching more interiority and self-reflection in...
Employment for aging is a significant aspect shaping the aging processes during formative years. The...
Aging Studies focuses on the cultural, humanistic and experiential aspects of aging insofar as these...
Introduction: Dominant understandings of ageing depart from the assumption that old age is character...
The continuing growth in the number of adults aged 60-plus has raised global alertness of population...
Demographic studies foreshadow a dramatic increase in the proportion of "older" members of our globa...
Presentation 1 (Prof. dr. Machielse): A comprehensive perspective on ageing, with a focus on potenti...
A small group of Japanese and American gerontologists have been working together toward developing a...
Baby boomers are the oldest generation alive. The life expectancy of the baby boomers was just over ...
The article focuses on the life of elderly people. The majority of older people are fit and well, li...
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95681-7_71Thi...
The study follows a line of experiences, description, variation, prediction and explanation concerni...
Hearing and memory losses, cognitive decline, easily fractured bones, crankiness and depression are ...