The French system for maintaining the autonomy of the elderly at home is characterized by Institutional, organizational and clinical subdivisions fragmentations and subdivisions. This fragmentation has a negative impact on the quality and equity of the different services offered to the elderly....

"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...

Most of my research at Yale University School of Medicine over the past several years has focused on identifying older adults at risk of functional decline and disability, identifying events that may precipitate the transition from functional independence to disability, and developing strategies...

A publication called Aging in the Social Space is a compilation of studies, which deal with theoretical understanding and empirical solutions, learning about problem spheres, specifying content parallels of social, legal, economic, moral and ethical views on senior issues in society, which are...

The members of the International Network for the Analysis of Intergenerational Relations (Generationes) proudly present the most recent issue of the jointly produced compendium “Generations, Intergenerational Relations and Generational Policy”. This new version includes seven languages...

The concept of the "silver economy" is one of the complex response trials to the challenges of ageing societies. Its key objective is to bring goods and services to meet the needs of older people through gerontechnology. Article approximates relationships between technology and the ageing of the...

Contemporary demographic processes forcing increasing attention to the problems of relationships and dependencies between the different age groups. The ageing of the population in each society leads to changes in the contacts between young people, adults and the elderly. It is reasonable to...

Recent advances in biomedical science indicate that it may eventually be possible to intervene in the biological process of human ageing. This paper overviews the current state of the science of lifespan extension and promising future directions. It is uncertain whether 'strong' lifespan...

The main purpose of this study is to investigate older people's planning for estate distribution and their distributive preferences by examining the factors associated with their will-holding status and the inclusion of specific beneficiary (i.e., children, grandchildren, and charity) in their...

Older consumers in the United States are increasingly being recognized as one of the fastest growing and important market segments. While much is known about the size and income level of older consumers, very little is known about the overall attitudes of these consumers toward the marketplace...