A major argument used by those who wish to extend working lives is that there is no such as a ‘lump of labour’: in other words, labour markets are not …
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When I created my anthology of literature on aging, I chose a diverse group of writers, past and present. Students in my ESL classes contributed stories about aging in their …
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Our culture has created a new dimension of ageism that equates hyper-cognitive abilities with successful aging. Even the Alzheimer Society of Canada advises to “keep your brain active every day” …
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Historically, the idea of ‘generational conflict’ made its way into pop culture in the 1960s, posing a strong argument about the existence of a generational gap.
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Success in Old Age; Only for Select Ageless Centenarians? Critical Insights into the Measures of Successful Ageing
Can success, a term often associated with ageing, be negative? This question, rarely asked beyond critical and more humanistic age studies, may help to better understand the notions of success …
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Recent public attention has been drawn to sexualized interactions between older residents living in long-term care through highly publicised nursing home scandals. What is less known is that sexualized interactions …
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Migration and aging: publications at the intersection between population aging and the globalization of international migration
Population ageing and international migration are two of the major societal trends that European societies are facing today. These trends affect not only the ways in which we conceive aging …
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‘Successful aging’: Sacred or Profane? Insights from classical sociological theory
The critique of the notion of ‘successful aging’ coined a while ago by Rowe and Kahn, revolves around these issues of intra-generational (in addition to inter-generational) inequality, whether it is …
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Queer gerontology is a critical analysis of the heterosexual norms shaping scholarship and practice in gerontology.
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