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An increasing interest in the subject of ""ageing"" sets the backdrop for this E-book, setting out to explore the ways that ageing is portrayed, not only through news outlets but via entertainment platforms and political and public discourses. The chapters in this text are formed mainly from revised versions of talks from the speakers and contributors of a conference held in April 2014 - ""Portraying Ageing: Cultural Assumptions and Practical Implications"". Open to the public, the conference brought together a diverse range of people to give examples of how ageing is (and isn't) portrayed in

This book is a follow-up to Arber and Ginn's award winning Connecting Gender and Ageing (1995). It contains original chapters from eminent writers on gender and ageing, addressing newly emergent areas within gender and ageing, including gender identity and masculinity in later life. Early work on gender and ageing was dominated by a focus on older women. The present collection breaks with this tradition by emphasizing changing gender roles and relationships, gender identity and an examination of masculinities in midlife and later life. A key theme running through the book is the need to reconc

This book, Ageing and Invisibility, is the result of two years of research and part of the European Union (EU) FP7 project SENIOR (social, ethical and privacy needs in ICT for older people). The project was initiated to provide a systematic assessment of the social, ethical and privacy issues surrounding the use of computers and information technology for and by an ageing population. The direction of demographic change is clear in many societies worldwide: the population is ageing rapidly. By 2050 the number of people over 50 is expected to have increased by 35%, and those over 80 by a stagger.

Populations with a high expectation of life & low fertility rates tend to have age distributions characterized by intensive ageing. In studies on the consequences of ageing usually it is assumed that the older age groups are a conservative & inert factor in SE development. This may be a categorical & one-sided view of this phenomenon. Observing the principal trends shown by the changing age structure of the population in the Ukrainian SSR, & analyzing factors determining these trends may indicate a number of approaches to the interpretation of the process of population ageing as an "objective reality." In this area of the USSR, as well as in the country as a whole, population ageing is the most apparent feature of current population distribution trends. In 1970, 14% of the population was aged 60 years or more. One of the principal causes of a rise in the age of the population is established as a fall in the birth rate. Trends in production as well as changes in consumption influence the birth rate. Another factor contributing to the ageing of the population is the fall in death rate. Indeed, there is still much more which can be done to prolong life. So, population ageing is a result of trends in demographic processes which depend on SE progress. Future successes in gerontology & geriatrics will postpone the onset of old age, & will have a rejuvenating effect on the population. In industrial countries, the main distinguishing feature of the new pattern of population replacement is its greater intensity, meaning an increase in the proportion of higher age groups & a greater investment in human resources. Socialism provides foundations for "harmonious demographic development" & scientifically valid population policies. R. Lent.

This controversial book argues that concepts such as 'successful' and 'active' ageing - ubiquitous terms in research, marketing and policy making concerned with older adults – are potentially dangerous paradigms that reflect and exacerbate inequalities in older populations. This author presents a new theory to make sense of the popularity of these 'successful' and 'active' ageing concepts. Readers are invited to view them through the prism of Model Ageing – a theory that throws light on the causes and consequences of attempts to model ageing as a phenomenon and stage of life that is in need of direction, reshaping and control. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to make sense of social constructions of ageing in contemporary societies

The articles included in this e-book of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy highlight the value of theorizing in practice - the making of meaning in social gerontology. It is envisaged that this e-book will contribute, in some way, to moving beyond the current state of affairs to show social theory and ageing for what it is: an important means of enhancing our understanding of social relations and older people as well as explanation of society which should be both challenging and challenged

Among the conflicts of modern life is that faced by many educated women between the desire to pursue a professional career and the demands of their potential maternal role. Some resolve this by deferring having children. This deferment, coupled with an increased awareness of birth defects generally and of the problems faced by older mothers, leads to an increasing number of queries to genetic advisory services, family doctors, obstetricians, and family planning centres, as to the specific risks in reproduction by older parents. The appreciable risk of death in childbed of earlier days is no longer with us, thanks to modern obstetric techniques. But the child morbidity due to congenital and genetic disorders, already appreciable (Roberts, Chavez & Court, 1970; Roberts, 1975) and increasing both proportionately and absolutely, and the evidence that some of these increase in incidence with age, mean that there is a real basis for the enquirers' concern. The following review of the ways in which parental ageing affects the incidence of such disorders, and of the mechanisms that appear to be responsible, places the increased risks in perspective.

What do literary texts tell us about growing old? The essays in this volume introduce and explore representations of ageing and old age in canonical works of English and Postcolonial Literature. The contributors take a look at texts by William Shakespeare, Daniel Defoe, Julian Barnes, Thomas Kinsella, Seamus Heaney, J.M. Coetzee, Alice Munro, Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace and suggest solutions - with the help of a medical study - to the challenges that come with the current demographic change brought about by ageing Western populations.

This unique book represents the first multi-disciplinary examination of ageing, covering everything from basic cell biology, to social participation in later life, to the representations of old age in the arts and literature. A comprehensive introductory text about the latest scientific evidence on ageing, the book draws on the pioneering New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, the UK's largest research programme in ageing. This programme brought together leading academics from across the arts and humanities, social and biological sciences and fields of engineering and medical research, to study how

European regions experience accelerating ageing, but the process has substantial regional variation. This paper examines the effect of this variation on regional economic cohesion in Europe. We measure the effect of convergence or divergence in the share of the working age population on convergence or divergence in economies of NUTS 2 regions. The effect of convergence or divergence in ageing on economic convergence or divergence is quite substantial and, in some cases, is bigger than the effect of changes in productivity and labour force participation. Convergence of ageing leads to economic convergence only when the share of the working age population in rich regions exceeds that in poor regions and the former regions experience a substantial decline in the share of the working age population, or the latter regions experience an increase. During 2003–12, an inverse relationship between convergence in ageing and economic convergence was the rule rather than the exception.