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The critical use of narrative and literature in gerontology
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2012 It is now widely accepted that ’’age’’ and ’’ageing’’ are cultural concepts that are open to question. The thinking encouraged by critical gerontology has been crucially important in provoking questions about the complexities of later life, age and ...
Hannah Zeilig
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Geriatric and Gerontology Research: A Scientometric Investigation of Open Access Journal Articles Indexed in the Scopus Database [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2023 Background Scientometric analyses of specific topics in geriatrics and gerontology have grown robustly in scientific literature. However, analyses using holistic and interdisciplinary approaches are scarce in this field of research. This article aimed to
Luiz Sinésio Silva Neto +7 more
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Old age as a basic concept of social gerontology: Linguistic-theoretical aspect [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 This article examines the views of modern scientists on the phenomenon of old age, as well as the range of problems and concepts of special social science –gerontology, designed to solve demographic, socio-economic problems of aging.
Saparova K. O., Ruzmetov S. A.
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Why Gerontology Needs Anthropology: Toward an Applied Anthropological Gerontology
Social Sciences, 2023 In this essay, we argue that gerontologists should increase their engagement with anthropologists to increase transdisciplinary collaboration, fulfill the interdisciplinary promise of gerontology as a field, and to ensure the work of anthropologists is ...
Britteny M. Howell, M. Aaron Guest
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, 2019 Financial gerontology can be defined as investigating relations between finances and aging. Authors such as Neal E. Cutler, Kouhei Komamura, Davis W. Gregg, Shinya Kajitani, Kei Sakata, and Colin McKenzie (Kajitani et al. 2017) affirm that financial literacy is an effect of aging with concern about the issue of finances, as well as stating that it is ...
Selecky, Erik, Klimczuk, Andrzej
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The Gerontologist, 2015 India, with a population of 1.22 billion, has a predominantly agriculture-based economy. Its 90 million elderly population heavily depend on their children for financial support and caregiving. Research on aging in India today is focused on the medical, biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Aging as an independent subject is only taught at a few
Phoebe S. Liebig +2 more
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LITERARY GERONTOLOGY: DEFINITION, HISTORY, CONCEPTS
Lìteraturnij Proces: Metodologìâ, Ìmena, Tendencìï, 2019 The goal of the article is to provide an extended definition and in-depth description of literary gerontology as a branch of humanities. Contemporary world witnesses how the number of elderly people increases that makes the research relevant.
Anna Gaidash
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Citizenship and Old Age: The End of the Road? [PDF]
, 2008 This paper is concerned with the interlinked issues of citizenship and the structured dependency of older people within Social Gerontology. It argues that implicit in much British Social Gerontology is a strategy of advancing the wellbeing of elderly ...
Higgs, P
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European initiatives in postgraduate education in gerontology [PDF]
, 2007 This paper describes three innovative European initiatives in postgraduate education in gerontology. The first is the European Masters Program in Gerontology (EuMaG), developed as an interdisciplinary joint program, supported and delivered by 22 European
Parkatti, T. +2 more
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Rejuvenating Aging Studies in Academic Libraries [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify resources essential gerontology (aging studies) resources and liaison strategies that provide guidance for academic librarians working with faculty and students in this highly interdisciplinary field. Design/
Antunez, Marilia Y. +2 more
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