F Höpflinger1. 1. Zentrum für Gerontologie, Universität Zürich, Glärnischstraße 47, CH-8810, Horgen, Schweiz. hoepflinger@bluemail.ch.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Longer healthy life expectancy and the ageing of new generations result in rapid changes of life-styles and behaviors of the elderly. OBJECTIVES: How far are trends to active ageing countervailing factors to processes of demographic ageing? MATERIALS AND METHODS: Official statistics and survey data are analyzed. RESULTS: Increased individualism particularly among healthy retired men and women result in more active attitudes to ageing processes. At least in affluent regions significant cohort changes in ageing are also observed among men and women aged 80 and older. These changes affect future medical treatments of elderly patients.
BACKGROUND: Longer healthy life expectancy and the ageing of new generations result in rapid changes of life-styles and behaviors of the elderly. OBJECTIVES: How far are trends to active ageing countervailing factors to processes of demographic ageing? MATERIALS AND METHODS: Official statistics and survey data are analyzed. RESULTS: Increased individualism particularly among healthy retired men and women result in more active attitudes to ageing processes. At least in affluent regions significant cohort changes in ageing are also observed among men and women aged 80 and older. These changes affect future medical treatments of elderly patients.
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Keywords:
Aging, demographic; Fourth age; Geriatrics; Life expectancy; Third age
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