Global Ageing in the Twenty-First Century

Professor Susan A. McDaniel, University of Lethbridge, Canada. Professor Zachary Zimmer, University of California at San Francisco, USA.

1: Global Ageing in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction; 2: The Population Ageing Process in Global Perspective; I: Healthy Ageing and Health Care; 3: Ageing, Functional Disabilities and its Gender Dimensions: Results based on a Study in Delhi; 4: A Gendered Perspective on Well-Being in Later Life: Algeria, Lebanon and Palestine; 5: A Global Perspective on Physiological Change with Age; 6: Religious Activity and Transitions in Functional Health and Mortality among Middle Aged and Older Adults in Taiwan; 7: Addressing Health Challenges of Ageing in sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Perspectives and Evidence Needs; 8: New Myths about Ageing: The Growth of Medical Knowledge and its Societal Consequences; II: Ageing Workforce, Retirement and the Provision of Pensions; 9: Population Ageing and its Global Challenges; 10: Reimagining Old Age in Europe: Effects of Changing Work and Retirement Patterns; 11: Risky Business: Ageing as an Information Technology Worker; III: Shifting Intergenerational Relations; 12: Gender, Marital Status and Intergenerational Relations in a Changing World; 13: The Cultural Context of Social Cohesion and Social Capital: Exploring Filial Caregiving; 14: Generational Differences in Caregiving and its Consequences; 15: Family Relations and the Experience of Loneliness among Older Adults in Eastern Europe; 16: Levels of Welfarism and Intergenerational Transfers within the Family: Evidence from the Global Ageing Survey (GLAS); 17: Conclusion: Global Ageing in the Twenty-First Century – Where to From Here?