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»	Politics of the Life-Span: A critique of the demography of the life span and its impact on social policy

	From: John Vincent

	This paper presents a critique of influential work by Oeppen and Vaupel (2002). Their work highlights weaknesses in projections of life expectancy and hypothesizes linear extensions of maximum life expectancy into the future. Their projection of an increase of one extra years life expectancy in every five years for the most rapidly ageing populations, has gained wide currency. .... [read on]

»	Global ageing and ideology: crisis v. opportunity

	From: Gail Wilson

	The argument in this paper is that we will not get better policies for ageing populations until policy makers and the general public have a clearer and more scientific picture of population ageing. Views are at present distorted by the globally fashionable belief in neoliberal economic ideology, combined with an intellectual focus on Europe and the USA. .... [read on]

»	Domestic care and elder abuse: intricate connections

	From: Prof. Dr. Thomas Görgen

	From a victimological and criminological perspective, elder care in domestic settings offers perfect opportunity structures for abusing and victimizing care recipients (seclusion from public, relationships of trust, frail and vulnerable victims, dependence, similarity of effects of victimizations and illnesses / disabilities, etc.). However, the rationale of private and professional caregiving relationships and the basic motives underlying caregiving are contrary to victimization, exploitation, and abuse (maintaining a person's quality of life in spite of disabilities, preserving autonomy, giving emotional and practical support, etc.). .... [read on]

»	Is happy aging Possible? Determinants of happy aging in Turkey

	From: Aylin Çakıroğlu, Özgür Arun

	Notion of happiness as a subjective indicator is an indispensable aspect of quality of life research. Thus, the studies dealing with happiness increase in recent years. Happiness, which has been analyzed with respect to many domains such as demographic, social and economic variables, was started to discuss and research in Turkey, too. .... [read on]

»	Media use behaviours of elderly: A Uses and Gratifications Study on Television Viewing Behaviors and Motivations

	From: Assoc. Prof. Abdullah Koçak, Assist. Prof. Banu Terkan

	This article, investigates media use behaviors and television usage motives of elderly in Turkey. The sample consists of 1506 people over 60 years old who live in city of Konya. It is suggested that elders spend an average 4 hours a day on watching television. The results verify the importance of relaxation/entertainment/ companionship, information/interpersonal utility/surveillance, escape/social interaction and pass time/habits as a motive for watching television. .... [read on]

»	Physical activity and cognitive functioning in advanced age

	From: Yael Netz

	The present review examines the relationship between physical activity and cognition separately for non-interventional and interventional studies following an examination of the concepts physical activity, fitness, cognition. The cross-sectional and longitudinal non-intervention studies show a clear association between physical activity and cognitive functioning. The longitudinal non-intervention studies generally indicate that active individuals are less likely to deteriorate cognitively. .... [read on]

»	Travel: The most enjoyable physical activity for all ages - what are the risks for the elderly? Experience from a private hospital

	From: Suzan Yazici M.D., Private Anatolia Hospital

	The number of international travellers has been increased, and so the number of the elderly travellers. Decreases in multi-organ functions and chronic illnesses, multi-drug use might complicate the travel in old age. The datas form the last three years of Private Anatolia Hospital show us an increased hospitalisation and mortalitiy rate among the patients aged over 65. This can be decreased with following some rules. Some precautions can be taken before, during and after the travel, to decrease the morbidity. .... [read on]