Editorial
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Howe
The 4. International Social and Applied Gerontology Symposium in Turkey from 28-30 April 2010 in Antalya provided us reason enough to change the well thought-out planning and main emphasis of GeroBilim. The p ro g r a m a n d c o n t r i b u t i o n s demonstrated the innovative power of Gerontology in Turkey. So the editorial board decided to make an offer to the authors to publish their results of research in GeroBilim. Issues of GeroBilim in 2010 will therefore be comprised mainly of selected lectures from the Symposium.
Gerobilim
Since the foundation of GeroBilim in 2007 the development of research in social and psychological gerontoloy increased all over the world. So the National Association of Social and Applied Gerontology in Turkey decided to publish four numbers a year from 2010. To cope with the diverse tasks to perform an edition of a a scientific journal it has been decided to found an editorial board. Members of this board, starting their work in 2010, will be Prof. Dr. Juergen Howe (Editor-in-Chief), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany; Prof. Dr. Mary Gilhooly (Editor), Brunel University West London, UK and Prof. Dr. Ismail Tufan (Editor), Akdeniz University Antalya, Turkey.
The editorial board puts the main emphasis for the
- first number 2010 on the theme of the situation of very old persons,
- second number 2010 on the theme of caring for persons with dementia,
- third number 2010 on the theme of houses for the elderly and the
- fourth number 2010 on the theme of the role of the elderly in their family.
Scientists are requested for submitting contributions to these themes as early as possible.
