SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ageism, Mortality Rate, Social Order
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I"m going to be 79 soon and i don"t for a second consider myself old. I still play a good game of golf and i exercise and swim and am active in business I have more vitality than those who call me an old man. You turn around and want to know the hell they"re talking about . The joy of growing old or why life begins at 46. Billion shades of grey global population is getting old. Aging- the physical, psychological and social processes associated with growing older. Has a huge impact on life outcomes. Neah i don"t really want to do that vs 80 year old running marathons. The average length of time a group born around the same time and in the same life conditions can expect to live. Social gerontologists: study the social aspects of aging. The cohort of 65+ is growing twice as fast as the population as a whole.
