Capacity, population aging and professionalism

Substance Abuse in Aging Population

substance abuse' specially opiates and prescribed drugs are spreading among the older adults. Most of the time it begins as an attempt to medicate chronic pains, medical conditions and loneliness. In other instances, it simply is the continuation of a problem that begun in young adulthood. But scholars and specialists in both fields of Addiction and Gerontology, rather neglected this fast growi...

Iranian Population Policy and Aging: New Health Concerns

The Phenomenon of Population Aging in Iran

Elham Fathi Statistical Center of Iran   Abstract. In the past, few people reached old age, but in todaychr(chr('39')39chr('39'))s world, advances in technology and health have allowed people to live longer and die at an older age, so Now more people can experience aging. On the other hand, since almost all countries of the world have gone through or are going through a period of high fertilit...

Capacity Assessment, Successful Aging and Geriatric Humanities

CANADIAN GERIATRICS JOURNAL, VOLUME 18, ISSUE 1, MARCH 2015 Welcome to the first issue of the Canadian Geriatrics Journal for 2015! In this issue we explore an eclectic range of topics related to both geriatrics and gerontology. Dr. Cosco comments on the overlapping/opposing paradigms of successful aging and frailty, while Dr. Marshall et al. examines the use (and underuse) of a comprehensive g...

Population Aging and Economic Growth

Between 2000 and 2050, the share of the population aged 60 and over is projected to increase in every country in the world; the same is true for the 80+ population in all but one country (Mali). Worldwide, the largest absolute increases are yet to come. Although labor force participation rates are projected to decline from 2000 to 2040 in most countries, due mainly to changes in their age distr...