Old Age and Death

Fear of death in mid-old age.

A transition model hypothesizes that the discrepancy between desired and expected time left to live is greater for mid-old persons than young-old persons. This discrepancy arouses a greater fear of death, which is influenced by age, health, and purpose in life. With the use of the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale, 192 older adults (60 to 84 years of age) were assessed on these variables and...

W.B. Yeats on Old Age, Death and Immortality

Euthanasia and old age.

OBJECTIVE to obtain insight into the relationship between euthanasia/physician-assisted suicide (EAS) and the age of patients to whom it was administered. DESIGN a descriptive retrospective study. SAMPLE cases of EAS reported between 1984 and 1993, in the province of North Holland in The Netherlands. These data are not available for the rest of The Netherlands. RESULTS between 1984 and 19...

Old Age

In his sixty-fifth year George Sanders took his own life, leaving a note saying that he was bored. Writing in her sixty-fourth year, Simone de Beauvoir is determined that she, at any rate, will not be bored by old age. This book is a tribute to her energy in researching the sociological, psychological and anthropological aspects of old age?historically and in the present day. Its length (over 5...

Vascular calcification: an age-old problem of old age.

V ascular calcification, once considered a passive consequence of aging, is now recognized to be a highly regulated process akin to bone formation. Vascular calcification is prevalent across ethnicities and age groups, and observational studies show an interaction with aging in asymptomatic adults and in individuals with established coronary artery disease. Recent findings from the HORUS study ...