Institute of scientific information for social sciences of Russian academy of sciences, Moscow, Russia
Robert Havighurst advanced his concept of successful ageing, understood as life satisfaction continuing into later maturity, in the early 1960s. Meredith Flood defines successful ageing as an ability to adapt to emerging changes while preserving one’s own identity and a meaning of life. According to Pamela Reed, this can be achieved through altruistic behaviour. William Randall suggests that a vital component of the process is irony. Successful ageing may thus prove a fruitful framework for the 21st century.
successful ageing; social gerontology; activity theory; disengagement theory; gerotranscendence
Download textFor citing: Evseeva Y.V. (2017). Successful ageing: History and state of the art. Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 3-4(30-31): The threat of the apocalypse and the idea of the superman, pp. 130-140