Introducing ageing

Everyone is ageing, whatever their current age, and we live in a world where many people are living much longer than previous generations. This is often seen as a problem. But is it? This free course, Introducing ageing, will help you to think about this issue by introducing you to some key ideas in studying later life.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Thinking about your own ageing
• 1 Thinking about your own ageing
• 2 Introducing Monty Meth
• 2 Introducing Monty Meth
• 3 Introducing ‘the Third Age’
• 3 Introducing ‘the Third Age’
• Characterising the Third Age
• 4 The Third Age and population changes
• 4 The Third Age and population changes
• Applying the theory
• Apocalyptic demography?
• 5 What about the Fourth Age?
• 5 What about the Fourth Age?
• Studying the Fourth Age
• 6 Reflecting on the Third and Fourth Ages
• 6 Reflecting on the Third and Fourth Ages
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements