Adjustments to Physical-Social Environment of the Elderly to Climate Change: Proposals from Environmental Gerontology

Integrated research on disaster risk: Is it really integrated?

“…Desde la gerontología ambiental se demanda un mayor conocimiento de los heterogéneos entornos del envejecimiento, especialmente, de aquellos que presentan un peligro social o natural potencial para este colectivo (Byrnes et al, 2006;Sánchez-González y Chávez-Alvarado, 2016). Así, algunos trabajos han indicado que el vecindario proporciona apoyo informal, al incrementar la seguridad y el control del adulto mayor con problemas de exclusión social, discapacidad y dependencia (Sánchez-González, 2009;Cramm et al, 2012).…”

Social Image of Old Age, Gendered Ageism and Inclusive Places: Older People in the Media

“…Finally, taking into account the medium and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, in coming years, it would be useful to examine potential changes in perspectives regarding life and old age as a result of the political, economic and social consequences of the health crisis by conducting comparative pre- and post-pandemic studies. Along similar lines, climate change represents a global challenge with local implications that should be addressed from a gender perspective to contribute to reducing vulnerability and encouraging climate change adaptation among older women in urban and rural settings [ 103 , 104 ].…”