Remeasuring Aging

Abstract

Adjusting aging forecasts to incorporate increases in longevity and health can provide better tools for policy-makers.

How Education Drives Demography and Knowledge Informs Projections

“…Lutz, Sanderson and Scherbov (2008) have applied these ideas to recalculating adjusted ageing indicators on a global level. Sanderson and Scherbov (2010) have published such adjustments based on trends in age-specific disability rates rather than just mortality. They write:…”

Challenges in moving from macro to micro: Population and family structures in ageing societies

“…The evidence so far regarding disability rates is mixed (e.g., Jacobzone et al 1999;OECD 2007;Sanderson and Scherbov 2010), but there are indications that late-life disability is decreasing because of factors such as increased educational levels and growing use of new technology (e.g., Batljan, Lagergren, and Thorslund 2009;Christensen et al 2009;Freedman et al 2004;Schoeni, Freedman, and Martin 2008). No matter what the disability rates are in the future, discussions of care and support across generations raise complex issues that must be addressed on both the macro level of population and the micro level of family.…”

Composite Indices as International Approaches to Elderly Population Well-being Evaluation: Evidence from Russia

“…Demographic ageing is associated with the natural aging process (years lived), or as a period remaining to live (so-called prospective ageing) (Sanderson & Scherbov, 2007;Sanderson & Scherbov, 2010). 'Social aging' is due both to the expectations of society and institutional constraints for active aging of the elderly population, quality of life and employment opportunities.…”