The social history of older age

Midwinter, Eric

doi:10.1016/j.inhe.2009.08.002

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“…Sources. Haub 2011, Livi-Bacci (2007), Biraben (1979Biraben ( , 1980, Durand (1977), McEvedy and Jones (1978), Thomlinson (1975), United Nations (1973), U.S. Census Bureau (2012), Midwinter (2009).…”

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An Age Old Problem? Estimating the Impact of Dementia on Past Human Populations

2016

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Abstract:Objectives: To model the impact of dementia on past societies. Methods: We consider multople lines of evidence indicating elderly individuals to have been more common throughout the past than is frequently accepted. We then apply known dementia incidence/ prevalence rates to plausible assumptions of past population structures to suggest prevalence in the past. Results: Dementia prevalence in pre-modern societies is likely to have been around 5% of the rate seen in modern, developed countries, but with a total past incidence running into billions. Discussion: Dementia is often seen as a 'modern' challenge which humans have not had to contend with before. We argue that this condition has had considerably greater effects than previously envisaged and is a challenge that humans have already withstood successfully, on one hand at a lower incidence but on the other without the considerable clinical, technological and social advances that have been made in recent times.http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jah Journal of Aging and Health F o r P e e r R e v i e w An age old problem? Estimating the impact of dementia on past human populations IntroductionThe cumulative effects of advances in medicine, sanitation and diets seen in the developed world over the last two centuries are a well-rehearsed story. First infectious diseases that previously resulted in frequent and sustained high mortality rates were effectively eradicated, followed more recently by lifestyle changes which reduced the risks of the cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases that came in their wake. As a result affluent regions are now characterised by populations with growing susceptibility to chronic conditions associated with ageing. As a category of disease that is incurable and which commonly increases in incidence with advancing age dementia is just such a condition.

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An Age Old Problem? Estimating the Impact of Dementia on Past Human Populations

2016

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Ethics of Aging

Tong¹

2013

The International Encyclopedia of Ethics

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A number of philosophers have written about the moral status of children. Some talk about children's special rights ( see Children's Rights); others discuss special duties children might have: to obey their parents, heed their teachers, respect the elderly, and so forth. Still others talk about special duties that others, especially parents, have to children. Although philosophers’ explanations for these special rights and duties vary, all trace them back to particular facts about children and their relationships. Children are especially vulnerable; they lack important knowledge and experience; and they depend on their parents and other adults for most everything, including food, clothing, shelter, education, medical attention, and, even more importantly, love.

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Space, time, and self: Rethinking aging in the contexts of immigration and transnationalism

Zhou

2012

Journal of Aging Studies

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The social history of older age

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An Age Old Problem? Estimating the Impact of Dementia on Past Human Populations

An Age Old Problem? Estimating the Impact of Dementia on Past Human Populations

Ethics of Aging

Space, time, and self: Rethinking aging in the contexts of immigration and transnationalism

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