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AbstractThe South African demographic statistics echo the global trend of an ageing population. This fact poses challenges to the country’s labour supply, to health care, retirement and intergenerational relations. The elderly are faced with specific chal... see more

AbstractThe South African demographic statistics echo the global trend of an ageing population. This fact poses challenges to the country’s labour supply, to health care, retirement and intergenerational relations. The elderly are faced with specific chal... see more

Behavioural Gerontology is concerned with the interaction of the aging individual and their environment. One aspect of behavioural gerontology has focussed on the use of behaviourist methods to improve the functioning and quality of life of individuals wi... see more

Objective: This bibliometric study investigated literature pertaining to a quickly growing population worldwide: the oldest-old, individuals age eighty-five and older. The current state of research was surveyed, based on top authors, publishers, authorshi... see more

Although the journal's focus is on gerontology in southern Africa, it is hoped that authors in other parts of Africa and overseas will contribute to the journal. Important practical and policy lessons can be learnt from colleagues working in other parts o... see more

Some of the most exciting new gerontology globally is coming out of Africa. African gerontology has reached a stage in its development to earn it a respected and unique place in the global ageing arena. It is apt that it should be a part of the African re... see more

What has become clear over the years is what the building blocks of African gerontology are. What is also apparent is that the recurrent theme and argumentation of the majority of African gerontology papers is that of modernization theory, reflecting a ma... see more

This paper reports on a study of information seeking and resource availability in the field of gerontology. Thirteen scholars were asked to describe their information seeking behaviour, and subsequent success in acquiring resources to support their teachi... see more

Introduction. Nowadays, most of the research in the field of gerontology is focused on the effects of the grape polyphenols. In particular, resveratrol has been shown to increase life expectancy of various living organisms, including mammals. Resveratrol ... see more

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