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Gerontology

Gerontology (from the Greek γέρων, geron, "old man" and -λογία, -logy, "study of"; coined by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1903) is the study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging. It is distinguished from geriatrics, which is the branch of medicine that studies the diseases of older adults.

Gerontology encompasses the following:

  • studying physical, mental, and social changes in people as they age
  • investigating the aging(ageing), process itself (biogerontology)
  • investigating the interface of normal ageing and age-related disease (geroscience)
  • investigating the effects of an ageing population on society
  • applying this knowledge to policies and programs, including the macroscopic (for example government planning) and microscopic (for example running a nursing home) perspectives.

The multidisciplinary nature of gerontology means that there are a number of sub-fields, as well as associated fields such as psychology and sociology that overlap with gerontology.

The field of gerontology is relatively new, and as such often lacks structural and institutional support. Relatively few universities offer a PhD in gerontology. However, the huge increase in the aging population in post-industrial Western nations has led to this becoming one of the most rapidly growing fields.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek γέρων (gerōn, “old man”).

Noun

gerontology (uncountable)

  1. the study of the elderly, and of the aging process itself.
  2. the branch of science that deals with the problems of aged people. It is to be distinguished from geriatrics, which is the study of the diseases of the elderly. Gerontology covers the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging.

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