What About Happiness in Later Life?
Along with the remarkable rise of life expectancy, happiness has become a major issue for people who live a longer life. The aging process encompasses some declines that challenge the well-being of people. The chapter begins with the discussion of happine
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Aging in European Societies Healthy Aging in Europe
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Editor Constantinos Phellas University of Nicosia Nicosia, Cyprus
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Overview
“Crisis, Crises of Aging” In a couple of centuries time, historians who would like to study the cultural life of our times—end of twentieth century, beginning of the twenty-first century— might characterize it as a period of “generalized crisology.” They would base their characterization on thousands of texts, documents, books, articles elaborated on daily basis in every part of our planet. Also, they would base their investigation on the work of thousands of institutions of education, research and communication, and on the production of thousands of analysts, journalists, and scholars who try to understand the nature of the current “crisis,” contributing through their initiatives to the elaboration of a complex set of discourses, essays, and studies. It is clear that futur
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