Ageing Society: A New Psychosocial Concept

Abstract

This presentation attempts to discuss some of the challenges facing the so-called ageing society, with an emphasis on two axes of analysis. One refers to the fact that it is not enough to indicate demographic, social, population or other trends to ensure acceptance in the social imaginary of the ageing society. The quantitative aspect is a necessary but not sufficient condition for accepting the remaining challenges in the ageing society. This point is highlighted by another axis of analysis, which has to do with the “resurrection” of ageism since the health and political events surrounding the coronavirus, which have once again placed older adults in stereotypical roles of decrepitude and ruin. All of the above indicates that hard work of social, governmental and state intervention is needed to create the minimum foundations of the ageing society.