The psychology of the oldest-old
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Current Opinion in Psychiatry
- Vol. 11 (4) , 411-415
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001504-199807000-00009
Abstract
Most of our knowledge about ageing, including psychological ageing, stems from the young-old, those aged between 60 and 70 years. Is this knowledge applicable to the oldest-old, or do we have to differentiate between the 'Third' and the 'Fourth Age'? Curr Opin Psychiatry 11:411-415.This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
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