Observations about the Hard-Won Wisdom of Old Age

New Books In Public Health · Oct 31, 2022 · 38m

The world's population has just passed the 8 billion mark and an increasing proportion of those people are old, including increasingly the so-called "old old" in their 90s and beyond. Indeed, never before have so many older people inhabited the planet. Are we prepared for them? Given the inevitable medical and health challenges that accompany old age, are we ready to take care of all those people? We also need to know how people experience old age. Are you really just as old as you feel?In this episode of International Horizons David Troyansky from the History departments of Brooklyn College…