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Ageing

Here you can find information and reports about Ageing and its impact on society today and in the future.

19.04.2005 · Research Group on the Global Future

Find more information in our statistics section on Ageing.

Administration on Aging
This site is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of a wide variety of topics, programs and services related to aging.

American Society on Aging
The American Society on Aging is a multidisciplinary array of professionals who are concerned with the physical, emotional, social, economic and spiritual aspects of aging. They range from practitioners, educators, administrators, policymakers, business people, researchers, students, and more.

Germany and the Challenge of Global Aging
Germany and the Challenge of Global Aging takes a close look at how this revolution is likely to transform Germany’s economy and society over the next half century. The Center for Strategic and International Studies and Nationwide Global are collaborating on this report for two reasons.  As the world’s third largest economy, Germany’s success or failure in confronting its aging challenge will have important implications not just for its own future prosperity, but for the global economy.

Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen/German Centre of Gerontology
The German Centre of Gerontology is an institute for scientific research and documentation in the fields of social gerontology and help for the aged.

The "Future Report Demographic Change: Innovation Ability in an Ageing Society” from the German "Frauenhofer Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation”, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research carries out the project Demographic Change and Ageing Workforce. Findings are available both in English and in German.
A lot of German bibliographic references on topics concerning the elderly.

One of the research fields of the Bonn Institute for Economic and Social Research is Ageing.

A leading German research institute on demography at the University of Bielefeld.

Home of the online version of the journal "Ageing and Society,” published by the Cambridge University based "Centre for Policy on Ageing” and "The British Society for Gerontology”.

Prof. Herwig Birg is a German scientist researching in the field of demography. This is his Homepage with a list of publications and surveys.