Analysis Of GEO 50 Issues In Gerontology And Aging Studies

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Geron From Here to Eternity Tawana Cherry GERO 50 Issues in Gerontology and Aging Studies July 15 2013 Dr. Kevin Kohnke Abstract Since the confirmation of the Older American's Act (OAA) in 1965, the growth of gerontology and geriatrics has literally come of age in the United States. Somewhat more specifically, social gerontology is concerned with changes in the social characteristics, circumstances, status, and roles of individuals over the second half of the life span; with the nature and processes of adjustment, personality development, and mental health in the aging individual; and with the biological and psychobiological processes of aging in so far as they influence social capacity and performance in later life. Social

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