title: [Social aspects of ageing and old age in socialist society (author's transl)].
abstract: The term social age(ing) is discussed within a historical context. The basic idea is that social and biological existence should not be separated although both can overlap. The paper also goes into the tasks of a social scientist engaged in the subject of age research. Some theoretical questions are based on the "way of life" theory and it's constituting elements.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D012931:Social Environment; D012950:Socialism; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Soziale Aspekte des Alterns und Altseins in der Sozialistischen Gesellschaft.