title: [The faces of old age today].
abstract: The way we view old age varies depending on whether we are 60 or 80 and on the society in which we live.The traditional figure of the wise old man seems to give more and more credence to a negative representation of old age. High life expectancy raises the need to distinguish growing older from old age, maturity and the gaining of experience from the loss of memory and autonomy.
authors.affiliation: I'Université catholique d'Angers, France. christian.heslon@uco.fr
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heslon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001290:Attitude; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity