Images, stereotypes and the social construction of old age: a cross-cultural and historical overview. Meeting the needs of the old: a human rights approach. Old age and legal reforms. Emerging social challenges and responses. Supporting the old: the state, friends and the community. Retirement orientations, a conceptual overview. Gender and retirement issues. Reconceptualising intimacy and ageing: living apart together. Living arrangements of the old with and without spouse. The old as a new mature market.
