All countries face major challenges to ensure that their health and social systems are ready to make the most of this demographic shift.
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Generativity vs. stagnation is the seventh stage of Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development. It occurs during middle adulthood.
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Though the term might sound dated, "middle-age spread" is a greater concern than ever. As people go through their middle years,...
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Upon the realisation he's probably lived more than half of his life, Steve Dinneen considers what it means to be middle aged.
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Middle age starts much later than previously thought - at the age of 55, research suggests. And Britons do not see themselves as elderly until they are nudging...
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The original magazine helped define an era. Now it's back, for men in their 40s and 50s who can't let go of largin' it.
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Once defined as ages 40 to 60, it is now often defined as ages 45 to 64 (though Merriam-Webster wants to have it both ways).
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China's crucial middle class, an oft-cited group of 400 million, may shrink in the absence of a strong economic recovery.
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Middle age is better thought of as a social term rather than a medical one according to Sonia Sehgal, M.D., F.A.C.P., geriatrician,...
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Nearly half (47%) of adults in their 40s and 50s have a parent age 65 or older and are either raising a young child or financially supporting a grown child.
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