Age(ing) as Future: Future of Age(ing)

Abstract

AbstractFindings from the Ageing as Future project prove that variability and vulnerability are the main characteristics of old age. The chapter discusses the project’s findings concerning the role of vulnerability of old age as a shared framework within which social diversity and ambivalence of aging manifests itself. It is suggested that based on such insights, it is time to understand and negotiate old age as what it is: another phase of life, different from previous ones.