Gerontological Geography

Comprehensive Gerontological Development

Human aging can only be understood within its social and historical contexts. It is largely determined by the complex interrelation of biological, cultural, social, political, and economic factors. Furthermore, the phenomenon of population aging can be considered as a social and economic burden or as an invaluable social asset if understood within the perspective of the enormous potential of ou...

International collaboration in gerontological nursing.

A gerontological distance metric survival dynamics

A metric for quantifying a gerontological mapping ‘distance’ or displacement consistent with the historical concept of velocity of aging and with the more recent concept of acceleration of aging, is introduced using the paradigm of a simple linear dynamics system of elementary physics. This analysis is extended to recent analytical methods utilizing intrinsic or internal time scaling so that bi...

Progress and pitfalls in gerontological theorizing.

Since 1988, there has been a commendable increase in concern for explicit theory development in gerontology. However, this has not been reflected in recent journal articles reporting empirical research. We summarize some central issues in the recent history of gerontological theory-building, noting both "progress" and "pitfalls." Have there been paradigmatic shifts in biogerontological, psycho-...

Why become a gerontological nurse researcher?

This issue of Research in Gerontological Nursing launches a yearly State of the Science Commentary to update the professional community on the state of science for one aspect of gerontological nursing research. This contribution to the scientific discussion is designed to review progress, chart the course of future research, and coalesce priorities. The focus of the 2013 Commentary is nonpharma...