Full Description
This book compares the wellbeing of older Russian adults in the EU, USA, China, Japan, and Russia. Through providing a general overview of population ageing, social, economic and IT-literacy among older Russian adults, it fills the gap in quality of life research in developing and transition societies. The topic is revealed in the context of the modern elderly's changing identity, their life plans, and intergenerational relations. The connection between ageism and sexism are identified and interpreted, thereby using comparative materials on different countries. The book discusses the issue of educating the elderly in a new direction—namely, the use of ICTs. It also presents the result of studies on pension reform discussions over social networks, which illuminate the social response to the political, social, and economic agenda. As such this book will be a valuable read to researchers specialized in aging, gender studies, quality of life studies, Russian studies, ICT adoptionstudies, and to those studying the social transformation of Russia, Eastern Europe, the BRICS countries, which face similar problems with aging.
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. An ageing population in the modern world.- 3. Age, work, and retirement: quality of life.- 4. What does it mean to be old? "Elderly" identity as a sociological problem.- 5. Health, adaptational medicine, or healing sicknesses.- 6. Social service for the elderly.- 7. Education ideas and ICT training practices for older persons.- 8. Internet as a platform for studying elderly social inclusion opportunities.- 9. The emotional experience of old age as a result of media work.- 10. Conclusion.
