old age
Let an agent explain old age as a life stage, relay definitions, biology, health and social aspects from gerontological sources with attribution, describe policy and cultural variation, and distinguish old age from ageing as a process, from specific diseases and from retirement as a status.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What old age is.
Definition
Definition and stages.
Definition
Definition.
- What is old age, how are the third and fourth ages and the oldest old defined, and how does it differ from ageing and retirement? definition
- Is the question about old age as a stage, the ageing process, a disease or a personal situation? boundary
Biology
Biology.
Biology
Biology.
- What biological changes characterise old age, and what is biological or body age? definition
- Which entry fits senescence? action
Health Health and care.
Health
Health.
Health
Health.
- What health challenges and protective factors characterise old age, according to gerontology and geriatrics? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own or a relative s health, which needs a clinician? boundary
Care
Care.
Care
Care.
- How are care and support organised for older people across countries? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Society Society and policy.
Roles
Social roles.
Roles
Roles.
- How do work, family, community and identity change in old age, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Policy
Policy.
Policy
Policy.
- How do pensions, retirement ages and elder rights vary, and what debates surround ageing societies, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Culture and history.
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do cultures regard old age and elders, and how is ageism addressed? provenance
- Which entry fits ageism? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How has old age been experienced and defined historically as life expectancy changed? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of ageing? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- third and fourth age, bodyage, aged 80 and over
What it is Filled
The final stage of the human life course, conventionally beginning around 60 to 65 years and sometimes divided into a third age of active retirement and a fourth age of frailty, including the oldest old aged 80 and over, characterised by biological senescence, changing social roles and rising risk of chronic disease and death, studied by gerontology and geriatrics and shaped by culture, policy and pension systems; old age is defined differently across societies and the concept of biological or body age is distinguished from chronological age.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain old age as a life stage, relay definitions, biology, health and social aspects from gerontological sources with attribution, describe policy and cultural variation, and distinguish old age from ageing as a process, from specific diseases and from retirement as a status.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Late life stage
- Senescence
- Changing roles
- Culturally defined
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Stereotype older people as frail, incompetent or a burden.
- Give personal medical or financial advice to an older person.
- Treat old age itself as a disease.
- Help others exploit older people financially.
Only with a human decision
- Decisions about an older person's care, money or living arrangements.
May
- Describe old age and the life course from attributed research.
- Point older people to services and clinicians for their own needs.
Moral aspects Filled
- Ageism limits older people's rights and opportunities.
- Older people are targeted by fraud and neglect.
Who is affected
- Older people
- Carers
- Families
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns a life stage; each person decides for themselves where able.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q185836 - registry parent class
- Q1931388 - registry parent class
- Q2070979 - registry parent class
- Q2347178 - registry parent class
related
- age of a person - in registry terms
- senescence - in registry terms, as its life stage
- cause of death - in registry terms, as recorded on certificates in some systems
- gerontology - and geriatrics
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.old-age
- Wikidata: Q191089 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191089)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- conventional threshold: 60-65 years - varies
- people aged 65 and over worldwide: about 800 million - estimates, rising
- life expectancy at 65: about 15-22 years - high-income countries
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Final stage of the human life course
- Third and fourth age, oldest old aged 80 and over, biological body age
- Ageing is the process; retirement is a status; specific diseases are separate
- Not a visible object; a stage of life.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain definitions and stages
- relay biology and health
- describe social and policy aspects
- distinguish related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Ageism and stereotyping
- Agents giving personal medical or financial advice
- Treating old age as a disease
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Pension and retirement age laws
- Elder rights and anti-discrimination laws
- UN Principles for Older Persons and the Decade of Healthy Ageing
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a life stage.
- young old and third age
- oldest old and fourth age including those aged 80 and over
- healthy and frail ageing
- old age in different cultures
- old age as a demographic category
- biological age as distinct from chronological age
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q191089: old age - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Old age - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should ageing, gerontology and oldest old be separate primary entries?
- How should gerontological sources be linked?
- The registry parent cause of death should be reviewed
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q191089/spec.json