Encyclopedia of Aging

We live in an ageing society. Even those of us who are not worn down by year upon year of grinding out reviews for Reference Reviews, but are still new fresh faces in far‐flung reference libraries, will have noticed the huge proportion of people older than themselves still clogging up the system. Everyone involved in social service, education, health or industrial planning must take into account the increasing proportion of older users and workers. Even vets, I was amused to note from this morning’s Guardian, are having to face the problem of catering for the increased proportion of...