[The social imaginary of ageing: broadening the horizon of possibilities]

Soins Gerontol. 2024 Sep-Oct;29(169):10-13. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2024.06.004. Epub 2024 Aug 6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The social imaginary of aging confines the elderly to a narrow horizon. We need to broaden this horizon to open up new possibilities. We can do this by exploring the ways in which older people live their old age, by discovering what is not known. We can also do this by inventing new ways of aging, using the arts.

Keywords: aging; art; creation; création; imaginaire; imagination; presence in the world; présence au monde; vieillissement.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aging* / physiology
  • Aging* / psychology
  • Humans
  • Imagination