PERSPECTIVES ON PRODUCTIVE AGING

要求为一次科学会议提供支助， 老龄化：迈向知识建设议程，将于1998年12月3日和4日举行 位于密苏里州圣路易斯市的华盛顿大学。社会中心 发展（CSD）在社会工作的乔治沃伦布朗学院将 主持这次活动。人口老龄化导致了人口的大量增加， 健康的老年人。生产性老龄化的概念 对我们尚未充分认识到的问题的回应 我们既没有创造知识，也没有创造知识， 政策和做法，以优化对社会的积极贡献。一 关于生产性老龄化的文献正在发展;但这项工作已经进行 没有1）指导理论框架或2） 综合多学科研究议程。拟议的会议将 促进知识库的发展，为方案和政策提供信息 举措一个由30名学者组成的小组将举行为期两天的会议， （1）审查和评论目前的状况， 生产性老龄化的概念化和经验证据; 2）确定 有前途的知识建设理论观点， 方案和政策制定; 3）指定关键的理论基础 研究问题。科学会议有六个部分：1） 回顾关于生产性老化的当前知识和理论（Scott Bass， Frank Caro，Andrew Achenbaum）; 2）发展理论观点， 生产性老龄化：社会学（货车Bengtson），心理学（James Birren）， 经济学（James Schulz）和生物医学（Alvar Svanborg）; 3）应用 生产性老龄化的紧急老年学观点（哈里穆迪， 卡罗尔埃斯蒂斯，詹姆斯杰克逊）; 4）概述新的政策和计划 关于生产老化的发展（Fernando Torres-Gil，Marc 弗里德曼）;总结理论上的优点和缺点（迈克尔 谢拉登）和6）制定研究议程（南希莫罗豪厄尔， James Hinterlong）。所有发言人均已确认参加。的 会议组织者还将出版一卷会议记录 作为一个报告的传播。NIA要求提供资金， 文件的委托、演讲者的旅费和 可持续发展委员会协助主办会议和编辑该卷供出版。 在福特公司的支持下， 基金会这次会议提供了一个独特的机会， 老年学家将推动对生产性老龄化概念的研究 并提出了一个更广阔的老龄化经验的视野。

Support is requested for a scientific meeting, Perspectives on Productive Aging: Toward a Knowledge-Building Agenda, to be held December 3 & 4, 1998 at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. The Center for Social Development (CSD) at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will host this event. Population aging has led to a large increase in the number of healthy older adults. The concept of productive aging has emerged ion response to concerns that we have not fully recognized the contributions made by older adults nor have we created the knowledge, policies, and practices to optimize positive contributions to society. A literature on productive aging is developing; but this work has proceeded without the advantages of 1) guiding theoretical frameworks or 2) an integrated multidisciplinary research agenda. The proposed conference will spur the development of a knowledge base to inform program and policy initiatives. A group of 30 scholars will meet for two days to achieve the following objectives: 1) review and critique the current state of conceptualization and empirical evidence on productive aging; 2) identify promising theoretical perspectives for knowledge building to inform program and policy development; and 3) specify key theoretically-based research questions. There are six parts to the scientific meeting: 1) reviewing current knowledge and theory on productive aging (Scott Bass, Frank Caro, Andrew Achenbaum); 2) developing theoretical perspectives on productive aging: sociology (Van Bengtson), psychology (James Birren), economic (James Schulz) and biomedicine (Alvar Svanborg); 3) applying emergent gerontological perspectives to productive aging (Harry Moody, Carroll Estes, James Jackson); 4) overviewing new policy and program developments regarding producing aging (Fernando Torres-Gil, Marc Freedman); summarizing theoretical strengths and weaknesses (Michael Sherraden) and 6) formulating a research agenda (Nancy Morrow-Howell, James Hinterlong). All presenters have confirmed their participation. The meeting organizers will publish a volume of conference proceedings as well as disseminate a report. Money is requester from NIA to fund the commissioning of papers, travel expense of the presenters, and work of the CSD in hosting the conference and in editing the volume for publication. Part of the budget is being funded by the CSD with support from the Ford Foundation. This conference offers a unique opportunity for leading gerontologists to advance scholarship on the concept of productive aging and forward a broader vision of the aging experience.