It was not long ago that we as a society, viewed elderly as a valued citizen. Historical research shows that the treatment of older people varied from time to time and place to place. All past societies have one thing in common-none of them had the number of older people present in society today. None of them had a respond to the rapid population aging that we will see in the next fifty years. Aging in the future will differ from society to society as it did in the past. The developed and developing nations, for example, will encounter and respond to different challenges. …
