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Problem
Fear of growing old
Other Names:
Anxiety over ageing
Anticipated neglect of elders
Nature:
Fear of growing old may refer to:
Gerascophobia Gerontophobia
Broader Problems:
Fear
Unhealthy anxiety
Human ageing
Human denial of death
Stifled potential for social interaction among different age groups
Narrower Problems:
Fear of death
Fear of the loss of independence
Aggravates:
Cult of youth
Trauma of ageing women
Retirement as a threat to psychological well-being
Strategies:
Giving attention to elders
Fearing ageing
Neglecting the aged
Treating fear of growing old
Subject(s):
Society
→
Elderly
Societal Problems
→
Deprivation
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST