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Human Population : Class

Class - Elderly link

Properties
Name Value
Description

"Elderly" is a concept that cannot be absolutely defined, as it has different meanings in different societies and historical periods. The United Nations refers to those aged 60 and over as "older persons", while ISTAT and the Ministry of Health speak of people aged 65 and over.

 

In 2018, during the National Congress of the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG - Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria), an adjustment to 75 years was proposed. Given the increase in average life expectancy at birth (85 for women, 82 for men in Italy), SIGG argues for a distinction among people over 65 between those in the so-called third age (characterized by good health, social integration and access to resources) and those in the fourth age (characterized by dependence on others and physical decline).

 

In this ontology, the elderly are all people over the age of 65.

Active false
Business Key Mutable true
Business Model false
Visibility public
Final Specialization false
Abstract false
Leaf false
Root false
Stereotypes phase

Relationships Summary
Name Begin End
  : Generalization
 Person : Class
 Elderly : Class

Tagged Values
Name Type Value
restrictedTo Text functional-complex
isExtensional Boolean false

Relationships Detail
Name Value
Name
From
 Person : Class
To
 Elderly : Class
Generalization Set
 gs_life_phases : Generalization Set
Visibility Unspecified

Appears In
Diagram
 Ontology of Agents in Urban Systems : Class Diagram
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