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The psychology of the oldest old -- The fourth age

Margret M. Baltes  (1998)

Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 11, 411-415

Most of our knowledge about ageing, including psychological ageing, stems from the young-old, those aged between 60 and 70 years. Is this knowledge applicable to the oldest-old, or do we have to differentiate between the "Third" and the "Fourth Age"?