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By the year 2050, most countries around the globe (with the exception of many in Africa) will have populations where more than 20 % of the people are over the age of 65 years; and there will be more people over the age of 60 than under the age of 15 years. Life expectancy in many developed countries is now approaching 80 years and continues to rise. The developing countries are aging at an extremely rapid rate—these countries are getting old before they are getting rich. The age group of 80-and-older is the fastest growing group in the world. Fertility rates continue to drop and by 2020, the global fertility rate will dip below the global replacement rate for the first time (Longman 2010). The trends create huge challenges to societies faced with providing economic support and health care to the growing older population, while the younger population is growing more slowly. The concept of productive aging, or the productive engagement of older adults, has been offered as part of the solution to population aging (MorrowHowell et al. 2001). From this perspective, the successes of population aging are highlighted—the growing capacity of older adults in terms of health and education and the possibility for the first time in human history for people to stay productively engaged in life until their 7th, 8th, even 9th decade. The growing capacity of the older population has not been fully recognized; and it certainly has not been maximally utilized to offset the demands of the changing demographics. Older adults have growing capacity for paid and unpaid work, as employees, volunteers, and caregivers.

Productive Engagement of Older Adults: International Research, Practice, and Policy Introduction