Productive Ageing

For many people, growing old is an unpleasant experience. It is a time of restriction, deprivation and of loss. You retire from work, lose your loved ones and have to cope with illness. It is an art to remain productive, to ensure that life remains meaningful, and to stay active and alive. This social psychological study shows how people of old age manage this within their various lifestyles, whether they live in senior citizens homes, in assisted-living projects, in their own apartments, alone or together with others.

Dr. phil. Sünje Lorenzen is Dipl.-Economist (Dipl.-Volkswirtin) and M. Sc. Business Psychologist (M. Sc. Wirtschaftspsychologin). Her fields of research are: New Work, qualitative research methods and geriatric and nursing research. Dr. phil. Katja Specht is Dipl.-Psychologist. Her fields of research are: Friendship relations, qualitative research methods and geriatric and nursing research.