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Gerontology

a phase of later life after work and child rearing but before frailty, marked by personal fulfilment and made common by longer healthy life.

In gerontology, third age refers to a phase of later life after work and child rearing but before frailty, marked by personal fulfilment and made common by longer healthy life. This meaning comes from Laslett (1987) in Ageing and Society.[1]

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Laslett, P. (1987). The Emergence of the Third Age. Ageing and Society, 7(2), 133-160. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x00012538

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