ABSTRACT
Ageing and gerontology are complex and contested fields of study and practice, and therefore seem well-suited to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches. Study of the different phenomena associated with ageing requires engagement of the conceptual apparatuses of various disciplines. Research on ageing needs to be followed up with interventions for enacting change in clinical practice. Ageing interventions are complex; research in this field must help us both find new solutions to those challenges facing the ageing population and insure the viability of such solutions in different systems connected with older adults’ lives. The broad context for organizing ageing research is learning how to honor the life experience of our elders. The final and most important remark is about enhancing the role of older adults as active participants in the research process, which is essential for the future development of more participatory methods for our common issue: ageing.
