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Otto Gerdina
was a fair compensation for their past merits, and a civilised way of dealing
with the uncertainties and sufferings of old age. Instead, the responsibility for
old age decline isattributed to the individual, which isdecoupling society from
the high ethical standards on which the welfare state was founded.
Keywords: social construction of old age, social change, welfare state, active
ageing, productive ageing
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