Gerontology
0022-1422
Abstract
With millions of men and women growing older, baffled by changes in themselves and in the world around them, the country has a definite need for not only large scale provisions for their care but also for a specific and individual service for each one. Against the present, almost brutal neglect of the aged, by which many have been misused, we need a national policy to guide our social, political, and economic activities toward the aged. Scientific endeavors may be enlisted to aid in this major problem of preventing wastage of human resources and of increasing human conservation. The Journal of Gerontology, the first journal in the field, will provide a medium of communication and of interpretation in our effort to gain more and surer knowledge of human growth and development. For all the problems of aging we must have more research, more explorations in health care, more guidance for the aged, and we must incorporate this knowledge into our various organizations and services to protect and conserve all members of society.