Thomas ScharfThomas Scharf is Professor of Social Gerontology and Director of the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland. Norah C. Keating is Professor and Co-Director of Research on Ageing, Policies and Practice at th University of Alberta, Canada. She is Director of the Global Social Initiative of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Read More Read Less