Introduction
This is the first in a series of general information articles on aging
that school teachers and their students can use in a variety of courses.
The title is taken from that proverbial first-year college course
"Everything 101." But we also intend it to mean that we want you to make it
until at least 101 years of age.
Stay with us on this series: you just might learn something that
will help you get in the centenarian club.
N.B. Since this piece was written for the 1999 edition of Encarta, Microsoft’s online encyclopedia, no parts
of this first article can be reproduced without the expressed consent of the
publisher.
About the Author:
Dr. Robert E. Roush, is director, Texas Consortium of Geriatric
Education Centers, and an associate professor with the Huffington Center on
Aging at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. The author of over
350
publications, invited presentations, and funded grants, Dr. Roush has served
as president of the National Association of Geriatric Education Centers
and is the current co-chair of the organization's Bioterrorism
Preparedness Committee
Acknowledgements:
The author expresses his appreciation to Jeffrey P. Davis,
M.C.G., for the formatting, editing, and illustrations used in this article.
