[New trends in age and aging research in the post-pandemic period (research overview).]

The pandemic of coronavirus infection and the general uncertainty and variability of the post-pandemic world developing with it have called into question the already outdated concept of chronological determination of the age of the older. Within the framework of this review, analyzing the latest publications on social policy, the sociology of aging, the role of information technology in the lives of older people and their employment, using the method of thematic analysis, we consider how researchers consider the transformation of the meanings of age and the characteristics of aging in the post-pandemic period. Based on the thematic analysis of articles for the period from January 2022 to March 2023, a conclusion was made about the blurring of the previous age boundaries. This trend that developed when? has been amplified by the pandemic. This contributed to the expansion of the repertoire of aging trajectories and consideration of the inclusion and features of aging based on the various directions that the pandemic creates and strengthens. The key topics regarding the transformation of the meanings of age are related to the increasing integration of older people into the digital environment and the use of digital technologies, the development of healthcare and anti-aging services, as well as the expansion of digitalization of employment of older people and the expansion of opportunities for inclusion of the older. The analysis showed the transformation of the topic of employment of older people during the pandemic and post-pandemic, namely, the transition to the monetization of leisure, to the increasing use of employment for interaction and, consequently, social integration. The articles considered in the study are increasingly associated with the need for a multidisciplinary study of aging and the everyday life of older people, as well as the cooperation of different approaches that consider not only the medical aspects of age, but also social, environmental aspects, without which it is impossible to imagine the life of older people, it is impossible to consider the meanings of aging.