Correction: The clinical psychology of ageing in Italy: Priorities for supporting the wellbeing of an ageing population

For the first time in history, most of the world’s population can expect to live beyond 65. The goal has been achieved thanks to improved social and health conditions in the last two centuries. This new course has decreased the number and types of pathogens causing deathly infections; on the other hand, the increase in life expectancy still comes with age-related health problems. Hearing and vision impairments, diabetes, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, cardiovascular pathologies, and neurodegenerative pathologies are all examples of non-communicable diseases chronically affecting an increasing number of older adults. In this horizon, the burden of the resultant age-related chronic problems would impact national welfare and health systems: looking at demographic and epidemiological data from a perspective that considers ageing as a product of time and inflammation, life expectancy would imply that it is primarily a medical target. Differently, ageing represents, as any other life phase, a multifaceted process featuring adaptations, continuity, learning experiences, and evolution in roles and relationships. Defining the professionals who will care psychologically for ageing people is essential within such scenarios