Abstract: The research on geographies of ageing in Western countries can be divided into three stages. Before 1980s, research focused on the descriptive empirical analysis of geographic concentration of the elderly, health and environment of the elderly, policy orientation for the provision of old services; in the 1990s, research mainly focused on spatial trends in population ageing, the varied settings and environments of ageing, health care and caregiving, and the daily personal experience of older persons from a humanist perspective; Since the twentieth century, influenced by the theory of social criticism and the cultural shift, the research methods have been diversified, and the research contents have been changed from the traditional subjects to the microcosmic aspects of the daily experience of the elderly. This paper reviews the studies on geographies of ageing in Western countries and combines with the domestic research summary, puts forward the reference value of foreign studies for the domestic related research on research perspective,research contents and research methods.