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Understanding Very ...
Understanding Very Old Age : Looking Back and Thinking Forward
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- Poon, Leonard W. (author)
- University of Georgia
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- Martin, Peter (author)
- Iowa State University
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- Hagberg, Bo (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för psykologi,Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar,Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten,Department of Psychology,Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2016-04-29
- 2016
- English 10 s.
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In: Journal of Aging and Social Policy. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0895-9420 .- 1545-0821. ; 28:3, s. 208-217
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Abstract
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- Understanding human development among the oldest old is a sequential building process taking into account building-block data, theories, and models from childhood, adulthood, and old age toward a new territory of oldest-old survivors who have lived way beyond the average life-span. A central question is whether the oldest-old survivors have developed specific survival techniques and/or protective environments that nurture survival. Or are the oldest old statistical outliers who by happenstance continue to survive further into old age? This commentary provides a historical framework on the papers in this series that describe challenges confronted by the oldest-old survivors in order to advance our understanding of survival of the oldest old. A clear understanding of the contributors to longevity could guide public policies toward well-being and life satisfaction among our oldest-old citizens.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Aging
- centenarians
- longevity
- oldest old
- quality of life
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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