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Understanding very old age
— looking back and thinking forward | | Author(s) | Leonard W Poon, Peter Martin, Bo Hagberg |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Social Policy, vol 28, no 3, July-September 2016 |
| Publisher | Routledge, July-September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 208-217 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline,com |
| Keywords | Centenarians ; Longevity ; Quality of life. |
| Annotation | 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 special issue of Journal of Aging and Social Policy. 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. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-160805230 A |
| Classmark | BBT: BGA: F:59 |
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