A Study on Healthy Behavior Factors Effecting Successful Aging among South Korean Babyboomers and Older People

Abstract Based on the author’s ethnographic observation and collection of product media kits, videos, and photographs from the Consumer Electronics Show 2019, this paper critiques the ways in which positive lifestyle concepts such as ‘smart life’, ‘fitness’ and ‘wellness’ are designed within products aimed at senior marketing to shape the older consumers as composites of health problems open to technological intervention. However helpful sensor clothing, home surveillance cameras, self-tracking appliances, robotic companions, or digital mobility devices may be, they are also opportunities to capitalize on shared personal data and subscription-based monitoring services. Discussion links these concepts to wider concerns about algorithimic standardization of health risks for older people, healthcare austerity programs, and social inequalities based on technical markers of successful aging and privileged life-course trajectories

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Successful Aging, Life Satisfaction, and Generativity in Later Life

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ◽

10.2190/ha9x-h48d-9gyb-85xw ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 239-250 ◽

Cited By ~ 146

Author(s):

Bradley J. Fisher

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Older People ◽

Personal Growth ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Basic Needs ◽

Later Life ◽

Developmental Task ◽

Survey Questionnaire

This article explores the meanings older people attach to successful aging and life satisfaction and how these concepts can be differentiated. Forty elderly employees of the Ozarks Area Foster Grandparent Program (ages 61–92) were randomly selected and interviewed using an open-ended survey questionnaire. These questions explored understandings of successful aging and life satisfaction, the factors essential for each, and the differences perceived between these concepts. Qualitative data were coded by two independent reviewers. Respondents' understandings of successful aging involved attitudinal or coping orientations nearly twice as often as those for life satisfaction. Descriptions of life satisfaction emphasized the fulfillment of basic needs and was viewed as a precursor to successful aging. Content analysis confirmed five features of successful aging: interactions with others, a sense of purpose, self-acceptance, personal growth, and autonomy. The findings suggest that generativity contributes to successful aging and remains a vital developmental task in later life.

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Assessing the Quality of Aging - Presentation of Research Tool

Physiotherapy and Health Activity ◽

10.1515/pha-2015-0007 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 42-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Andrzej Knapik

Keyword(s):

Life Expectancy ◽

Older People ◽

Diagnostic Tool ◽

Successful Aging ◽

The Elderly ◽

Research Tool ◽

Empirical Testing ◽

Index Model ◽

Aging Index

Abstract Background: The analysis of demographic tendencies indicates a continuing process of extending life expectancy in numerous societies. Alongside the decline in fertility, the continuing process of extending life expectancy is the primary cause for the aging of societies. An increasing percentage of the elderly require defining the welfare among older people and its factors. Aim: This article presents various views on successful aging and introduces the authorial Successful Aging Index model, which was the basis for a questionnaire diagnosing the quality of aging. The author’s intention was to create a diagnostic tool for said process. Conclusions: Presented tool according to the author can be very useful for diagnosing the course of successful aging. However, this requires additional empirical testing.

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Elder lifelong learning, intergenerational solidarity and positive youth development: the case of Hong Kong

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health ◽

10.1515/ijamh.2011.016 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ka Man So ◽

Daniel T.L. Shek

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Older People ◽

Lifelong Learning ◽

Youth Development ◽

Positive Youth Development ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Social Issues ◽

Evaluation Studies ◽

Intergenerational Solidarity ◽

Learning Program

Abstract Elder lifelong learning has been promoted worldwide under different modes for upgrading quality of life of elders and actualizing successful aging. With multiple objectives, some modes of the elder lifelong learning program attempt to simultaneously address the social issues of age-segregation and negative perceptions of older people by adopting an intergenerational approach. Such an approach links the two non-biological generations – the young and the old – together purposefully for nurturing intergenerational solidarity and integration. Although program evaluation studies demonstrate the positive impacts and effects of an intergenerational approach on older people, its impact on young people is not well-researched. This paper explores intergenerational solidarity generated from the intergenerational-mode elder lifelong learning program in Hong Kong and argues how it contributes to positive youth development.

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The gendered impact of the National Pension Scheme on late-life economic well-being: evidence from the Korean retirement and income study

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults ◽

10.1108/qaoa-01-2015-0002 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 3-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Seung-Min Park

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Labour Market ◽

Later Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Policy Option ◽

Pension Scheme ◽

Third Wave ◽

Content Type ◽

South Korean ◽

Economic Well Being

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of the National Pension Scheme (NPS) on the economic well-being of older people in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach It analyses older people aged 60 and over sampled from the third wave of the Korean retirement and income study. Findings The analysis shows a gendered effect. The NPS is positively associated with the economic well-being of only older men. This gendered impact is probably attributable to the inherent patriarchal structure of the NPS that is based on the strong male bread-winner model. Originality/value The results suggest that promoting the female labour market participation, and also reforming the gender structure of the NPS and South Korean labour market, can be a potential policy option to amend gendered economic well-being in later life.

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