The Effects of Life Sports on the Successful Aging of Older People in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 805-814
Author(s):  
Sang-il Lee ◽  
◽  
Hae-in Seo
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Successful Aging

The Effects of Life Sports on the Successful Aging of Older People in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 1045-1055
Author(s):  
Sang-Il Lee ◽  
Hyun-Ryun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Successful Aging

scholarly journals SMART LIFE, FITNESS, WELLNESS, AND THE PROMISE OF DIGITAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES FOR OLDER PEOPLE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S23-S23
Author(s):  
Stephen Katz
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Mobility Devices ◽  
Ethnographic Observation ◽  
Technological Intervention

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

Successful Aging, Life Satisfaction, and Generativity in Later Life

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-250 ◽  
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.

Assessing the Quality of Aging - Presentation of Research Tool

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-47 ◽  
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.

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

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Evaluation of successful aging among older people in China: Results from China health and retirement longitudinal study

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 1183-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaqing Liu ◽  
Julie E Byles ◽  
Xiaoyue Xu ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
Xuesen Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Older People ◽  
Successful Aging

scholarly journals Mindful Sustainable Aging: Advancing a Comprehensive Approach to the Challenges and Opportunities of Old Age

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 494-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Håkan Nilsson ◽  
Pia H. Bülow ◽  
Ali Kazemi
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older People ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Aging Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Mindfulness Practices ◽  
Disengagement Theory

The primary aim of this article is to present a new concept called mindful sustainable aging (MSA), which is informed by mindfulness practices that support the physical, the mental, and especially, the social and the existential dimensions of old life. The concept of MSA is discussed and compared with four influential psychosocial theories in the field of gerontology, i.e., activity theory, disengagement theory, successful aging theory and gerotranscendence theory. The article ends with reviewing research on how mindfulness practice can help to manage, diminish and/or improve a number of serious physical conditions that are common among older people. The potential of mindfulness when it comes to facilitating for older adults in their quest for spiritual and existential meaning is discussed extensively throughout the article.

U3A Online and Successful Aging

2013 ◽  
pp. 1640-1657
Author(s):  
Rick Swindell ◽  
Peter Grimbeek ◽  
Jan Heffernan
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Profound Hearing Loss ◽  
Aging Model ◽  
Remedial Actions ◽  
Computer Text ◽  
Preventative Interventions

Population aging is refocusing aging policy away from mainly remedial actions towards low cost preventative interventions that keep older people independent and participating in their communities for longer. The purpose of this chapter is 3-fold: 1) to outline the elements of the successful aging model; 2) to explain the worldwide, self-help University of the Third Age (U3A) adult education program as a very low cost, successful aging organization; and 3) to discuss findings from two related studies of older adults who were members of a virtual U3A called U3A Online. Considerable anecdotal evidence shows that U3A Online is particularly valuable for people who are isolated from their mainstream communities by circumstances such as illness, disability or care giving. An email focus group with nine participants from three countries was conducted over a two year period, using the successful aging model as a guideline to examine the characteristics of these older people who are attracted to online learning. Results based on the combination of automated computer text analysis and manual text analysis techniques supported a conclusion that the Internet was an integral part of the lives of these participants, particularly those with serious health difficulties or profound hearing loss. Outcomes also supported a conclusion that electronic communication can reduce feelings of isolation and provide stimulating and enjoyable pastimes with the potential to assist older people in aging successfully.

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