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Positive ageing
— the views of middle-aged and older adults in Hong Kong | | Author(s) | Alice Ming-Lin Chong, Sik-Hung Ng, Jean Woo |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 26, part 2, March 2006 |
| Pages | pp 243-266 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_ASO |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Good Health ; Well being ; Age groups [elderly] ; Middle aged ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | Life expectancy has been increasing rapidly in many parts of the world, including Hong Kong. A longer life can be welcome as an opportunity to fulfil unmet aspirations or to take up new challenges and projects, but it may also be a burden, especially for individuals who are unprepared. A pressing question for longer-life societies is: how many older people live their longer lives to the full positively? This article report a qualitative study of Hong Kong Chinese people's views about "positive ageing", as expressed and discussed in 15 focus groups of middle-aged and older people. Two themes emerged. First, the participants considered that positive ageing should comprise good health, having a positive life attitude, active engagement with an activity or with society, feeling supported by their families and friends, being financially secure, and living in a place with emotional ties. Second, several key factors that enable positive ageing were identified, namely: adopting a healthy lifestyle; thinking positively; promoting family and inter-personal relationships; and building up financial resources. The views of the participants about "positive ageing" are compared with those reported from western studies and the policy implications are considered. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060314204 A |
| Classmark | BG: CD: D:F:5HH: BB: SE: DP: 3F: 7DR |
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