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Do you want to live to be 100?
— Answers from older people | | Author(s) | Helena Karppinen, Marja-Liisa Laakkonen, Timo E Strandberg |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 45, no 4, July 2016 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, July 2016 |
| Pages | pp 543-549 |
| Source | www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Longevity ; Nonagenarians ; Centenarians ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | Little is known about the oldest olds' views on ageing. The present study, based in Helsinki, Finland, aimed to investigate older people's desire and the reasons they give for wanting to live to 100. The study used a structured self-completed questionnaire with an open-ended question on the reasons why/why not participants wished/did not wish to live to 100. One-third (32.9%) of home-dwelling older people wanted to live to be 100. Those who did were older, more often male and self-rated their health better than those who did not. Often the desire for long life was conditional: `Yes, if I stay healthy'. Among the reasons was that many were curious to see what would happen. Many stated that they loved life, they had twinkle in their eye or significant life roles. Those who did not want to live extremely long lives gave various rationales: they would become disabled, life would be meaningless, they were reluctant to become a burden to others or they feared loss of autonomy or suffering pain or loneliness. Some people also shared the view that they should not intervene in destiny or they felt that they had accomplished what they wanted in life. Overall one-third of the oldest old participants wanted to live to 100. Identifying what motivated them to desire long life could be a resource in their care plans. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160805224 A |
| Classmark | BG: BGA: BBR: BBT: DP |
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