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Life at age 100
— an international research agenda for centenarian studies | | Author(s) | Daniela S Jopp, Kathrin Boerner, Oscar Ribeiro, Christoph Rott |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Social Policy, vol 28, no 3, July-September 2016 |
| Publisher | Routledge, July-September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 133-147 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline,com |
| Keywords | Centenarians ; Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Research ; Comparison ; Germany ; Portugal ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | During the past three decades, the number of very old individuals has increased significantly, creating a global demographic challenge with consequences at the individual, family and societal levels. Yet, life in very old age is still poorly understood in terms of its unique characteristics and challenges. Besides specific content areas, very old age represents an understudied field of research. This lack of knowledge may be one reason that the very old also are an underserved population. This special issue of Journal of Aging and Social Policy introduces an international network of three centenarian studies that describe and compare the life circumstances and characteristics of centenarians across Germany, Portugal and the United States. These parallel studies comprehensively assess centenarians' physical, cognitive, social and psychological functioning, to create a knowledge base regarding their capacities and needs. A specific focus lies in the investigation of psychological aspects, social resources and societal or cultural contexts, factors that may contribute to longevity and successful ageing. Determining key characteristics of this very old population and investigating similarities and differences across countries is timely and urgent, both from applied and policy standpoints. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160805226 A |
| Classmark | BBT: CC: D: 3A: 48: 767: 76T: 7T |
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