A statement from WHO

Kaprio, Leo A.

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“…Limited knowledge is available about the gains in later life. Is ageing a challenge, a triumph for humanity, or a gradual process of breakdown and deterioration (Butler & Lewis 1982, de Froe 1981, Kaprio 1982, Verhoeven 1981)? What parameters determine the quality of life in ageing and whose values are the yardsticks for measuring the failures and successes of old age?…”

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Being old does not always mean being sick: perspectives on conditions of health as perceived by British and American elderly

Maanen¹

2006

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The process of ageing is frequently described in terms of decline and deterioration. Limited attention is paid to the gains in later life. Studies among self‐defined healthy American‐born elderly and ill‐healthy British‐born older persons, indicated that the perception of health was determined by many dimensions other than the absence of disease and illness. The older the person, the more emphasis was placed on health as a state of mind, even in situations of a gradually failing body. It was evident that these respondents, among them the ill‐healthy elderly, challenged the current beliefs of health and illness as perceived by health providers.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Being old does not always mean being sick: perspectives on conditions of health as perceived by British and American elderly

Maanen¹

2006

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Limited knowledge is available about the gains in later life. Is ageing a challenge, a triumph for humanity, or a gradual process of breakdown and deterioration {Butler & Lewis 1982, de Froe 1981. Kaprio 1982, Verhoeven 1981?…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Being old does not always mean being sick: perspectives on conditions of health as perceived by British and American elderly

Maanen

1988

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The process of ageing is frequently described in terms of decline and deterioration. Limited attention is paid to the gains in later life. Studies among self-defined healthy American-born elderly and ill-healthy British-born older persons, indicated that the perception of health was determined by many dimensions other than the absence of disease and illness. The older the person, the more emphasis was placed on health as a state of mind, even in situations of a gradually failing body. It was evident that these respondents, among them the ill-healthy elderly challenged the current beliefs of health and illness as perceived by health providers.

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A statement from WHO

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Being old does not always mean being sick: perspectives on conditions of health as perceived by British and American elderly

Being old does not always mean being sick: perspectives on conditions of health as perceived by British and American elderly

Being old does not always mean being sick: perspectives on conditions of health as perceived by British and American elderly

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