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How do older adults define successful aging? A scoping review

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2017
  • Year Published
    2020
  • Quality Rating
    5/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    United States (10); Canada (3); Taiwan (2); United Kingdom (2); Australia (1); Bangladesh (1); Ghana (1); Israel (1); Sweden (1); Hong Kong (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    Not applicable
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses addressing other questions
  • Type of question
    Not effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Domain
    Programs and services
    Financial protection
    Pensions and allowances
    Infrastructure
    Social infrastructure
    Recreation
    Promotion of recreation
    Sustainable Development Goals
    1. No poverty
    3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
    9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
    17. Partnerships for the goals
  • Social system topic(s)
    Implementation strategies
    Citizen-targeted strategy
    Communication and decision-making facilitation
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
Publication details
  • Citation
    Teater B & Chonody JM. How do older adults define successful aging? A scoping review. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 2020;91(4):599-625.
  • DOI
    10.1177/0091415019871207

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