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Another Wrinkle in the Debate about Successful Aging: The Undervalued Concept of Resilience and the Lived Experience of Dementia
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Harris, Phyllis Braudy – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
The concept of "successful aging" is a contested discourse in gerontology. Two conflicting paradigms dominate the discussion: a health promotion activity model, and a model critical of the concept of successful aging. However, this study takes a different perspective and proposes that perhaps we have been striving for the wrong goal. The true…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Health Promotion, Alzheimers Disease, Dementia