Effectiveness of the Vital Aging program to promote active aging in Mexican older adults
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Effectiveness of the Vital Aging program to promote active aging in Mexican older adults
INTRODUCTION Aging is not only a population phenomenon but also an experience and an individual reality. Vital Aging® is a program that considers active aging as the lifelong adaptation process of maximizing health and independence, physical and cognitive functioning, positive affect regulation and control, and social engagement. Through its different versions and editions, it has demonstrated ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Interventions in Aging
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1178-1998
DOI: 10.2147/cia.s102930