Aging Well: Toward a Way of Life for All People

نویسنده

  • Barbara A Hawkins
چکیده

The world’s population as a whole is living longer. Population aging is a trend that will bring new social, political, and economic demands to countries throughout the world (1). Without proactive steps to create individual and environmental changes that promote aging well, the escalating costs of health and social support systems for an aging population will be unsustainable both domestically and worldwide (2).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Preventing Chronic Disease

دوره 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005