BACKGROUND Successful aging in old age is important. However, the determinants of successful aging vary across populations due to cultural differences, and only a limited number of studies have addressed these determinants in Taiwan population. This study aimed to evaluate successful aging via better physical and mental functions as well as to explore associated determinants in an elderly Taiwa...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether older adults have thought about aging and aging successfully and to compare their perceptions of successful aging with attributes of successful aging identified in the published literature. DESIGN A cross-sectional, mailed survey. SETTING King County, Washington. PARTICIPANTS Nondemented participants from two cohorts. The first cohort, referred to as Kame, ...

Successful aging is a prominent framework within gerontology, yet an understanding of how adults define “successful aging” often missing in the social work discourse around what it means to age well. This cross-sectional, exploratory study used online survey explore community-dwelling adults’ (aged 55+; n=471) definition successful aging, underlying components across all definitions, and any di...

This paper explores how to measure successful aging in a manner consistent with the preferences of older persons about what matters in their lives. First it considers the extent to which existing objective and subjective measures of successful aging reflect those preferences. It is found that both objective and subjective measures may contradict preferences that are held unanimously by older pe...

Successful aging is gaining increasing attention given the growth in the older adult population. Criteria and definitions within multiple disciplines vary greatly in Western literature, with no consensus on its meaning. Sociocultural, economic, and political differences between the Western view of successful aging and its view in China add to the confusion. Similarities and differences in the m...