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What Do We Know About Healthy Aging? - National Institute on …

(Just Now) We all want to maintain good health as we get older. Learn what research tells us about how to take care of our physical, mental, and cognitive health as we age. See more

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/healthy-aging/what-do-we-know-about-healthy-aging

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Bias against older people in health care settings is common and

(9 days ago) WEBA recent study found that older people spend an average of 21 days a year on medical appointments. Kathleen Hayes can believe it. Hayes lives in Chicago and has …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/07/1236371376/bias-ageism-older-adults-geriatrics

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Ageing and health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(6 days ago) WEBCommon health conditions associated with ageing. Common conditions in older age include hearing loss, cataracts and refractive errors, back and neck pain and …

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ageing-and-health

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How Optimism About Aging Can Benefit Your Health - The New …

(1 days ago) WEBSimply identifying the sources of your conceptions about aging can help you gain some distance from negative ideas. “People can strengthen their positive age …

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/well/mind/aging-health-benefits.html

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Actualizing Better Health And Health Care For Older Adults

(Just Now) WEBSocial determinants of health. Quality of care. In 2018 the US population ages sixty-five and older numbered 52.4 million, with older adults representing 15.6 …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01470

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Healthy Aging Tips for the Older Adults in Your Life

(3 days ago) WEBIf you have older family members or loved ones, you may worry about their health as they age. Aging increases the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, type 2 …

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/caregiving/healthy-aging-tips-older-adults-your-life

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Living longer in better health: Six shifts needed for …

(8 days ago) WEBToday, the vast majority of adults across the world can expect to live decades past retirement age. The number of older adults 1 The term “older adults” refers to those aged 65 and older. will more than …

https://www.mckinsey.com/mhi/our-insights/living-longer-in-better-health-six-shifts-needed-for-healthy-aging

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Positive attitude about aging could boost health News Harvard …

(Just Now) WEBAugust 24, 2022 – People with more positive attitudes about growing old tend to live longer and healthier lives than those with negative thoughts about aging, according to recent …

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/positive-attitude-about-aging-could-boost-health/

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Promoting Health for Older Adults CDC

(6 days ago) WEBIn 2019, 54.1 million US adults were 65 or older, representing 16% of the population—or more than 1 in every 7 Americans. Nearly 1 in 4 older adults are members of a racial or …

https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/factsheets/promoting-health-for-older-adults.htm

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Healthy aging: What it means to older adults McKinsey

(8 days ago) WEBA new McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) survey of more than 21,000 older adults (defined as those aged 55 and older) across 21 countries finds that respondents largely agree about the importance of …

https://www.mckinsey.com/mhi/our-insights/age-is-just-a-number-how-older-adults-view-healthy-aging

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Mental health of older adults - World Health Organization (WHO)

(8 days ago) WEBThe most common mental health conditions for older adults are depression and anxiety. GHE 2019 shows that globally, around a quarter of deaths from suicide …

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-of-older-adults

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What Can Be Done To Better Support Older Adults To Age

(Just Now) WEBIn fact, 11 percent of people ages 80–84 neither drive nor live with someone else who drives, with this share rising to 22 percent among people ages 85 and older. 1 …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00203

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Exploring the Health Effects of Ageism - The New York Times

(6 days ago) WEBOlder people with positive views of aging perform better on hearing tests and memory tasks. They are less likely to develop psychiatric illnesses like anxiety, …

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/23/health/ageism-levy-elderly.html

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Global reach of ageism on older persons’ health: A systematic review

(3 days ago) WEBAgeism led to significantly worse health outcomes in 95.5% of the studies and 74.0% of the 1,159 ageism-health associations examined. The studies reported …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6961830/

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Age-Related Diseases and Clinical and Public Health Implications …

(3 days ago) WEBThe “old-old” or “oldest-old” are often sick, disabled, and perhaps even nearing death. When caring for older adults as a clinician or as a caregiver, predicting …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5732407/

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Strategies to improve engagement of ‘hard to reach’ older people …

(6 days ago) WEBThis systematic review aimed to identify facilitators, barriers and strategies for engaging ‘hard to reach’ older people in research on health promotion; the oldest old …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-017-4241-8

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Ageism: a social determinant of health that has come of age

(3 days ago) WEBChanging how we think, feel, and act towards age and ageing is a prerequisite for successful action on healthy ageing and for progress on the three other …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00524-9/fulltext

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Understanding the care and support needs of older people: a …

(1 days ago) WEBRecent statistics estimated that people aged 65 and over in the United Kingdom are expected to live almost 50% of their remaining lives with a limiting long …

https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-019-1189-9

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Mental Health Concerns and Aging Psychology Today

(Just Now) WEBAccording to Pew Research, 27 percent of people age 60 and older live on their own--a group at high risk of isolation. It’s not a surprise that this age group feels the pain of …

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/aging/mental-health-in-aging

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