Background Consideration of older adults' quality of life (QoL) is becoming increasingly
important in the evaluation, quality improvement and allocation of health and social care …

Social needs are important basic human needs. When social needs are not satisfied, this
can lead to mental and physical health problems. With a growing population of older adults …

The WHO definition of health as complete wellbeing is no longer fit for purpose given the
rise of chronic disease. Machteld Huber and colleagues propose changing the emphasis …

Background: muscle wasting is associated with a detrimental outcome in older people.
Muscle strength measurements could be useful as part of a clinical evaluation of oldest old …

Objective There is no consensual definition of “successful aging.” Our aim was to review the
literature on proportions of subjects meeting criteria and individual components of definitions …

Methods We discuss existing models of the constituents of successful ageing from the social,
psychological, and medical sciences. We undertook a systematic literature review …

O envelhecimento apresenta-se como um dos problemas centrais do século XXI. As últimas
décadas do século passado registaram um aumento ininterrupto do número de idosos que …

ContextDespite the equivocal outcomes of randomized controlled trials, general clinical
opinion favors screening and treatment of elderly individuals with subclinical thyroid …

Objectives: To determine whether older adults have thought about aging and aging
successfully and to compare their perceptions of successful aging with attributes of …

Objectives: Lay perceptions of “successful aging” are important for understanding this
multifaceted construct and developing ways to assist older adults to age well. The purpose …