Life at Age 100: An International Research Agenda for Centenarian Studies

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 133-147

  Jopp, Daniela S ^a   Boerner, Kathrin ^b   Ribeiro, Oscar ^c,d,e   Rott, Christoph ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d Letrnia Du Universideade do Porto   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; centenarians; dependency; frailty; health; oldest old; quality of life; social; support

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENCY; ELDERLY POPULATION; LIVING STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGED; AGING; DREAM; FAMILY; FIELD STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LONGEVITY; ORGANIZATION; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GLOBAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

GERMANY; PORTUGAL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84975230274     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2016.1161693     Document Type: Article

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