THE HEALTHY AGING INITIATIVE: LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH EMPOWERING OLDER ADULTS TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES
Heather Andrews, Talia Gilfix, Benjamin Stein, Davide Cappon, Maggie Syme, Alvaro Pascual-Leone · 2023
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Heather Andrews and co-authors present a 2023 report on the Healthy Aging Initiative, a long-term study of adults over fifty-five. The World Health Organization has declared a decade of healthy aging, defined by keeping the abilities that make life good. The initiative follows function itself, not just disease.
A team of aging scientists built yearly checks of movement, strength, thinking, mood, behavior, and culture, plus each person's surroundings. Results feed back to participants quickly, so findings can change habits while they still matter. A pilot ran with thirty-seven residents of two older adult communities, average age about eighty-one. The team weighed each test's sharpness and usefulness, and folded in participant suggestions before the full launch.
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| CREATOR | Heather Andrews, Talia Gilfix, Benjamin Stein, Davide Cappon, Maggie Syme, Alvaro Pascual-Leone |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |