Successful Aging as the Intersection of Individual Resources, Age, Environment, and Experiences of Well-being in Daily Activities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We conceptualize successful aging as a cumulative index of individual resources (the absence of disease and disability, high cognitive and physical functioning, social embeddedness) in the service of successful aging outcomes (global well-being, experienced well-being, and vital status), and conditioned by age, social structure, and environment.

Method

The study used baseline and follow-up data from the 2008-2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (N = 17,230; age = 51-101). Linear, multilevel, and logistic models compared individual resources at baseline as independent, cumulative, and binary predictors of outcomes 4 years later.

Results

Individual resources were unequally distributed across age group and social structures (education, wealth, race, ge

SUBMITTER: Mejia ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5939703 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature