The Application of the Concept of Resilience in Aging Research and Older Adult Care: A Focus Group Study.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Research incorporating resilience, a concept featuring a positive outcome despite some type of stressor, has the potential to identify possibilities for promotion of the well-being of older people. This study aims to gain insight into the value and potential applications of resilience in both research and care practice from the perspective of researchers and care professionals. Specifically, the value of two scientific approaches, the a priori (i.e., based on a priori definition of a stressor and outcome) and dynamical systems approaches (i.e., based on mathematically modeled patterns in the real-time response to perturbations), was explored. Methods: Focus groups were performed to explore the thoughts of academic researchers from different discipl

SUBMITTER: Angevaare MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7417312 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature