How do older adults define successful aging? A scoping review

Findings

Evidence Summary

Evidence Summary
Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2017
Year Published

2020
Quality Rating

5/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (10); Canada (3); Taiwan (2); UK (England) (2); Australia (1); Bangladesh (1); Germany (1); Hong Kong (1); Israel (1); Sweden (1)
Global/regional focus

WHO - Americas region<br />WHO - European region<br />WHO - South East Asia region<br />WHO - Western Pacific region<br />
Country focus

USA (10); Canada (3); Taiwan (2); UK (England) (2); Australia (1); Bangladesh (1); Germany (1); Hong Kong (1); Israel (1); Sweden (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review addressing other questions
Type of question

Not effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Not yet available
Domain

Programs and services
Infrastructure
Social infrastructure
Financial protection
Pensions and allowances
Recreation
Promotion of recreation
Sustainable Development Goals
1. No poverty
3. Good health and well-being (partially covered)
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
17. Partnerships for the goals
Social system topic(s)

Implementation strategies
Citizen-targeted strategy
Communication and decision-making facilitation
Theme

Optimal aging

Publication details

Citation

Teater B & Chonody JM. How do older adults define successful aging? A scoping review. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 2020;91(4):599-625.
DOI

10.1177/0091415019871207

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