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How Can We Achieve Healthy Aging?

Jean Woo1.   

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Population aging affects all countries, and all income groups.[...].

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Year:  2017        PMID: 29244771      PMCID: PMC5751001          DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14121583

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health        ISSN: 1660-4601            Impact factor:   3.390


Population aging affects all countries, and all income groups. To date, epidemiologists and public health professionals have contributed to this discourse by examining the impact of non-communicable diseases, while gerontologists and geriatricians have been engaged in developing the study of frailty, which may represent a better public health indicator of aging well, and may be regarded as a measure of intrinsic capacity in older people, using a more negative descriptor. There has been little cross-talk between the two disciplines, resulting in a situation that does not allow society to meet the needs of older people in a responsive way. The World Health Organization provided an impetus with the publication of the first World Report on Aging and Health in 2015, which emphasizes functional capacity as a main goal rather than mortality [1]. It further proposes that functional capacity may be achieved by a combination of promoting (or retarding the decline) of intrinsic capacity. The latter is a product of personal factors such as socioeconomic status, education, and lifestyle, together with physical and social environmental factors. Thus, our response to population aging should incorporate these principles, at social and health policy levels, as well as further downstream to units that provide direct care. The articles in this special issue contribute to different facets in this discourse. The World Health Organization is at the same time promoting the Age-Friendly City movement, in which over 300 countries have participated to date [2]. This concept is a major contributor to promoting functional capacity. This area is explored in the papers by Tiraphat S. et al., Portegijs E. et al., Aboderin I. et al., Wong M. et al., Yu R. et al., and Ho H.C. et al. [3,4,5,6,7,8]. The importance of social environment is discussed by Lotvonen S. et al. as well as Wong A. et al. [9,10]. Analysis of factors contributing to frailty in two Chinese populations with different profiles and health and social care systems provide more in-depth insight regarding strategies for the prevention of frailty or for maintaining intrinsic capacity [11]. How technology may be used is explored by Santa-Mancilla et al. [12]. Yamada et al. [13] addresses a more downstream issue relating to interventions for healthy life expectancy. With respect to policy and the organization of health and social care systems, an ideal design to meet current needs is discussed [14]; meanwhile, the Singapore government has already formulated policy to tackle frailty [15]. Finally, an intriguing exploration of blue zones in China provides further stimulus for carrying out research on the role of nutritional and other environmental factors in healthy aging [16].
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1.  Frailty and Its Contributory Factors in Older Adults: A Comparison of Two Asian Regions (Hong Kong and Taiwan).

Authors:  Ruby Yu; Wan-Chi Wu; Jason Leung; Susan C Hu; Jean Woo
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2017-09-21       Impact factor: 3.390

2.  Social Environment of Older People during the First Year in Senior Housing and Its Association with Physical Performance.

Authors:  Sinikka Lotvonen; Helvi Kyngäs; Pentti Koistinen; Risto Bloigu; Satu Elo
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2017-08-25       Impact factor: 3.390

3.  Designing Fit for Purpose Health and Social Services for Ageing Populations.

Authors:  Jean Woo
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2017-04-25       Impact factor: 3.390

4.  Self-Management Group Exercise Extends Healthy Life Expectancy in Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Authors:  Minoru Yamada; Hidenori Arai
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2017-05-15       Impact factor: 3.390

5.  The Technology Acceptance of a TV Platform for the Elderly Living Alone or in Public Nursing Homes.

Authors:  Pedro C Santana-Mancilla; Luis E Anido-Rifón
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2017-06-08       Impact factor: 3.390

6.  Effects of Perceived Neighbourhood Environments on Self-Rated Health among Community-Dwelling Older Chinese.

Authors:  Moses Wong; Ruby Yu; Jean Woo
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2017-06-07       Impact factor: 3.390

7.  Physical Limitations, Walkability, Perceived Environmental Facilitators and Physical Activity of Older Adults in Finland.

Authors:  Erja Portegijs; Kirsi E Keskinen; Li-Tang Tsai; Taina Rantanen; Merja Rantakokko
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2017-03-22       Impact factor: 3.390

8.  The Role of Age-Friendly Environments on Quality of Life among Thai Older Adults.

Authors:  Sariyamon Tiraphat; Karl Peltzer; Kriengsak Thamma-Aphiphol; Kawinarat Suthisukon
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2017-03-09       Impact factor: 3.390

9.  Illuminating the Psychological Experience of Elderly Loneliness from a Societal Perspective: A Qualitative Study of Alienation between Older People and Society.

Authors:  Anna Wong; Anson K C Chau; Yang Fang; Jean Woo
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2017-07-21       Impact factor: 3.390

10.  Spatial Variability of Geriatric Depression Risk in a High-Density City: A Data-Driven Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Mapping Approach.

Authors:  Hung Chak Ho; Kevin Ka-Lun Lau; Ruby Yu; Dan Wang; Jean Woo; Timothy Chi Yui Kwok; Edward Ng
Journal:  Int J Environ Res Public Health       Date:  2017-08-31       Impact factor: 3.390

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