Human Growth and Development / Unit 15 HGD 2152 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Successful Aging
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The idea
Rowe and Kahn framed successful aging as good cognitive and physical health, social or productive activity, and functioning; later work added longevity and enjoyment.
In practice
An eighty-year-old who volunteers, walks daily and manages a chronic condition well.
Where people slip
Four aspects recur: health, physical ability, cognitive functioning, and psychological adaptation and social engagement, which unit sixteen takes up.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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