Successful Aging

Özsungur, Fahri | Hazer, Oya

Kohout et al. (1993) demonstrated the effects of advanced, normal and impaired functions of elderly, male and female elderly people on successful aging by applying a multislice survey of people aged 65 years and older, with two short forms of the Center of Epidemiological Research Depression (CES-D) symptoms index. Reker (2009) applied the scale obtained by the literature research on elderly individuals to prevent disease and weakness, to have high cognitive and physical function, commitment to life, choice, optimization, compromise, primary and secondary control, and psychological wellbeing. In conclusion, a healthy lifestyle, adaptive coping and commitment to life were found to be effective on successful aging. Bowling and Iliffe (2006) in their study with 999 elderly individuals over 65...