How old is old? Identifying a chronological age and factors related with the perception of old age

There is no consensus on what age delimits “old age” or identifies “older adults.”1 Old age is part of the natural life course and is socially construed.2 The multifaceted nature of the later decades of life may not be reducible to a single numerical age of transition. The elements of elderhood may...

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Published in:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2021-11, Vol.69 (11), p.3330-3333
Main Authors: Daignault, Myriam, Wassef, Andréanne, Nguyen, Quoc Dinh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Age groups
Aging
Aging - physiology
Diagnostic Self Evaluation
Ethnicity
Female
Health
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Middle Aged
Older people
Perception
Quebec
Sex Factors
Sociodemographics
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Summary:There is no consensus on what age delimits “old age” or identifies “older adults.”1 Old age is part of the natural life course and is socially construed.2 The multifaceted nature of the later decades of life may not be reducible to a single numerical age of transition. The elements of elderhood may not align chronologically or be well-bounded.We aimed to identify whether there exists a chronological age delimiting “old age” and investigated factors, for example, sociodemographic and health, influencing the age of transition to being “old.”
ISSN:0002-8614
1532-5415
DOI:10.1111/jgs.17379