Successful Ageing and its Relationship to Contemporary Norms. A Critical Look at the Call to “Age Well”
Human ageing is inextricably bound to the loss of physical and cognitive functions, loss of social roles, and loss of social contacts, though losses in functioning and social roles not necessarily threatens the level of well-being according to older adults themselves. This paradoxical finding has fu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Université Catholique de Louvain
2013-07-01
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Series: | Recherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rsa/918 |