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Promoting resilience, reducing depression in older adults
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2019
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The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Aging defined “successful aging” as active engagement in life, maintenance of high cognitive and physical function, and avoidance of disease (Rowe and Kahn, 1987). Closely aligned with “successful aging” is resilience, that is, the ability to adapt and thrive in the face of adversity.
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- International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 31 , Issue 2: Issue Theme: Positive Psychiatry II , February 2019 , pp. 169 - 171
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- Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2019
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