Revisiting Happiness and Well-Being in Later Life from Interdisciplinary Age-Studies Perspectives

Important demographic shifts and the so-called ‘longevity revolution’ have generated profound transformations in social interpretations of old age, an increased interest in age studies and new ideas on how to age well. The majority of current successful ageing models, however, represent rather a pre...

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Autor: Stončikaitė, Ieva
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/68464
Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9090094
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Palavra-chave:Happiness
Successful ageing
Quality of life
Later life
Well-being
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Revisiting Happiness and Well-Being in Later Life from Interdisciplinary Age-Studies Perspectives
title Revisiting Happiness and Well-Being in Later Life from Interdisciplinary Age-Studies Perspectives
spellingShingle Revisiting Happiness and Well-Being in Later Life from Interdisciplinary Age-Studies Perspectives
Stončikaitė, Ieva
Happiness
Successful ageing
Quality of life
Later life
Well-being
title_short Revisiting Happiness and Well-Being in Later Life from Interdisciplinary Age-Studies Perspectives
title_full Revisiting Happiness and Well-Being in Later Life from Interdisciplinary Age-Studies Perspectives
title_fullStr Revisiting Happiness and Well-Being in Later Life from Interdisciplinary Age-Studies Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting Happiness and Well-Being in Later Life from Interdisciplinary Age-Studies Perspectives
title_sort Revisiting Happiness and Well-Being in Later Life from Interdisciplinary Age-Studies Perspectives
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Stončikaitė, Ieva
author Stončikaitė, Ieva
author_facet Stončikaitė, Ieva
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Happiness
Successful ageing
Quality of life
Later life
Well-being
topic Happiness
Successful ageing
Quality of life
Later life
Well-being
description Important demographic shifts and the so-called ‘longevity revolution’ have generated profound transformations in social interpretations of old age, an increased interest in age studies and new ideas on how to age well. The majority of current successful ageing models, however, represent rather a prevailing construct in Western societies. Physical and psychosocial well-being and the ability to adjust to the ideals of successful ageing are often seen as an integral part of a good quality in life. Those who do not or cannot follow these lines are often regarded as morally irresponsible and seem to be doomed to have a lonely, unhealthy and unhappy later life. This paper questions the current discourses of successful ageing in terms of healthy and happy living and calls for a reconsideration of more global, integrated and holistic understandings of the process of growing old.
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