Positive Ageing and Learning from Centenarians evaluates the mechanisms of positive ageing in a uniquely interdisciplinary way to explore the question of how we age and how some people age successfully.
Positive Ageing and Learning from Centenarians evaluates the mechanisms of positive ageing in a uniquely interdisciplinary way to explore the question of how we age and how some people age successfully.
Michel Poulain is Professor Emeritus at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, and Senior Researcher at Tallinn University, Estonia. He specialises in longevity studies and is the initiator of the concept Longevity Blue Zone. Jolanta Mackowicz is Associate Professor at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland. She specialises in gerontological and educational research.
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Contents About the Editors About the Contributors Preface Michel Poulain and Jolanta Mackowicz 1. Blue Zone: A model to live longer and better Michel Poulain and Anne Herm 2. The impact of population ageing on the future expectations of the ageing self among younger generations Saori Yasumoto and Yasuyuki Gondo 3. Intergenerational transmission of value of Polish centenarian teachers Jolanta Mackowicz, Joanna Wnek-Gozdek and Ewa Sliwa 4. Exceptional longevity: Exploring personality factors and resilience among Canadian centenarians Martine Lagacé and Caroline D. Bergeron 5. Ikigai: Meaning of Life and Other Psychosocial Factors for Longevity Sabina Misoch 6. Life satisfaction and survival in centenarians Laetitia Teixeira, Lia Araújo, Rosa Marina Afonso, Constança Paúl and Oscar Ribeiro 7. Longevity and the role of biological factors in the context of lifestyle Jacek Witkowski, Ewa Bryl, Anna Mikosik-Roczy¿ska and Tamas Fulop 8. Longevity: Cultural and social influences of a unique non-Westen lifestyle Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya and Victor Molinari 9. A closer look at life expectancy among cohorts of Danish centenarians Anthony Medford and Jesús-Adrian Álvarez 10. Environmental support among centenarians Peter Martin, Rotem Arieli and Joseph Kim 11. Implications for ageing society Michel Poulain and Jolanta Mackowicz 12. Concluding remarks and reflections Michel Poulain and Jolanta Mackowicz
Contents About the Editors About the Contributors Preface Michel Poulain and Jolanta Mackowicz 1. Blue Zone: A model to live longer and better Michel Poulain and Anne Herm 2. The impact of population ageing on the future expectations of the ageing self among younger generations Saori Yasumoto and Yasuyuki Gondo 3. Intergenerational transmission of value of Polish centenarian teachers Jolanta Mackowicz, Joanna Wnek-Gozdek and Ewa Sliwa 4. Exceptional longevity: Exploring personality factors and resilience among Canadian centenarians Martine Lagacé and Caroline D. Bergeron 5. Ikigai: Meaning of Life and Other Psychosocial Factors for Longevity Sabina Misoch 6. Life satisfaction and survival in centenarians Laetitia Teixeira, Lia Araújo, Rosa Marina Afonso, Constança Paúl and Oscar Ribeiro 7. Longevity and the role of biological factors in the context of lifestyle Jacek Witkowski, Ewa Bryl, Anna Mikosik-Roczy¿ska and Tamas Fulop 8. Longevity: Cultural and social influences of a unique non-Westen lifestyle Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya and Victor Molinari 9. A closer look at life expectancy among cohorts of Danish centenarians Anthony Medford and Jesús-Adrian Álvarez 10. Environmental support among centenarians Peter Martin, Rotem Arieli and Joseph Kim 11. Implications for ageing society Michel Poulain and Jolanta Mackowicz 12. Concluding remarks and reflections Michel Poulain and Jolanta Mackowicz
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