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Preventing Functional Decline

Successful Ageing in Nonagenarians: Bio-pyschosocial Factors Determining Successful Ageing in Long-Lived Older Adults

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Objective

​Comparing sample of successfully aged versus disabled nonagenarians, study demonstrated the salience of psychological, lifestyle, and social dimensions above and beyond the biomedical model, pointing towards utility and relevance of a BioPsychoSocial model of successful ageing. (J AM Med Dir Assoc. 19(1):90-2, 2017)

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  1. IGA

  2. TTSH

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