Introduction to the JPIC issue, Aging in older adulthood: Community-level intervention programming and partnerships providing older adults with community health promotion opportunities
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- 31 May 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community
- Vol. 51 (3) , 187-191
Abstract
Community-level health promotion programs offer opportunities to improve the lives of older adults and improve the cultural narrative about aging. However, age-discrimination, ageism, and negative attitudes about aging, across the systematic ecological community levels have undermined older adult health. While the longevity of a society is a marker for success worldwide, age-discrimination and ageism, seen through limited community-level health advancement opportunities, have thwarted progress toward societal elderhood, even in the most developed and advanced nations. As a society, we need to continue to push for community-level prevention and intervention across the older age spectrum, to continue human advancement through late life.Keywords
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