Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... old age and pain do not inevitably go together . • That old age does not mean inevitable decline and decay . • That even advanced old age is not a disease . ... HEALTHY ... The maintenance of ... old age a sombre prospect and is 3 AGEING.
... old age and pain do not inevitably go together . • That old age does not mean inevitable decline and decay . • That even advanced old age is not a disease . ... HEALTHY ... The maintenance of ... old age a sombre prospect and is 3 AGEING.
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... old age . Words and phrases in common usage , as well as definitions of age contained in classic English texts , such as Roget's Thesaurus , which seeks to arrange words ' according to the ideas which they express ' , describe old age ...
... old age . Words and phrases in common usage , as well as definitions of age contained in classic English texts , such as Roget's Thesaurus , which seeks to arrange words ' according to the ideas which they express ' , describe old age ...
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... old age needs to be recontextualized and demedicalized . The aim should be not to prevent old age , or even delay death , but to maintain the quality of life until closer to death whilst , at the same time , to help older people come to ...
... old age needs to be recontextualized and demedicalized . The aim should be not to prevent old age , or even delay death , but to maintain the quality of life until closer to death whilst , at the same time , to help older people come to ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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