Oldest Old, Life Satisfaction, and Health

Wencke Gwozdz; Alfonso Sousa-Poza

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3715

Oldest Old, Life Satisfaction, and Health

Wencke Gwozdz, Alfonso Sousa-Poza

University of Hohenheim

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Abstract

Several definitions already exist for the “oldest old” or “fourth age,” which comprises the most elderly of the older generation. One populationbased possibility is to define the transition between the third and fourth age as the chronological age at which 50 %of the birth cohort is no longer alive, which in developed countries, takes place at around 75 years of age (Baltes & Smith, 2003). Being older than 85 years of age is also often used as a delineation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
Editors	Alex C. Michalos
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Publication date	2014
Pages	4484-4488
ISBN (Print)	9789400707528, 9789400707542
ISBN (Electronic)	9789400707535
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3715
Publication status	Published - 2014

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