Functionality as a determinant of active aging

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DESARROLLO PSICO-SOCIOEMOCIONAL DE LA EDAD: PSICOLOGÍA POSITIVA Y BIENESTAR EN LAS PERSONAS MAYORES
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Published: Oct 28, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2016.n2.v1.666
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independence qualidade life functionallity

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Carlos Manuel Leitão Maia
Instituto Politecnico de Castelo Branco
Florencio Vicente Castro
Universidad de Extremadura
António Manuel Godinho da Fonseca
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
María Isabel Ruiz Fernández
Universidad de Extremadura

Abstract

The increase in life expectancy represents an advantage for all those who are going to enjoying but at the same time, increases the risks of disease, disability and dependency. The overall functionality of the individuals understood in the sense of its functional autonomy or functional capacity, has a tendency to decline gradually with the advancement in age (Barker, 2014; Fillenbaum, 1996), not being the same way in all individuals. On the basis of the concept of active aging who was analyzed the functionality of older people and their relationship with the determinants of active aging. Methods: 306 were interviewed elderly residents in the community, using the scale of activities of daily living (Katz et al., 1963; Lawton Brody, 1969). Conclusão: a maioria two elements reveals high independência na uma Realização large part atividades da das daily life, com os mais idosos gizmos to apresentarem maior level of dependency, as em all components.

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Leitão Maia, C. M., Vicente Castro, F., Godinho da Fonseca, A. M., & Ruiz Fernández, M. I. (2016). Functionality as a determinant of active aging. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 1(2), 229–236. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2016.n2.v1.666
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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016): PSICO-SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGE: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND WELFARE IN THE ELDERLY
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António Manuel Godinho da Fonseca, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia

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