Healthy aging. Contributions for the cerebral activation

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Published: Jan 30, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v7.825

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José Antonio del Barrio del Campo
Universidad de Cantabria

Abstract

Aging is a universal matter (sooner or later everybody can be affected). The increase of elderly people is a success and a challenge at the same time for our society. The challenge is the need of guaranteeing the physical, psychological and social well-being of elderly people. The goal is to extend quality and life expectancy of advanced ages. People’s life quality is not a value that can be reached once and for good. It is a value that is acquired and developed everyday impregnating their life projects. Activity is key for healthy aging. Nowadays, we consider active aging as a period in which retirement does not mean inactivity. It is no longer a retirement from something but a retirement of something. Active aging is positive for everybody, not only the person involved but society in general. In order to achieve this, it is crucial to adopt preventive measures such as promoting healthy lifestyles, effective intervention programmes individually centred. With this double vision, we should strive to preserve their abilities and, if possible, that they acquire others.
From our experience, this work contributes with a series of ideas and concrete proposals to achieve healthy aging and brain activation in elderly people.

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del Barrio del Campo, J. A. (2014). Healthy aging. Contributions for the cerebral activation. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 7(1), 541–550. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v7.825
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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2014): LIVING TOGETHER AND CONDUCT
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