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Health and aging: does retirement transition make any difference?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2004

António M. Fonseca
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Constança Paúl
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Extract

A basic notion relating to development during adulthood and old age, according to a lifespan perspective, refers to the progressive increase in individual differences in psychological wellbeing. It is possible to find diverse ‘health trajectories’, shaping patterns of evolution regarding the general health of adult and elderly individuals, such as (1) permanent good health (2) good health most of the time and decline by the end of life (3) health decline and recovery (4) permanent poor health, (5) progressive decline and (6) irregular health.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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