ArticleThe Gerontologist2024
Diversity and "Successful Aging": Exploring Intersectional and Existential Dimensions to Aging Well.
Article in The Gerontologist, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Toward inclusive healthy ageing: a systematic review of equity in healthy ageing interventions.International journal for equity in health · 2026Pooled it
- The relationship between epistemic curiosity and successful aging in older adults: the role of self-perceptions of aging and perceived social support.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Applying the WHO's framework for age-friendly environments: older adults' perspective in a rural setting.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Aging in place or relocating? Older adults' housing decisions in Taiwan and Finland.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Geriatric radiology: a call to action for a new approach to diagnostic imaging for elderly and frail patients.La Radiologia medica · 2025Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThis article aims to add to the literature on successful aging in minoritized ethnic groups. Concurring with the critiques of "successful aging" for focusing on values and abilities more attainable by White middle-class older people, it explores alternative discourses according to which older people from minoritized groups consider themselves to be "aging well." RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsThe article draws on original empirical material derived from a longitudinal research project focused on 5 minority ethnic groups living in a city (and surrounding areas) of the UK known for its diverse population. It draws on photovoice methods conducted with the participants and analyzes the material through (i) a focus on intersectionality as a framing device that is dynamic over time and (ii) phenomenological approaches to old age as a distinct life stage existentially.
resultsAlthough intersectionality is framed in the literature almost exclusively in terms of disadvantage, older participants made use of assets as well as deficits (which they often turned into assets) to construct a sense of meaning and purpose that enabled them to age well and flourish in often challenging circumstances. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: The images and narratives presented here challenge the normative depictions of a good or successful old age constructed from the perspective of White and middle-class older adults. They add a diverse range of alternative depictions of aging well, which will be of help for clinicians and others in supporting diverse older people to flourish in conditions of health as well as frailty.
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