Advancements in the Understanding of What Wellbeing at Very Old Age Is: An Exploratory Study

Cosmina Paul, Magda Velciu, Luiza Spiru

2024

Abstract

With increasing number of old older adults worldwide, understanding and promoting wellbeing become a priority. The state of wellbeing is a multifaceted phenomenon that refers to an individual’s subjective perception and, therefore, exploring perspectives of old older adults for ageing well is developing to be a relevant area of research, along the general topic of aging well regardless of age. The purpose of this article was to explore perspectives of wellbeing among old older adults from Romania and Portugal. A comparative perspective to a sample of older adults in the context of testing Wellbeing of Older People Survey was employed. Three major themes were identified: a) with age, the relevance of physical and mental health fade for the old older adults’ perspective, hence the importance of preserving their wellbeing, b) belonging transform from independence and feeling useful into social contacts and c) the most important things with age is making ends meet and the satisfaction towards the living situation. This study contributes to get a better insight concerning old older adults’ perspectives on wellbeing and aging well. Enhancing support in care and designing age friendly cities which support participation in social activities, living situation are all contributing factors to aging well. Vital factors are to be considered in developing strategic health and rehabilitative plans for promoting aging well among older adults.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Paul C., Velciu M. and Spiru L. (2024). Advancements in the Understanding of What Wellbeing at Very Old Age Is: An Exploratory Study. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE; ISBN 978-989-758-700-9, SciTePress, pages 284-290. DOI: 10.5220/0012730300003699

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ict4awe24,
author={Cosmina Paul and Magda Velciu and Luiza Spiru},
title={Advancements in the Understanding of What Wellbeing at Very Old Age Is: An Exploratory Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE},
year={2024},
pages={284-290},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012730300003699},
isbn={978-989-758-700-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE
TI - Advancements in the Understanding of What Wellbeing at Very Old Age Is: An Exploratory Study
SN - 978-989-758-700-9
AU - Paul C.
AU - Velciu M.
AU - Spiru L.
PY - 2024
SP - 284
EP - 290
DO - 10.5220/0012730300003699
PB - SciTePress