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"Successful Aging:" A Dirty Word!?

May 29, 2023

join Julie for a bias check as a fitness forward clinician that “successful aging” doesn’t always equal “active aging.”

Take a listen for an opportunity to expand your perspective, and do better for your patients and your families

Ashton’s blog post: https://thischairrocks.com/2018/02/01/why-its-just-fine-to-fail-at-successfulaging/#:~:text=Because%20aging%20%E2%80%9Csuccessfully%E2%80%9D%20requires%20education,taking%20good%20care%20of%20themselves!

Systematic review of critiques and proposals for expansions of the successful aging model: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4986586/