Objectives: Advanced age is a time shaped by the current experience of physical, social and
psychological characteristics associated with living into an eighth decade and beyond and …

Aging successfully has been held as a goal for older adults (Bowling, 2007), yet late life
brings its share of troubles that do not always lend themselves to this ideal (Harris, 2008) …

Resilience can be defined as the capacity for resistance, recovery, and rebound of
psychological health after a challenge, such as chronic illness or acquired disability …

This article summarizes the literature on resilience to stress and aging. Key concepts and
definitions of resilience are identified, and psychosocial and biological factors contributing to …

We define psychological resilience as the capacity to maintain, or regain, psychological well-
being in the face of challenge. Elaborating on this definition, multiple dimensions of well …

This article examines the utility of the concept of resilience to the field of critical gerontology.
Resilience is an increasingly popular concept within the social sciences. We explore some …

The complexities of defining what appears to be the relatively simple concept of resilience
are widely recognized. This paper analyses the concept of resilience from a range of …

The extension of life does not appear to be slowing, representing a great achievement for
mankind as well as a challenge for ageing populations. As we move towards an increasingly …

Resilience is a concept of growing interest in relation to older people and within the context
of population ageing. In this paper we explore older people's understandings and …

Conceptualizing resilience in older adults presents unique potentials and pitfalls. Facts,
factors, and facets that influence or are, in turn, affected by resilience are subjects of ongoing …