Healthy ageing from the perspective of older people: A capability approach to resilience

@article{Stephens2015HealthyAF,  title={Healthy ageing from the perspective of older people: A capability approach to resilience},  author={Christine V Stephens and Mary Breheny and Juliana Mansvelt},  journal={Psychology \& Health},  year={2015},  volume={30},  pages={715 - 731},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:24424011}}
It is suggested that health psychology is in a good position to reflect critically on the impact of discourses promoting healthy ageing in the lives of older adults, and consider broader models that include understandings of resilience and capability.

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