Positive Clinical Gerontology

Abstract

As people age, chronic diseases become more prevalent, and physical and cognitive deterioration seems inevitable. Negative stereotypes of aging can reduce performance on tasks, whilst positive stereotypes improve it. Having a positive self-perception at the age of 50 can increase life-span by over seven years. This chapter begins with the issues of quantifying positive health, then summarizes the factors that predict positive aging, both those that are commonly thought of as positive, and those considered negative. An examination of how to describe, prescribe, and facilitate flourishing in later years follows, including a consideration of the complexities introduced by separation of positive and negative. Physical health can be measured by blood pressure or the step test, but mental health is subjective. It requires cultural sensitivity and caution overvalue judgments. The chapter also talks about global assessment of functioning (GAF), values in action inventory of strengths (VIA-IS), and socioemotional intelligence.

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