title: Older people and 'active ageing': Subjective aspects of ageing actively.
abstract: Following a critical overview of the active ageing concept, a thematic decomposition of 42 transcribed interviews with British people aged 72 years and over indicates that active ageing is understood in relation to physical, cognitive, psychological and social factors, but that these co-exist in complex combinations. The notion of activity in active ageing is grasped in relation to an active/passive distinction which emphasizes the enhancement or diminishment of concrete powers of activity. A 'challenge and response' framework is suggested for future research on active ageing.
authors.affiliation: University of Brighton, Brighton and Hove, UK. p.stenner@brighton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stenner
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McFarquhar
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bowling
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D006113:United Kingdom