title: Time benders: a model of subjective aging in aging adults.
abstract: This article develops a new model for understanding the aging experience. Drawing upon aging literature from the chronological, biological, mental, and social aging perspectives, the model offered is an integrated perspective that provides better understanding of the relationship between chronological age and an individual's perceived age. The article provides evidence of ways that consumers are trying to "time bend" and change today's perceived reality of aging. The article concludes with a discussion of implications for the health care industry and provides examples of how some businesses seem to already be looking at aging and health related issues through this lens.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Management Science, Isenberg School of Management , University of Massachusetts , Amherst , Massachusetts.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Agogo
authors.forename: George R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Milne
authors.forename: Charles D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Schewe
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D015988:Cohort Effect; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D008960:Models, Psychological
keywords: aging; aging experience; baby boomers; rejuvenation; reparation; subjective aging; wellness