title: The importance of not only individual, but also community and society factors in resilience in later life.
abstract: Little work has focused on resilience amongst older adults, and few factors have been identified that promote their resilience. Kalisch et al. suggest that socioenvironmental factors are distant influences. We argue, however, that community and societal influences are as important as individual ones. Further, an ecological framework explains why some older adults are resilient whilst others are not.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZA, United Kingdom. kmb@liv.ac.uk http://www.liv.ac.uk/~kmb/
authors.forename: Kate Mary
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.affiliation: Dementia Services Development Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG, United Kingdom. g.windle@bangor.ac.uk http://dsdc.bangor.ac.uk/staff/g-windle.php.en
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Windle
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012952:Societies