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young-oldand old-old1 CONSTRUCTYoung-old and old-oldNEUGARTEN · GERONTOLOGY

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Gerontology

a distinction between healthy, active people in early later life and the frailer oldest group, made on function and social roles rather than age alone.

In gerontology, young-old and old-old refers to a distinction between healthy, active people in early later life and the frailer oldest group, made on function and social roles rather than age alone. This meaning comes from Neugarten (1974) in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.[1]

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  1. Neugarten, B. L. (1974). Age Groups in American Society and the Rise of the Young-Old. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 415(1), 187-198. https://doi.org/10.1177/000271627441500114

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