TY  - JOUR
AU  - Henning, Marcus A.
AU  - Miskelly, Philippa
AU  - Gil-Lacruz, Marta
AU  - Cheung, Gary
AU  - Sundram, Frederick
AU  - Teh, Ruth
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/10/29
TI  - Healthy Ageing and its Communal Nemesis Social Frailty
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 047
VL  - 10
IS  - 04
AB  - Across the globe, countries are facing an ageing boom, with the proportion of the older adult population growing compared to younger age groups because of increased life expectancy and declining birth rates. Along with the ageing boom, there is increased interest in the wellbeing of older adults. Healthy ageing and social frailty are two constructs that have emerged in studying older adults and their quality of life. In this paper, we critically review salient literature defining and describing healthy ageing and social frailty, and in doing so develop an argument that shows how these two constructs are intertwined. Our aim is to develop a model showing how the two constructs deplete, annul, or augment each other. We propose that this theoretical treatise could inform future research in the field by highlighting and classifying the complex array of factors that influence and underpin the manifestation and function of the two phenomena.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2504047
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.2504047
ID  - Henning2025
ER  -