The standard for healthy Chinese older adults (2022)

Aging Med (Milton). 2022 Dec 28;5(4):244-245. doi: 10.1002/agm2.12233. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Pulin Yu^{1

2}, Jianye Wang^{1

2}, Jianzhong Hu³, Shangxin Liu^{1

2}, Buxin Han^{4

5

6}, Yao He^{2

7}, Peng Du⁸, Cuntai Zhang⁹, Jixiang Ma¹⁰, Songbai Gao¹¹, Qiong Chen³, Birong Dong¹², Weihong Huang³, Lijuan Zhang¹¹; Drafting Group of the Standard for Healthy Chinese Older Adults (2022)

¹ Beijing Hospital, National Center for Gerontology Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Beijing China.
² Chinese Geriatrics Society Beijing China.
³ National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital Central South University Changsha China.
⁴ CAS Key Lab of Mental Health (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Beijing China.
⁵ Chinese Psychological Society Beijing China.
⁶ China Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Beijing China.
⁷ Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital Beijing China.
⁸ Institute of Gerontology Renmin University of China Beijing China.
⁹ Tongji Hospital Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hubei China.
¹⁰ Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention Jinan China.
¹¹ Chinese Association of Geriatric Research Beijing China.
¹² West China Hospital Sichuan University Sichuan China.

Abstract

Healthy older adults refer to the elderly aged 60 and above who can take care of themselves or basically take care of themselves.