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Abstract
Increasing loss of health in old age leads to particular challenges in this phase of life. In response to this, there are support services predominantly aimed at dealing with the resulting changes in living conditions; however, these mostly do not address the subjective view of individuals. With a biographically guided view of health literacy in old age, the article focuses on educational processes in the lives of older people regarding their health experience and actions and questions the environmental influences. The empirical data of the article are based on 12 qualitative interviews conducted with people aged 73-92 years. The analyses show that the two heuristics of biography and environment can be used to reconstruct relevant educational processes over the life span that shape health experience and action in old age. A definition of biographical health literacy derived from this and a model of health literacy in old age are presented. The article concludes with specific recommendations for action in the practice.
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The fact that more and more people are becoming older and are having a significant influence on our society is due to intensive geriatric research and geriatric medicine in the past and present. The Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie has contributed to this area for many years by informing a broad spectrum of interested readers about various developments in gerontology research. Special issues focus on all questions concerning gerontology, biology and basic research of aging, geriatric research, psychology and sociology as well as practical aspects of geriatric care.
Target group: Geriatricians, social gerontologists, geriatric psychologists, geriatric psychiatrists, nurses/caregivers, nurse researchers, biogerontologists in geriatric wards/clinics, gerontological institutes, and institutions of teaching and further or continuing education.
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