Redefining the elderly as aged 75 years and older: Proposal from the Joint Committee of Japan Gerontological Society and the Japan Geriatrics Society

Affiliations

¹ Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
³ National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Yasuyoshi Ouchi et al. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;17(7):1045-1047.

doi: 10.1111/ggi.13118. Epub 2017 Jul 2.

¹ Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
³ National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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Keywords: elderly definition; proposal; rejuvenation; super-aged society.

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