Centenarian Self-Perceptions of Factors Responsible for Attainment of Extended Health and Longevity

Shannon Freeman; John Garcia; Hannah R. Marston

Educational Gerontology Vol. 39, No. 10 (2013) pp. 717–728

Pathways healthy and physically functional centenarians take to achieve advanced old age have fascinated mankind for centuries. This hermeneutic phenomenological study documents characteristics perceived by centenarians as important and central to...