Resources & Downloads

Welcome to our selection of resources on Successful Ageing, featuring a curated list of references and resources to support our research and deepen your understanding of the subject matter.

ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION & REFERENCES

The paradox of our age

We have bigger houses but smaller families;

More conveniences, but less time;

we have more degrees, but less sense;

more knowledge, but less judgement, more experts, but more problem;

more medicines, but less healthiness; we’ve been all the way to the moon and back,

but we have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.

We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever,

but we have less communication;

we have become long on quantity but short on quality.

These are times of fast foods but slow digestion;

Tall man but short character;

Steep profits by shallow relationships.

It’s a time when there is much in the room

but nothing in the room

Source: His Holiness the 14th Daial Lama

Literature & Recommended Reading

There is a considerable amount of research I have undertaken for my PhD. If anyone has an interest in that plethora of data, I have included a copy of the reference list from that document, which can be found here: > Successful Ageing References

Also, for someone who would like to undertake some background reading the short titles of books I would recommend, not necessarily listed in priority, are as follows:

  • Ikigai – The Japanese secret to a long and happy life. Garcia and Miralles (2016);

  • Younger Next Year. Crowley and Lodge (2005);

  • Healthy at 100. Robbins (2007);

  • Blue zones. Buttner (2008);

  • Healthy at 100. Robbins (2007);

  • Blue zones. Buttner (2008);

  • Life fit Paffenbarger and Olsen (1996);

  • Biomarkers-Determinants of ageing Evans and Rosenberg (1991);

  • We live too short and die too long. Bortz (1991);

  • Seniors fitness. Heiderich (2005);

  • The island of the ancients. Hills (2008);

  • Successful Ageing. Rowe and Khan (1998)

  • The Okinawa programme. Wilcox et al 2001.

  • The China Study. Campbell et al. 2006.

  • Spark Ratey. 2008.

  • The brain that changed itself. Doidge 2007.

  • Anti-cancer Servan-Schrieber 2009.

  • Fast living, slow ageing. Thomas et al OK 2009

Educational Institutions

A collection of reputable educational institutions that I find are a great source of information and a good starting point for research.

Medical Institutions

A collection of reputable medical institutions that are a great source of information and a good starting point for research.

Government & Research Faculties

Websites that were used as a source of reputable and up-to-date information that were used to help conduct with my research on Successful Ageing.