Director's Editorials from Age in Action
Document Type
Editorial
Original Publication Date
2013
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Age in Action
Volume
28
Issue
1
Date of Submission
February 2015
Abstract
Studies have identified loneliness as a predictor of declines in health and accelerated death. We are assisted by others to become autonomous. Autonomy is a product of an interdependent process. Assisting others to maintain or regain dignity is assisted autonomy in practice. It is community.
Rights
Copyright managed by Virginia Center on Aging.
Recommended Citation
Ansello, E. (2013). Lessons from a Sequoia Grove. Age in Action, 28(1).
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Director's Editorials from Age in Action