How Older Adults Prioritize Their Health

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Author Information

Author(s): Rachel Logue Cook, Susan Brown

Primary Institution: University of Michigan

What aspects of health do older adults prioritize the most?

Older adults prioritize memory, vision, and mental health as key components of healthy aging.

36% of participants ranked memory and cognition as the most important health area.
19% prioritized vision, and 18% prioritized mental health and mood.
22% ranked bladder and bowel function as the least important health area.

Older people think memory, seeing well, and feeling good are really important for staying healthy.

An online survey was conducted where older adults ranked 10 health areas in order of importance.

Mean age of participants was 71.5 years.

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