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An overview of the resilience world: Proceedings of the American Geriatrics Society and National Institute on Aging State of Resilience Science Conference.

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Abadir, PM; Bandeen-Roche, K; Bergeman, C; Bennett, D; Davis, D; Kind, A; LeBrasseur, N; Stern, Y; Varadhan, R; Whitson, HE
Published in: J Am Geriatr Soc
August 2023

Resilience, which relates to one's ability to respond to stressors, typically declines with age and the development of comorbid conditions in older organisms. Although progress has been made to improve our understanding of resilience in older adults, disciplines have employed different frameworks and definitions to study various aspects of older adults' response to acute or chronic stressors. "Overview of the Resilience World: State of the Science," a bench-to-bedside conference on October 12-13, 2022, was sponsored by the American Geriatrics Society and National Institute on Aging. This conference, summarized in this report, explored commonalities and differences among the frameworks of resilience most commonly used in aging research in the three domains of resilience: physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. These three main domains are intertwined, and stressors in one domain can lead to effects in other domains. The themes of the conference sessions included underlying contributors to resilience, the dynamic nature of resilience throughout the life span, and the role of resilience in health equity. Although participants did not agree on a single definition of "resilience(s)," they identified common core elements of a definition that can be applied to all domains and noted unique features that are domain specific. The presentations and discussions led to recommendations for new longitudinal studies of the impact of exposures to stressors on resilience in older adults, the use of new and existing cohort study data, natural experiments (including the COVID-19 pandemic), and preclinical models for resilience research, as well as translational research to bring findings on resilience to patient care.

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J Am Geriatr Soc

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EISSN

1532-5415

Publication Date

August 2023

Volume

71

Issue

8

Start / End Page

2381 / 2392

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Pandemics
  • National Institute on Aging (U.S.)
  • Humans
  • Geriatrics
  • Geriatrics
  • Cohort Studies
  • COVID-19
  • Aging
  • Aged
 

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Abadir, P. M., Bandeen-Roche, K., Bergeman, C., Bennett, D., Davis, D., Kind, A., … Whitson, H. E. (2023). An overview of the resilience world: Proceedings of the American Geriatrics Society and National Institute on Aging State of Resilience Science Conference. J Am Geriatr Soc, 71(8), 2381–2392. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18388
Abadir, Peter M., Karen Bandeen-Roche, Cindy Bergeman, David Bennett, Daniel Davis, Amy Kind, Nathan LeBrasseur, Yaakov Stern, Ravi Varadhan, and Heather E. Whitson. “An overview of the resilience world: Proceedings of the American Geriatrics Society and National Institute on Aging State of Resilience Science Conference.J Am Geriatr Soc 71, no. 8 (August 2023): 2381–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18388.
Abadir PM, Bandeen-Roche K, Bergeman C, Bennett D, Davis D, Kind A, et al. An overview of the resilience world: Proceedings of the American Geriatrics Society and National Institute on Aging State of Resilience Science Conference. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Aug;71(8):2381–92.
Abadir, Peter M., et al. “An overview of the resilience world: Proceedings of the American Geriatrics Society and National Institute on Aging State of Resilience Science Conference.J Am Geriatr Soc, vol. 71, no. 8, Aug. 2023, pp. 2381–92. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/jgs.18388.
Abadir PM, Bandeen-Roche K, Bergeman C, Bennett D, Davis D, Kind A, LeBrasseur N, Stern Y, Varadhan R, Whitson HE. An overview of the resilience world: Proceedings of the American Geriatrics Society and National Institute on Aging State of Resilience Science Conference. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Aug;71(8):2381–2392.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Geriatr Soc

DOI

EISSN

1532-5415

Publication Date

August 2023

Volume

71

Issue

8

Start / End Page

2381 / 2392

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Pandemics
  • National Institute on Aging (U.S.)
  • Humans
  • Geriatrics
  • Geriatrics
  • Cohort Studies
  • COVID-19
  • Aging
  • Aged