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As societies are ageing, it is important for all of us to keep and stay as healthy as possible. Health and social care professionals play an important role in this. In the previous chapter, an overview was given of the most common health issues of older people. In this chapter, we focus on health and healthy ageing. Healthy ageing is an important issue not only for individuals themselves but also for societies. Healthy ageing or active ageing is one of the world’s priorities and found in many policy documents, on international, national and local level. Moreover, health and social care professionals focus on health and well-being of the older people they work with. But what does ‘Healthy Ageing’ mean? What is ‘Health’ anyway, and what factors influence healthy ageing? And how is health related to well-being, functioning and resilience? This chapter starts with explaining different definitions of health and healthy ageing. During the years, the concept of health is changing from the absence of physical and mental illness to a broader view of functioning and well-being, combining physical and mental health with aspects such as self-reliance and social participation. In this chapter, an overview is given of evidence-based factors influencing the process of healthy ageing for older people. This includes not only healthy lifestyle, food and physical activity but also sociological and psychological aspects on how older people themselves experience the process of ageing. In addition, the more existential and spiritual factors influencing heathy ageing are discussed. The last Sect. 4.5 discusses the characteristics of the so-called blue zones. These are areas in the world where significantly more people reach the age of hundred in a healthy way. The characteristics of these blue zones give a broader view on factors that influence the process of healthy ageing.

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  1. Unit of Health Care, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Kuopio, Finland

    Riitta Turjamaa

  2. Section of Nursing Research, Department of Health Science, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Hillegonda A. Stallinga

  3. Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands

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    Erik Buskens

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Turjamaa, R., Stallinga, H.A., de Greef, M.H.G., Werkman, A.M., Roodbol, P.F., Buskens, E. (2019). Healthy Ageing. In: Dijkman, B., Mikkonen, I., Roodbol, P. (eds) Older People: Improving Health and Social Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97610-5_4

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