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The deficit theory of older people has been successfully contradicted by Lehr (1972). Nevertheless I want to state that concerning ailing elderly persons we must consider that we have a wide variety of conditions that sometimes give us problems with psychophysiological measurements in the old (Krüskemper et al. 1979). The image of the healthy elderly citizens might have been too negatively influenced by the deficits some old people show. Now that a more adequate picture has been derived from the valuable research of the last decade, we may return to those who are not fortunate enough to command full health, or in other words find reason to seek medical help.
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Krüskemper, G.M., Schejbel, P., Berger, M., Breitkopf, L., Degner, F. (1982). Psychological Implications in Different Periods of Life. In: Prill, HJ., Stauber, M., Pechatschek, PG. (eds) Advances in Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81876-9_14
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