Psychiatry and Psychology

Healthy Aging

The development and maintenance of optimal physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being and function with advancing age.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The development and maintenance of optimal physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being and function with advancing age.

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Classification

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Ageing Well
  • Aging Well
  • Healthy Ageing
  • Well Aging
  • Ageing, Healthy
  • Aging, Healthy
  • Aging, Well
  • Well, Ageing
  • Well, Aging

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Aspects Covered

13 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, drug effects, ethics, ethnology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, pathology, physiology, psychology, radiation effects, urine.

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History Note

2018

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Previous Indexing

  • Aging (1963-2017)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. F01.829w.458w.205w.250

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NLM Classification

WT 104

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Healthy Aging. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073656. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073656
  2. Healthy Aging. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75082619