Health Expectancies in Adults Aged 50 Years or Older in China.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to understand the functional health of older adults in China and to assess the potential for advancing healthy and active aging.

Method: Data of 13,739 older adults aged 50 years and older from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2011 were analyzed. Life expectancy in good perceived health, chronic-disease-free life expectancy, active life expectancy, and severe impairment-free life expectancy were calculated using Sullivan's method.

Developing age-friendly cities and communities in Australia.

Objective: The aim of the study is to present case studies and assess the impact of political, policy, consultative, and research processes used to implement Age Friendly Cities (AFC) initiatives in Australia.

Method: A review and interpretation was conducted based on public documents, community consultations, survey analyses, and participant observation.

Results: Governments in Australia have drawn on World Health Organization (WHO) concepts to establish AFC initiatives.

Predictors of injurious falls and fear of falling differ: an 11-year longitudinal study of incident events in older people.

Objective: The objective of the study is to identify the intrinsic, psychosocial and lifestyle factors, which, over time, predict the incidence of having a fall requiring medical attention (injurious fall) or of acquiring a fear of falling (FOF).

Method: Data from 1,000 participants in the Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing (MELSHA, 1994-2005) were analyzed using cox regressions and hazard ratios.

Results: The predictors of injurious falls (n = 900, events = 200) were increasing age, slower gait speed, and being depressed.