Blind Spots of the Successful Aging

Objectives: It was aimed to determine blind spots of the successful aging in this study.

Methods: This study was conducted in June 2019 with 44 elderly individual’s inpatients in a private hospital (24 females, 20 males; living in the province of Adana in Turkey; ages ranging between 65 to 89).

Results: In this study it was found that blind spots of the successful aging determined as lack of second eye (consultant, coach, family), knowledge sharing (Active social participation, family relations, loneliness), personality traits (Flexibility, introversion, self-confidence, self-respect, self-despair, self-possession, self-realization, self-determination, self-reliance, self-esteem), external effects (social isolation, illness, physical and psychological declines, legal barriers (social security politics), climate).

Conclusions: In the successful aging of the elderly, lack of second eye, knowledge sharing, personality traits, external effects were identified as blind spots.

Keywords: Bleeding disorder; Mode of delivery; Intracranial hemorrhage; Postpartum hemorrhage

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