[Active ageing and success: A brief history of conceptual models]. / Envejecimiento activo y de éxito o saludable: una breve historia de modelos conceptuales.

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The aim of this paper is to analyse and describe different conceptual models of successful ageing, active and healthy ageing developed in Europe and in America in the 20° century, starting from Rowe and Kahn's original model (1987, 1997). METHODOLOGY: A narrative review was conducted on the literature on successful ageing. RESULTS: Our review included definition of successful ageing from European and American scholars. Models were found that aimed to describe indexes of active and healthy ageing, models devoted to describe processes involved in successful ageing, and additional views that emphasise subjective and objective perception of successful ageing. A description is also given of critiques on previous models and remedies according to Martin et al. (2014) and strategies for successful ageing according to Jeste and Depp (2014). The need is discussed for the enhancement of Rowe and Kahn's model and other models with a more inclusive, universal description of ageing, incorporating scientific evidence regarding active ageing.

Envejecimiento activo y de éxito o saludable: una breve historia de modelos conceptuales / Active ageing and success: a brief history of conceptual models

Introducción y propósito del estudio. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar y describir los diferentes modelos teóricos de envejecimiento exitoso, envejecimiento activo y envejecimiento saludable desarrollados en Europa y en América en el siglo XX, a partir del modelo original de Rowe y Kahn (1987, 1997). Metodología. Se ha realizado una revisión narrativa de la literatura sobre el envejecimiento exitoso. Resultados. Nuestra revisión incluyó los modelos de envejecimiento exitoso de autores europeos y americanos. Encontramos modelos que se proponen describir los índices de envejecimiento activo y saludable, modelos dedicados a describir los procesos involucrados en el envejecimiento exitoso y modelos adicionales que hacen hincapié en la percepción subjetiva y objetiva de un envejecimiento con éxito. También describimos las críticas a los modelos anteriores, las modificaciones según Martin et al. (2014) y las estrategias para un envejecimiento exitoso según Jeste y Depp (2014). La necesidad de mejorar el modelo de Rowe y Kahn y otros modelos con una descripción más inclusiva y universal del envejecimiento y la incorporación de evidencia científica sobre el envejecimiento activo son todavía argumentos en discusión (AU)

Introduction and purpose of the study. The aim of this paper is to analyse and describe different conceptual models of successful ageing, active and healthy ageing developed in Europe and in America in the 20° century, starting from Rowe and Kahn's original model (1987, 1997). Methodology. A narrative review was conducted on the literature on successful ageing. Results. Our review included definition of successful ageing from European and American scholars. Models were found that aimed to describe indexes of active and healthy ageing, models devoted to describe processes involved in successful ageing, and additional views that emphasise subjective and objective perception of successful ageing. A description is also given of critiques on previous models and remedies according to Martin et al. (2014) and strategies for successful ageing according to Jeste and Depp (2014). The need is discussed for the enhancement of Rowe and Kahn's model and other models with a more inclusive, universal description of ageing, incorporating scientific evidence regarding active ageing (AU)