June 2025 Monthly Literature Search – Healthy Ageing
As Australians live longer, how can we invest in healthy ageing to improve quality of life and reduce the impact on health services? The library highlights the latest research for promoting health ageing, providing healthycare to older people, and recommendations for health services.
Grey literature
World Health Organization. (2020). Decade of healthy ageing: baseline report. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/338677/9789240017900-eng.pdf
Full-text articles
Ahmed, S., Lazo Green, K., McGarrigle, L., Money, A., Pendleton, N., & Todd, C. (2024). Mohd Tohit, N. F., & Haque, M. (2024). Gerontology in Public Health: A Scoping Review of Current Perspectives and Interventions. Cureus, 16(7), e65896.
Bethune, T. J., Grant, C., Bayer, E., & Leavitt, T. S. (2025). Designing for Lifelong Health – A Commentary on Integrating Community Design and Healthy Aging Across the Life Course. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, 31(1), 143–144.
Borrego-Ruiz, A., & Borrego, J. J. (2024). Influence of human gut microbiome on the healthy and the neurodegenerative aging. Experimental Gerontology, 194, 112497-.
Bloom, D. E., Pecetta, S., Scorza, F. B., Carfi, A., Carleton, B., Cipriano, M., Edwards, K., Gasperini, G., Malley, R., Nandi, A., Nguyen, A., Stuart, L., Black, S., & Rappuoli, R. (2024). Vaccination for healthy aging. Science Translational Medicine, 16(745), eadm9183–eadm9183.
Calder, P. C., Carding, S. R., Christopher, G., Kuh, D., Langley‐Evans, S. C., & McNulty, H. (2018). A holistic approach to healthy ageing: how can people live longer, healthier lives? Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 31(4), 439–450.
Chen, L.-K. (2021). Population Aging and Health Care Services: What Governments Should Do. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 92, 104296.
Dominguez, L. J., Veronese, N., & Barbagallo, M. (2024). Dietary Patterns and Healthy or Unhealthy Aging. Gerontology (Basel), 70(1), 15–36.
Du, Y., Peng, R., Wan, X., Zhang, C., Guo, Y., Chang, J., Feng, H., & Cao, Z. (2025). Perceptions and Experiences of Exercise Snacks Among Middle‐Aged and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Synthesis. Public Health Nursing, 42(2), 1031–1046. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13495
Foster, L., & Walker, A. (2021). Active Ageing across the Life Course: Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Prevention. BioMed Research International, 2021(1).
Ginggeaw, S., LeBlanc, R., & Chung, J. (2025). Social Determinants of Quality of Life in the Last Year of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Multimorbidity. Clinical Nursing Research, 34(2), 107–119.
Izquierdo, M., & Cadore, E. L. (2024). Power to prolong independence and healthy ageing in older adults. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58(10), 524–526.
Koh, W. Q., Wora, N., Liong, N. W. L., Ludlow, K., Pachana, N. A., & Liddle, J. (2024). Non-Exercise-Based Interventions to Support Healthy Aging in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. The Gerontologist, 65(2), 1-.
Fioranelli, M., Roccia, M. G., & Garo, M. L. (2023). The role of arts engagement in reducing cognitive decline and improving quality of life in healthy older people: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology, 14.
Jeffreys, M. R. (2025). Healthy Aging Matters: Making It Personal, Positive, Proactive, and Professional. Teaching & Learning in Nursing, 20(1), e258–e261.
Kalyoncuo, S., & Kartin, P. T. (2025). The relationship between active aging and healthy lifestyle behaviors of individuals aged 65 years and older: A cross‐sectional study. Geriatric Nursing, 61, 316–323.
Karami, B., Ostad-Taghizadeh, A., Rashidian, A., & Tajvar, M. (2023). Developing a Conceptual Framework for an Age-Friendly Health System: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 12, 7342.
Kou, M., Ma, H., Wang, X., Heianza, Y., & Qi, L. (2025). Joint association of objective and subjective aging with premature mortality. NPJ Aging, 11(1), 1–8.
Lim, S. (2025). Development of an exercise program to improve sleep quality and mood in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 44(1), 1–2.
Marzo, R. R., Khanal, P., Shrestha, S., Mohan, D., Myint, P. K., & Su, T. T. (2023). Determinants of active aging and quality of life among older adults: systematic review. Frontiers in Public Health, 11.
Meier, T., Mehl, M. R., Martin, M., & Horn, A. B. (2024). When I am sixty-four… evaluating language markers of well-being in healthy aging narratives. PloS One, 19(4), e0302103–e0302103.
Nazarko, L. (2025). Keeping well with dementia: supporting the person with dementia to function to capacity. British Journal of Community Nursing, 30(3), 118–122. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2024.0156
Owen, R., Berry, K., & Brown, L. J. E. (2022). Enhancing Older Adults’ Well-Being and Quality of Life Through Purposeful Activity: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies. The Gerontologist, 62(6), e317–e327.
Owusu-Addo, E., Ofori-Asenso, R., Batchelor, F., Mahtani, K., & Brijnath, B. (2021). Effective implementation approaches for healthy ageing interventions for older people: A rapid review. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 92, 104263.
Pintas, S., & Loewenthal, J. V. (2025). Integrating Geriatrics and Lifestyle Medicine: Paving the Path to Healthy Aging. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 19(3), 388–391.
Smith, K. J., Gupta, S., Fortune, J., Lowton, K., Victor, C., Burke, E., Carew, M. T., Livingstone, E., Creeger, M., Shanahan, P., Walsh, M., & Ryan, J. M. (2024). Aging Well With a Lifelong Disability: A Scoping Review. The Gerontologist, 64(9).
Tohit, N. F. M., & Haque, M. (2024). The New Frontier of Ageing: Innovations and Insights in Gerontology. Advances in Human Biology, 14(4), 261–268.
Trygstad, T. (2025). How Old Is Old? Rethinking the “Normal” Process of Aging. Pharmacy Times, 91(4), 1.
Vigezzi, G. P., Barbati, C., Maggioni, E., Stenholm, S., Odone, A., Amerio, A., Ardito, C., Bertuccio, P., Costa, G., d’Errico, A., Gentile, L., Odone, A., & Vigezzi, G. P. (2025). Impact of retirement transition on health, well-being and health behaviours: critical insights from an overview of reviews. Social Science & Medicine, 375, N.PAG.
Wang, G., Chang, F., Gu, Z., Kasraian, D., & van Wesemael, P. J. v. (2024). Co-designing community-level integral interventions for active ageing: a systematic review from the lens of community-based participatory research. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 649.
Wu, Y.-T., Prina, A. M., & Brayne, C. (2015). The association between community environment and cognitive function: a systematic review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50(3), 351–362.
Zinyemba, V. (2024). What are the components of healthy ageing? Nursing Older People, 36(4), 18–19.