,,Nawet w nadchodzącej starości są rzeczy warte wyczekiwania” – przepis stulatków na satysfakcjonującą starość

According to demographers, percentage of seniors who have a chance to live for a hundred years still increases. These predictions force us to the reflection about raising the quality of aging by promoting a model of successful aging. Experts in this area are certainly the oldest citizens who with their life prove that living in old age can be satisfying. The article presents studies conducted among centenarians. The research concerned the phenomenonof longevity. The life-extending factors were also analyzed. The frame for theoretical assumptions are statements of centenarians on the principles of successful aging. A case study method based on press sources was applied.