International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(4) 2023, Pages: 176-187 Contents lists available at Science-Gate International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences Journal homepage: http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS.html 176 A qualitative cross-case analysis of older adults’ acceptance and resiliency behaviors amidst the COVID-19 pandemic crisis Evelyn E. Feliciano 1, 2, *, Alfredo Z. Feliciano 2, 3 , Wedad A. Alanazi 4 , Zenaida S. Fernandez 2 , Karen D. Sembrano 2 , Joan Russel D. Feliciano 2 , Ma. Teresa T. Cabanayan 2 , Brenda B. Policarpio 2 , Jerry P. Ligawen 2 1 Eldon Nursing and Rehabilitation, Missouri, 65026, USA 2 College of Nursing and Graduate Studies, Angeles University Foundation, Angeles, 2009, Philippines 3 Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital, Arizona, 85206, USA 4 Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Received 25 August 2022 Received in revised form 1 January 2023 Accepted 30 January 2023 Resilience has been identified as a dynamic process of sustaining healthy acceptance, adaptation, and effective coping strategies – multiplicity within the aging population is broadly acknowledged. Recognize the concept of resiliency with acceptance in aging interposes during successful aging. Seven 65-75-year-old adult purposive samples were interviewed, and data were collected, extracted, analyzed, and validated with four neutral major themes and 12 supporting subthemes using Colaizzi's method. The study was designed to validate a proposition in the aging-related resiliency theory, which states that when risks and adversities of aging are accepted, older adults tend to use adaptive strategies and supportive resources to improve their coping and resilience. Seven older adults (65-75 years old) purposive samples were interviewed, and data were collected, extracted, analyzed, and validated with four neutral major themes and 12 supporting subthemes using Colaizzi's method. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to include healthcare interventions that may augment acceptance and resilience in a manner of promoting older adults' healthy aging. It is also important to provide guidelines on how to reduce the negative effects on older adults during the pandemic. Keywords: Adaptation Acceptance Coping Resilience Stress Successful aging © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). 1. Introduction *As the aging population surges, the demand for knowledge on optimistic features of aging, and the influences of older people on one’s individual well- being and of others are likewise increasing (Rantanen et al., 2018). Based on the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, in the year 2050, a projected 1.5 billion older persons aged 65 years or over in the world doubled the 703 million aged population in 2019. That is, they globally shared that the world population increased from 6% in 1990 to 9% in 2019. It is in this sense that maintaining a full and independent life is the essence of successful aging which is one of the gerontologists’ most successful ideas that perhaps every individual desires to age * Corresponding Author. Email Address: feliciano.evelyn@auf.edu.ph (E. E. Feliciano) https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.04.022 Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9120-1534 2313-626X/© 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) successfully until even in their older years (Andersen et al., 2019; Katz and Calasanti, 2015). It has become imperative thought to define the eminence of the aged, a multifaceted idea, and the key emphasis is how to magnify purposeful years in an advanced life period (Annele et al., 2019). As a multidimensional cycle of life, it involves resiliency with positive coping to escape from age-related morbidity and frailty, the preservation of physiological and perceptive ability, and constant social and engagement to dynamic events (Martínez-Moreno et al., 2020; Moore et al., 2015). In the process of aging, health-related events occur that compromise activities or even independence emergent evidence have demonstrated concerns among older persons in achieving successful aging, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, which has resulted in difficulty achieving physical independence, satisfaction, and other related societal appreciation. However, older adults may exist with at least minimal ability to overcome difficulties and adjust to the challenges of advanced age despite advancing age in consideration of a phenomenon of a decline in every person’s essential process (Chaves et al., 2018;