The unprecedented increase in life expectancy has resulted in a large number of elderly people in our populations, many of whom are vulnerable to developing health problems. While past longitudinal studies of health and aging have provided some insights into our increased vulnerability with age, it is recognized that the next century demands of us more sophisticated, multidisciplinary, longitudinal research to measure trends in adult health and to identify patterns of aging in populations and individuals. This book brings together leading researchers in the field of health and aging to begin to discuss new theoretical developments and insights into the determinants of healthy aging, and to outline the issues of the next generation of longitudinal research. It includes reviews of past and current longitudinal studies of aging; discussions of current and future research directions; and information of use to social policy, educational and medical programs, and the elderly themselves.
This volume will be of great interest to gerontologists, geriatricians and public health workers, providing the background and motivation to stimulate the next generation of longitudinal research on health and aging.
The unprecedented increase in life expectancy has resulted in a large number of elderly people in our populations, many of whom are vulnerable to developing health problems. While past longitudinal studies of health and aging have provided some insights into our increased vulnerability with age, it is recognized that the next century demands of us more sophisticated, multidisciplinary, longitudinal research to measure trends in adult health and to identify patterns of aging in populations and individuals. This book brings together leading researchers in the field of health and aging to begin to discuss new theoretical developments and insights into the determinants of healthy aging, and to outline the issues of the next generation of longitudinal research. It includes reviews of past and current longitudinal studies of aging; discussions of current and future research directions; and information of use to social policy, educational and medical programs, and the elderly themselves.
This volume will be of great interest to gerontologists, geriatricians and public health workers, providing the background and motivation to stimulate the next generation of longitudinal research on health and aging.
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Foreword. Preface. List of Contributors. I. Introduction. 1. Theoretical issues and basic questions in the planning of longitudinal studies of health and aging (J.J.F. Schroots, J.E. Birren). 2. Goals for the next generation of longitudinal studies (J.L. Fozard et al.). II. Biomedical and Epidemiological Perspectives. 3. Biological perspectives on growing old (F.E. Yates). 4. Socio-economic and life-style factors as modulators of health and functional capacity with age (E. Heikkinen et al.). 5. Risk assessment and early detection of functional declines (F.E. Yates, J.C. Beck, L.A. Benton). 6. Exercise and the physiological consequences in the aging process (H.C.G. Kemper, R.A. Binkhorst). 7. A longitudinal and cross-sectional gerontological population study in Gothenburg (D. Mellstrom). III. Behavioral-Psychological Perspectives. 8. Health and aging from a behavioral perspective (J.J.F. Schroots). 9. Speed of behavior as a reflection of health and aging (J.E. Birren, L.M. Fisher). 10. Longitudinal studies of family similarity in intellectual abilities (K. Warner Schaie et al.). 11. Methodological and theoretical lessons from the University of Manchester Longitudinal Studies of Cognitive Changes in Normal Old Age: a preliminary report (P.M.A. Rabbitt). IV. Multidisciplinary Perspectives. 12. Where do we go from here? Disentangling aging processes from the processes of aging (J.B. McKinlay). 13. German longitudinal study on midlife and aging (G. Rudinger et al.). 14. Some innovatory methodological aspects of longitudinal studies of health aging (P.C.M. Molenaar). 15. A model of well-being in old age and its consequences for further longitudinal studies (U. Lehr). 16. Family relationships and health in old age: findings from the Berkeley Older Generation Study (D. Field). 17. The Berlin Aging Study (BASE): objectives and methods of the BASE Research Unit, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics (E. Steinhagen-Thiessen, M. Borchelt, J.P. Fischer). 18. A longitudinal study on elderly men: the Zutphen study (E.J.M. Feskens et al.). 19. Menopause, health and age (A.Ph. Visser, M. Boulet). 20. The Lund 80+ Study: some general findings (T. Svensson et al.). V. Epilogue. 21. Prolegomena to the next generation of figures: longitudinal research on health and aging (J.E. Birren, L.L. Dieckmann, J.J.F. Schroots). Author Index. Subject Index.
