Promoting Successful and Productive Aging
1st Edition
Published on 29. February 1996
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-8039-7171-4 (ISBN)
Description
What constitutes successful ageing? What are the preventative goals that encourage successful ageing in relation to health, financial security, independence, and sense of personal meaning? How can we cultivate and communicate strategies for effective prevention programmes? These and other important issues are examined in this multidisciplinary volume.
The first section sets primary prevention within a lifespan perspective, examines ageism as a social construction and presents the demographics of successful ageing. Part Two explores biological issues such as chronic disease, energy levels and dementia in relation to possible prevention strategies. Later-life well-being considered from a psychosocial perspective is covered in Part Three and in the final part issues of diversity within the older population are discussed.
The first section sets primary prevention within a lifespan perspective, examines ageism as a social construction and presents the demographics of successful ageing. Part Two explores biological issues such as chronic disease, energy levels and dementia in relation to possible prevention strategies. Later-life well-being considered from a psychosocial perspective is covered in Part Three and in the final part issues of diversity within the older population are discussed.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
731 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-7171-4 (9780803971714)
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Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS
Primary Prevention in the Service of Aging - Armin Grams and George W Albee
Questions that Aging Puts to Preventionists - Margaret Gatz
The Social Construction of Ageism - Jon Hendricks
Demography of Productive Aging - Eleanor M Simonsick
PART TWO: SUCCESSFUL AND PRODUCTIVE AGING: ORGANIC FACTORS
Prevention and Chronic Disease in Older Individuals - Pearl S German
Effects of Age on Resting Energy Expenditure - Eric T Poehlman
Prospects for Prevention of Dementia and Associated Impairments - James A Mortimer
PART THREE: PSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMPETENCE AND COPING THROUGH AGING
Autonomy and Sense of Control among Older Adults - Alex J Zautra, John W Reich and Jason T Newsom
An Examination of Their Effects on Mental Health
Informal Social Support - Neena L Chappell
Formal Support in Later Life - Michael A Smyer
Lessons for Prevention
Stress and Well-Being in Later Life - Neal Krause
Using Research Findings to Inform Intervention Design
Promoting Competence through Compensation - Roger A Dixon
A Life Course Approach to Post-Retirement - Phyllis Moen
Roles and Well-Being
PART FOUR: COMPARATIVE ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES
Issues Affecting Older Women - Elizabeth W Markson
Promoting Successful and Productive Aging in Minority Populations - Rose C Gibson
Lesbians and Gay Men Also Grow Old - Douglas C Kimmel
Comparative Perspectives on Successful Aging - Charlotte Ikels et al
Primary Prevention in the Service of Aging - Armin Grams and George W Albee
Questions that Aging Puts to Preventionists - Margaret Gatz
The Social Construction of Ageism - Jon Hendricks
Demography of Productive Aging - Eleanor M Simonsick
PART TWO: SUCCESSFUL AND PRODUCTIVE AGING: ORGANIC FACTORS
Prevention and Chronic Disease in Older Individuals - Pearl S German
Effects of Age on Resting Energy Expenditure - Eric T Poehlman
Prospects for Prevention of Dementia and Associated Impairments - James A Mortimer
PART THREE: PSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMPETENCE AND COPING THROUGH AGING
Autonomy and Sense of Control among Older Adults - Alex J Zautra, John W Reich and Jason T Newsom
An Examination of Their Effects on Mental Health
Informal Social Support - Neena L Chappell
Formal Support in Later Life - Michael A Smyer
Lessons for Prevention
Stress and Well-Being in Later Life - Neal Krause
Using Research Findings to Inform Intervention Design
Promoting Competence through Compensation - Roger A Dixon
A Life Course Approach to Post-Retirement - Phyllis Moen
Roles and Well-Being
PART FOUR: COMPARATIVE ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES
Issues Affecting Older Women - Elizabeth W Markson
Promoting Successful and Productive Aging in Minority Populations - Rose C Gibson
Lesbians and Gay Men Also Grow Old - Douglas C Kimmel
Comparative Perspectives on Successful Aging - Charlotte Ikels et al