Aging and Quality of Life (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Gift, Helen; Abeles, Ronald P.; Ory, Marcia G.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this timely and important work, expert gerontologists review what has been learned about the aged and the process of aging and link this knowledge to interventions for improving the quality of life.

This volume highlights the development of preventive, therapeutic, and rehabilitative interventions designed to assist older people maintain their independence and quality of life. In addition to the editors, chapter authors include Robert N. Butler, Matilda White Riley, Carroll Estes, and a foreword by James O. Mason.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 1994
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780826197931
• Artikelnr.: 54116309

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
James O. Mason
MD
DrPH Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction: Aging and Quality of Life-Celebrating New Discoveries
Marcia G. Ory
PhD
MPH
Donna M. Cox
PhD
Helen C. Gift
PhD
and Ronald P. Abeles
PhD Part I: Background Perspectives 1. Historical Perspective on Aging and Quality of Life
Robert N. Butler
MD 2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Quality of Life in Older Populations
Anita L. Stewart
PhD
and Abby C. King
PhD Part II: Life Styles and Quality of Life 3. Behavioral and Social Factors in Healthy Aging
George A. Kaplan
PhD
and William J. Strawbridge
PhD 4. Disability in Late Life
Lois M. Verbrugge
PhD
MPH 5. Self-Care and Quality of Life in Old Age
Gordon H. DeFriese
PhD
Thomas R. Konrad
PhD
Alison Woomert
PhD
Jean E. Kincade Norburn
PhD
and Shulamit Bernard
RN
MS Part III: Physical Health
Quality of Life
and Aging 6. Rehabilitation in Old Age
T. Franklin Williams
MD 7. Psychosocial Status in Cancer Patients
Barrie R. Cassileth
PhD 8. Biopsychosocial Risks for Cardiovascular Disease in Spouse Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease
Peter P. Vitaliano
PhD
Cynthia M. Dougherty
PhD
RN
and Ilene C. Siegler
PhD
MPH Part IV: Older People and Their Environments 9. Social Support: Content
Causes
and Consequences
Robert L. Kahn
PhD 10. Aging Well and Institutional Living: A Paradox?
Margret M. Baltes
PhD 11. Human Factors and Aging: The Operator-Task Dynamic
Robin A. Barr
DPhil 12. Maintaining a Sense of Control in Later Life
Margie E. Lachman
PhD
Mauri A. Ziff
MA
and Avron Spiro III
PhD Part V: Social Structures
Quality of Life
and Aging 13. The Challenging Structure of Work Opportunities: Toward an Age- Integrated Society
Matilda White Riley
DSc
and Karyn A. Loscocco
PhD 14. Socioeconomic Status and Health over the Life Course
Stephanie A. Robert
MSW
and James S. House
PhD 15. New Directions in Socioeconomic Research on Aging
James P. Smith
PhD 16. Minority and Socioeconomic Status: Impact on Quality of Life in Aging
H. Asuman Kiyak
PhD
and Nancy R. Hooyman
MSW
PhD Part VI: Policy Implications 17. Public Policy and Long-Term Care
Carroll L. Estes
PhD
and Liz Close
MS 18. Changing the Social Environment to Promote Health
Lennart Levi
MD
and Donna M. Cox
PhD 19. Exploring the Future of Health Care for Older People
Robert H. Binstock
PhD
Dennis W. Jahnigen
MD
and Stephen G. Post
PhD Index