Preparation for Aging (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Heikkinen, E.; Ruoppila, I.; Kuusinen, J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

''Full of valuable definitions, descriptions, discussion and succinct summaries....the volume forms an interesting, up-to-date reservoir of information on 'preparation for aging'. As a source of specific insights and alternative perspectives it is a welcome addition to the literature.'' -Aging and Society

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461519799
• Artikelnr.: 44180262

Inhaltsangabe

Life Long Learning and Retirement.- 1. Meaning and Late Life Learning.- 2. The Third Age and the Disappearance of Old Age.- 3. Life after Work: Lines, Boundaries, and Spaces.- 4. Emergent Challenges for Universities of the Third Age.- 5. Retirement: A Truncated Rite of Passage.- 6. The Role of a Preparation for Retirement in the Improvement of the Quality of Life for Elderly People.- 7. In Search of the Meaning of Education: The Case of Educational Generations in Finland.- 8. Lifelong Learning Experiences from Norway.- 9. If I Had My Life to Live over Again....- Health and Quality of Life.- 10. The New Public Health Approach to Improving Physical Activity and Autonomy in Older Populations.- 11. Healthy Aging: Utopia or a Realistic Target?.- 12. Adding Life to Years! Promoting Quality of Life in an Aging Europe.- 13. Health Related Quality of Life as an Outcome Measure for Health Care of Elderly People: The Emperor's New Clothes.- 14. Health-Related Quality of Life in Old Age: How to Define It, How to Study?.- 15. Health Related Quality of Life in Old Age: International Approach in Developing the LEIPAD Questionnaire.- 16. Disability and Quality of Life in Old Age.- 17. Research and the Promotion of Quality of Life in Older Persons in the Netherlands.- 18. Does Work Stress Enhance the Rate of Aging?.- Gender, Generation and Aging.- 19. Interrelations between Generations in Historical Perspective.- 20. Gender and Aging.- 21. Gender, Aging, and Quality of Life.- 22. Collectivism, Individualism and Grandchild-Grandparent Relations.- 23. Mid-Life: Opening Remarks on Prevention.- 24. Life-Style and Its Determinants in Two Cohorts in the Elderly.- Pension Systems and Attitudes to Retirement.- 25. Psychological Issues of Aging and Work.- 26. A New Concept for Productive Agingat Work.- 27. What If the Disability Pension Application Is Denied?.- 28. How Will Finnish Pensions Be Working in the Future?.- 29. Life Situation as a Factor Explaining Retirement.- 30. The Process of Early Retirement among the 55-Year Old Finnish Urban Population.- Programs for Successful Retirement.- 31. Educating Health Professionals in Gerontology: A Canadian Perspective.- 32. Preparation for Aging-the Role of the UTAs-Ten Reports.- 33. Preparing for Retirement-Good Housing in Old Age? A Review of the Provision of Housing and Care for Old People in 7 Systems.- 34. Aging Well: European Health Programme for Older People.- 35. Retirement Preparation in Subjects of Working Age.