Promoting successful and productive aging

Author(s)

• Bond, Lynne A.
• Cutler, Stephen J.
• Grams, Armin
• Vermont Conference on the Primary Prevention of Psychopathology

Bibliographic Information

Promoting successful and productive aging

editors, Lynne A. Bond, Stephen J. Cutler, Armin Grams

（Primary prevention of psychopathology, v. 16）

Sage Publications, c1995

• : pbk

Note

Outgrowth of the Sixteenth Vermont Conference on the Primary Prevention of Psychopathology, held June 1993 at the University of Vermont

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

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.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BA25345232
• ISBN:
  • 0803971710
  • 0803971729
• LCCN: 94042212
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 357 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC454
  • LCC : HQ1061
  • DC20 : 305.26
• Subject Headings:
  • FREE : Aging -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Aged -- Health and hygiene -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Aged -- Psychology -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Aged -- Social conditions -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00703106