Wellbeing in Later Life

Herausgegeben von Kirkwood, Thomas B. L.; Cooper, Cary L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Wellbeing in Later Life uses the latest research from a variety of disciplines to address and correct common myths and misconceptions about aging.

Covers topics ranging from biological mechanisms that affect aging to lifestyle, attitudes, and social factors
Examines the challenges of humanity's increasing life expectancy and includes recommendations for maintaining and enhancing wellbeing in later life
Makes meaningful connections between research and practice to link aspects of aging which have previously been considered separate
Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide , which brings together leading research from across the social sciences

Produktdetails

• Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks Vol.4
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9781118608449
• ISBN-10: 1118608445
• Artikelnr.: 40133585

Autorenporträt

Thomas B. L. Kirkwood is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Newcastle Initiative on Changing Age at Newcastle University. Cary L. Cooper is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editors vii Contributors ix Full Contents of Wellbeing: A
Complete Reference Guide xi Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference
Guide xxv 1 Introduction: Wellbeing in Later Life 1 Cary L. Cooper and
Thomas B. L. Kirkwood Part 1 Longevity and Wellbeing 7 2 The Changing
Demographic Context of Aging 9 Roland Rau and James W. Vaupel 3 Biological
Determinants and Malleability of Aging 31 Thomas B. L. Kirkwood 4 Wellbeing
as Experienced by the Very Old 53 Carol Jagger and Katie Brittain Part 2
Factors Influencing Wellbeing 67 5 Psychological Wellbeing in Later Life 69
Kate M. Bennett and Laura K. Soulsby 6 Nutrition and Lifelong Wellbeing 91
C. Alexandra Munro and John C. Mathers 7 Physical Activity, Exercise, and
Aging 105 Grainne S. Gorman, Josh Wood, and Michael I. Trenell 8 Capability
and Independency in Later Life 125 John Bond 9 Combating Isolation Through
Technology in Older People 145 Peter Gore 10 Wellbeing and Vitality in
Later Life: The Role of the Consumer Industry 165 Michael Catt and Frans J.
G. van der Ouderaa 11 Education and its Role in Wellbeing 181 Jim Soulsby
Part 3 Wellbeing at the End of Life 197 12 The Threat to Wellbeing from
Cognitive Decline 199 Louise Robinson and Lynne Corner 13 When Vitality
Meets Longevity: New Strategies for Health in Later Life 219 Rudi G. J.
Westendorp, Bert Mulder, A. J. Willem van der Does, and Frans J. G. van der
Ouderaa 14 Maintaining Wellbeing Through the End of Life 235 Julian C.
Hughes Part 4 Comparative Perspectives on Wellbeing 253 15 Cultures, Aging,
and Wellbeing 255 Ngaire Kerse, Mere Kepa, Ruth Teh, and Lorna Dyall 16
Wellbeing in the Oldest Old and Centenarians in Japan 275 Yasuyuki Gondo,
Yasumichi Arai, and Nobuyoshi Hirose 17 Wellbeing in Later Life in
Eighteenth-Century England 287 Helen Yallop Appendix Foresight Mental
Capital and Wellbeing Project: Mental Capital Through Life: Future
Challenges 299 Thomas B. L. Kirkwood, John Bond, Carl May, Ian McKeith, and
Min-Min Teh Index 389