ISBN:
9780826109958
,
0826109950
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics vol. 33
Parallel Title:
Print version Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 33, 2013 : Healthy Longevity
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Aging Cross-cultural studies
;
Longevity Cross-cultural studies
;
Quality of life Cross-cultural studies
;
Longevity Cross-cultural studies
;
Aging Cross-cultural studies
;
Quality of life Cross-cultural studies
;
Longevity Cross-cultural studies
;
Quality of life Cross-cultural studies
;
Aging Cross-cultural studies
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Aging
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gerontology
;
Aging
;
Longevity
;
Quality of life
;
Cross-cultural studies
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books Cross-cultural studies
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
2 Age Trajectory of High Cognitive FunctioningAmong the Oldest OldAbstract; Introduction; Cognitive Functioning; Methodological Challenges; Conclusion and Future Direction; References; 3 Malleability of Human Aging: The Curious Case ofOld-Age Mortality in Japan; Abstract; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; References; 4 Quality of Health Care: Approaches and Findings Fromthe English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Abstract; Introduction; What Is Good Quality of Care?; How Good is the Health Care of Older People in English Longitudinal Study of Ageing?
Abstract:
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Healthy Longevity, A Global Approach; Half Title Page; Editors; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Volume Editors; Contributors; Previous Volumes in the Series; Forthcoming Volume in the Series; Acknowledgments; Preface; PART 1: How Healthy Are the Longest Lived?; 1 The Oldest Old: Health in Europe and the United States; Abstract; Introduction; International Differences in Life Expectancy Among the Oldest Old; International Differences in Health Among the Oldest Child; Data; Results; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References
Abstract:
Future Challenges-Understanding Why Effective Care is Not Always DeliveredConclusions; References; 5 The Semantic Network of Aging Well; Abstract; Introduction; Brief History of the Aging Well Semantic Network; The Lay Concept of Aging Well; Some Problematic Issues on the Concept of Aging Well; Do Different Labels for Aging Well Mean the Same?; Conclusions; References; 6 A New Concept of Successful Aging in the Oldest Old: Development of Gerotranscendence and Its Influence onthe Psychological Well-Being; Abstract; Introduction; Models of Successful Aging
Abstract:
Healhty Aging anf Longevity in OkinawaHealthy Aging and Longevinity in Hawaii; Trends in Research on HUman Health Span and Life Span: From Genes Versus Environment to Genes and Environment; Getting to the Core of Human Health Span; Acknowledgements; Dedication; References; 8 Mobility in Human Aging: A MultidisciplinaryLife Span Conceptual Framework; Abstract; Maintaining Mobility in Late Life: A Unifying Concept in Gerontology; Conclusions; References; 9 Physical and Biological Indicators of Health andFunctioning in U.S. Oldest Old; Abstract; Introduction; Background; Data and Methods
Abstract:
Successful Aging in Centenarians and the Oldest OldDevelopment of the Japanese Version of the Gerotranscendence Scale with New Concept; Age Difference in Gerotranscendence and It's Influence on Psychological Health-Finding from the Sonic Study; Conclusion; Ackowledgement; References; PART 2: What Drives Healthy Longevity?; 7 Optimizing Human Health Span and Life Span:Insights From Okinawa and Hawaii; Abstract; Introduction; What Can We Realistically Accomplish in the Field of Healthy Aging?; The Evidence is Emerging; The Healthy Aging Paradigm in Okinawa and Hawaii: Alive and Well?
Description / Table of Contents:
2 Age Trajectory of High Cognitive FunctioningAmong the Oldest OldAbstract; Introduction; Cognitive Functioning; Methodological Challenges; Conclusion and Future Direction; References; 3 Malleability of Human Aging: The Curious Case ofOld-Age Mortality in Japan; Abstract; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; References; 4 Quality of Health Care: Approaches and Findings Fromthe English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Abstract; Introduction; What Is Good Quality of Care?; How Good is the Health Care of Older People in English Longitudinal Study of Ageing?
Description / Table of Contents:
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Healthy Longevity, A Global Approach; Half Title Page; Editors; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Volume Editors; Contributors; Previous Volumes in the Series; Forthcoming Volume in the Series; Acknowledgments; Preface; PART 1: How Healthy Are the Longest Lived?; 1 The Oldest Old: Health in Europe and the United States; Abstract; Introduction; International Differences in Life Expectancy Among the Oldest Old; International Differences in Health Among the Oldest Child; Data; Results; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References.
Description / Table of Contents:
Future Challenges-Understanding Why Effective Care is Not Always DeliveredConclusions; References; 5 The Semantic Network of Aging Well; Abstract; Introduction; Brief History of the Aging Well Semantic Network; The Lay Concept of Aging Well; Some Problematic Issues on the Concept of Aging Well; Do Different Labels for Aging Well Mean the Same?; Conclusions; References; 6 A New Concept of Successful Aging in the Oldest Old: Development of Gerotranscendence and Its Influence onthe Psychological Well-Being; Abstract; Introduction; Models of Successful Aging.
Description / Table of Contents:
Healhty Aging anf Longevity in OkinawaHealthy Aging and Longevinity in Hawaii; Trends in Research on HUman Health Span and Life Span: From Genes Versus Environment to Genes and Environment; Getting to the Core of Human Health Span; Acknowledgements; Dedication; References; 8 Mobility in Human Aging: A MultidisciplinaryLife Span Conceptual Framework; Abstract; Maintaining Mobility in Late Life: A Unifying Concept in Gerontology; Conclusions; References; 9 Physical and Biological Indicators of Health andFunctioning in U.S. Oldest Old; Abstract; Introduction; Background; Data and Methods.
Description / Table of Contents:
Successful Aging in Centenarians and the Oldest OldDevelopment of the Japanese Version of the Gerotranscendence Scale with New Concept; Age Difference in Gerotranscendence and It's Influence on Psychological Health-Finding from the Sonic Study; Conclusion; Ackowledgement; References; PART 2: What Drives Healthy Longevity?; 7 Optimizing Human Health Span and Life Span:Insights From Okinawa and Hawaii; Abstract; Introduction; What Can We Realistically Accomplish in the Field of Healthy Aging?; The Evidence is Emerging; The Healthy Aging Paradigm in Okinawa and Hawaii: Alive and Well?
Note:
Print version cataloged as a continuing resource by Library of Congress. - Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Mar. 21, 2013)
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