ISBN:
9781118608449
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (445 p)
Series Statement:
Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks
Series Statement:
Wellbeing : a complete reference guide volume IV
Parallel Title:
Print version Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Wellbeing in Later Life
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Aging
;
Older people
;
Well-being
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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 factorsExamines the challenges of humanity's increasing life expectancy and includes recommendations for maintaining and enhancing wellbeing in later lifeMakes meaningful connections between research and practice to link aspects of aging which have previously been considered separatePart of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, whi
Description / Table of Contents:
Wellbeing in Later Life; Contents of this Volume; About the Editors; Contributors; Full Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide; Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide; Chapter 1 Introduction: Wellbeing in Later Life; Part 1 Longevity and Wellbeing; Chapter 2 The Changing Demographic Context of Aging; Chapter 3 Biological Determinants and Malleability of Aging; Chapter 4 Wellbeing as Experienced by the Very Old; Part 2 Factors Influencing Wellbeing; Chapter 5 Psychological Wellbeing in Later Life; Chapter 6 Nutrition and Lifelong Wellbeing
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 7 Physical Activity, Exercise, and AgingChapter 8 Capability and Independency in Later Life; Chapter 9 Combating Isolation Through Technology in Older People; Chapter 10 Wellbeing and Vitality in Later Life: The Role of the Consumer Industry; Chapter 11 Education and its Role in Wellbeing; Part 3 Wellbeing at the End of Life; Chapter 12 The Threat to Wellbeing from Cognitive Decline; Chapter 13 When Vitality Meets Longevity: New Strategies for Health in Later Life; Chapter 14 Maintaining Wellbeing Through the End of Life; Part 4 Comparative Perspectives on Wellbeing
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 15 Cultures, Aging, and WellbeingChapter 16 Wellbeing in the Oldest Old and Centenarians in Japan; Chapter 17 Wellbeing in Later Life in Eighteenth-Century England; Appendix Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing Project: Mental Capital Through Life: Future Challenges; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
