Promoting successful and productive aging /
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks :
Sage Publications,
[1995]
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| Series: | Primary prevention of psychopathology ;
v. 16. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Introductory considerations. Primary prevention in the service of aging
- Questions that aging puts to preventionists
- The social construction of ageism
- Demography of productive aging. Part II. Successful and productive aging: organic factors. Prevention and chronic disease in older individuals
- Effects of age on resting energy expenditure
- Prospects for prevention of dementia and associated impairments. Part III. Psychosocial perspectives on competence and coping through aging. Autonomy and sense of control among older adults: an examination of their effects on mental health
- Informal social support
- Formal support in later life: lessons for prevention
- Stress and well-being in later life: using research findings to inform intervention design
- Promoting competence through compensation
- A life course approach to postretirement roles and well-being. Part IV. Comparative issues and perspectives. Issues affecting older women
- Promoting successful and productive aging in minority populations
- Lesbians and gay men also grow old
- Comparative perspectives on successful aging.