Screen LibraryAging in European societies : healthy aging in Europe /
Between longer life expectancies and declining birth rates, Europe's elder population is growing into a sizable minority with considerable impact on nations, health systems, and economies--in other words, global implications as well as local and regional ones. Those investing in the health of o...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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International perspectives on aging ;
6 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8345-9 |
| Summary: |
Between longer life expectancies and declining birth rates, Europe's elder population is growing into a sizable minority with considerable impact on nations, health systems, and economies--in other words, global implications as well as local and regional ones. Those investing in the health of older adults need a double perspective: the social and clinical complexity of aging and the larger forces shaping these experiences. Aging in European Societies examines aging trends across the continent, analyzing individual and collective variables that affect the lives of older adults, and drawing salient comparisons with other parts of the world. An interdisciplinary panel of experts provides theory, research, and empirical findings (with examples from the UK, Cyprus, Sweden, and others) in key areas such as family and social supports, physical and cognitive changes, dependence and autonomy issues, and living arrangements. The book's wide-net approach offers insights into not only aging, but aging well. And of particular importance, it details approaches to defining and measuring the elusive but crucial concept, quality of life. Included in the coverage: The potential for technology to improve elders' quality of life. Dementia and quality of life issues. Changes in functional ability with aging and over time. Family networks and supports in older age. Factors influencing inequalities in quality of life. Late-life learning in the E.U. Gerontologists, sociologists, health and cross-cultural psychologists, and public health policymakers will welcome Aging in European Societies as a springboard toward continued discussion, new directions for research, and improvements in policy and practice. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781441983459 (electronic bk.) 1441983457 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | HQ1064 |
| CLC: | D750.86 |
| Contents: |
Introduction / Challenging Statutory Pensions Reforms in an Aging Europe: Adequacy Versus Sustainability / Technology and Ageing: Potential for European Societies / Dependence and Individualism: The Influence of Modern Ideologies on Older People's Food Security / European Older Adults' Social Activity Networks in National Context: A Cross-National Exploration of National Cultural, Policy, and Economic Characteristics / What About Happiness in Later Life? / Dementia and Quality-of-Life Issues in Older People / Changes in Functional Ability with Ageing and Over Time / Family Networks and Supports in Older Age / Factors Influencing Inequalities in the Quality of Life / Older Men in the Community, a United Kingdom Perspective / The Social Networks of Older Europeans / Financial Literacy in Retirement Planning Context: The Case of Czech OlderWorkers / Home Nursing in Cyprus / Quality of Life and Older People: An Empirical Study amongst Older Cypriots / Cohort Change in Living Conditions and Lifestyle Among Middle-Aged Swedes: The Effects on Mortality and Late-Life Disability / Late-Life Learning in the European Union: Implications for Social and Public Policy / Transnationalism and the Study of Aging and Old Age / |