| Description |
x, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part I Focusing on Social-Ecological Research---Contributions to Health, -- Competence, and Well-Being in Old Age -- 1. Introduction: The Person-Enironment Perspective -- in Ageing Research 3 -- Hans- Werner Wahl -- 2. The Role of the Home Environment in Middle -- and Late Adulthood 7 -- Frank Oswald, Hans- Werner Wahl, Dorte Naumann, Hed run -- Mollenkopf and Annette Hieber -- 3. Commentary: A House Is Not a Home: But Can It Become One? 25 -- Graham D. Rowles -- 4. Outdoor Mobility in Late Life: Persons, Environments and Society 33 -- Heidrun iollenkopf Stephan Baas, Roman Kaspar, -- frank Oswald and Hans- Werner Wahl -- 5. ommentary: Mobility-A Key to Understanding and Improving -- Transportation Services for Seniors and Others 47 -- Jon E Burkhardt -- 6 Age-Related Loss in Vision A Case to Learn About -- Ageing in Context 53 -- Hans-Werner Wahl, Vera Heyl, Stefanie Becker, Oliver Schilhing and -- Heidrun Molle kopf -- 7. Commentary Age-Relaed Loss in Vison A Case to Learn About Aging -- in Context 65 -- Amy Horowit -- Part II Focusing on Psychological Research-Contributions to Health, -- Competence, and Well-Being in Old Age -- 8. Introduction: Developmental Perspectives in the Second Half of Life 73 -- Andreas Kiuse -- 9. The Infence of Marital Support on Marital Satisfaction: Are There -- Age and Gender Differences? 81 -- tMarina Schmitt and aotthias Kliegel -- 10. Commentary: Changed Gender Roles and Their Impact on Matital -- Support and Satisfaction 93 -- Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello -- 11. Stressful Life Events Protective Factors and Depressive Disorders in -- Middle Adulthood 99 -- Eltke Voss, Anne-Katrin tegmann and Johannes Schroder -- 12. Commentary: Stressful Life Events and Depressive Disorders: The -- Paradigm Shift 115 -- Elaine Wethington -- 13. Predictors of Well-Being in Very Old Age 119 -- Christoph Rott, Daniela Jopp, Vera D 'Heureuse and Gabriele Becker -- 14. Commentary: Well-Beig in Very Old Age: Old and New Issues 131 -- Bo Hagherg -- Part III Focusing on Epidemiological Research-- Contribution to Health, -- Competence, and Well-Being -- 15 Introduction: Epidemiological Perspectives in Ageing Research 137 -- Hermann Brenner -- 16. Cancer Among Older Adults: Incidence, Prognosis and New -- Avenues of Prevention 139 -- Hermann Brenner and Volker Arndt -- 17 Commentary: Cancer in the Elderly: Prevention and Better Care Needed 153 -- Jan Willem Coebergh -- 18, Cardiovascular Diseases Among Olde Adults: Incidence, Prognosis and -- New Avenues for Prevention 159 -- Dietrich Rothenbacher and Hermann Brenner -- 19. Commentary: Cardiovascular Diseases Among Older Adults: Incidence, -- Prognosis and New Avenues for Prevention 169 -- S. Goya Wannamethee -- 20. Medica Care for Nursing Home Residents: National Perspectives in -- International Context 175 -- [eribert Ramroth, Norbert Specht-Leible, IHans-felmut Kinig and -- errnnann Brenner -- 21. ommentary: Medical Care for Nursing Home Residents: National -- Perspectives in International Context 189 -- Siegfried Weyrer and Martina Schaufele -- Part IV Synergies between Social-Ecological, Psychological -- and Epidemiological Research -- 221 The Impact of Internal and External Resources on Health, Competence -- and Well-Being: Longitudinal Findings from the ILSE 199 -- Marina S hmitt, Frank Oswald, Daniela Jopp, Hans- Werner Wahl -- and Hermann Brenner -- 23. Det erminants, Prognostic Relevance and Development of Anxiety and -- Depression in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: An -- Interdisciplinary Approach within the KAROLA Study 211 -- Dietrich Rothenbacher Christoph Rott, Daniela Jopp -- and H-ermann Brenner -- 24 Commentary Interdiscip-liary Longitudinal Studies of Ageing 223 -- K Warner Schaie -- Part V Applications and Social Policy Implications -- 25. Ageing Europe: Challenges for Policy and Research 233 -- Alan Walker -- 26 On the Relevance of Ageing Research for Poli y and Practice 245 -- Svein Olav Datladnd |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Aging -- Environmental aspects.
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Aging -- Social aspects.
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Older people -- Health and hygiene.
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| Author |
Wahl, Hans-Werner, 1954-
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| LC no. |
2007273373 |
| ISBN |
1402041373 (hbk.) |
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9781402041372 (hbk.) |
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