Foreword; Preface; Contributors; 1 Self-Rated Successful Aging: Correlates and Predictors; 2 Successful Aging and Reciprocity Among Older Adults in Assisted Living Settings; 3 Successful Aging: Intended and Unintended Consequences of a Concept; 4 Health Expectancy: An Indicator of Successful Aging and a Measure of the Impact of Chronic Disease and Disability; 5 Risk and Protective Factors for Physical Functioning in Older Adults With and Without Chronic Conditions: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging; 6 Health Expectancy, Risk Factors, and Physical Functioning
7 Coping with Comorbidity8 Coping with Specific Chronic Health Conditions; 9 Managing Multiple Chronic Health Conditions in Everyday Life; 10 Coping with Multiple Chronic Health Conditions; 11 Metanarratives Surrounding Successful Aging: The Medium Is the Message; References; Index
Summary
Annotation This book reviews, coalesces, and expands what we know about how older adults successfully experience the aging process, and how they feel about and live with chronic illnesses
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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