Wellbeing A Complete Reference Guide Wellbeing in Later Life Volume IV 1st Edition by Thomas B L Kirkwood, Cary L Cooper ISBN 1118608445 9781118608449

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ISBN 13: 9781118608449

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 factors
• Examines the challenges of humanity’s increasing life expectancy and includes recommendations for maintaining and enhancing wellbeing in later life
• Makes meaningful connections between research and practice to link aspects of aging which have previously been considered separate
• Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research from across the social sciences

Table of contents:

1. Introduction: Wellbeing in Later Life

Part 1: Longevity and Wellbeing
2. The Changing Demographic Context of Aging
3. Biological Determinants and Malleability of Aging
4. Wellbeing as Experienced by the Very Old

Part 2: Factors Influencing Wellbeing
5. Psychological Wellbeing in Later Life
6. Nutrition and Lifelong Wellbeing
7. Physical Activity, Exercise, and Aging
8. Capability and Independency in Later Life
9. Combating Isolation Through Technology in Older People
10. Wellbeing and Vitality in Later Life: The Role of the Consumer Industry
11. Education and its Role in Wellbeing

Part 3: Wellbeing at the End of Life
12. The Threat to Wellbeing from Cognitive Decline
13. When Vitality Meets Longevity: New Strategies for Health in Later Life
14. Maintaining Wellbeing Through the End of Life

Part 4: Comparative Perspectives on Wellbeing
15. Cultures, Aging, and Wellbeing
16. Wellbeing in the Oldest Old and Centenarians in Japan
17. Wellbeing in Later Life in Eighteenth-Century England

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