Successful aging and adaptations with chronic diseases / Leonard W. Poon, Sara Hall Gueldner, Betsy M. Sprouse, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poon, Leonard W., 1942-

Gueldner, Sarah Hall.

Sprouse, Betsy M.

Series:

Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.

Springer series on life styles & issues in aging ;

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Health and hygiene.

Older people.

Older people--Medical care.

Chronic diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub., c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For many people growing old means facing one or more chronic diseases. Successful Aging and Adaptation with Chronic Diseases 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. Questions considered include: How do older adults approach and deal with everyday-life when affected by multiple health problems? What kind of impact do they feel diseases have on their successful aging? How do existent models and theories of coping address these issues?. Presenting research funded by the A

Contents:

Contents; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-81117-3

9786611811174

0-8261-1976-X

OCLC:

287028900