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Resilience in Aging - Concepts, Research, and Outcomes (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)
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Resilience in Aging - Concepts, Research, and Outcomes (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)
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The many significant technological and medical advances of the 21st
century cannot overcome the escalating risk posed to older adults
by such stressors as pain, weakness, fatigue, depression, anxiety,
memory and other cognitive deficits, hearing loss, visual
impairment, isolation, marginalization, and physical and mental
illness. In order to overcome these and other challenges, and to
maintain as high a quality of life as possible, older adults and
the professionals who treat them need to promote and develop the
capacity for resilience, which is innate in all of us to some
degree. The purpose of this book is to provide the current
scientific theory, clinical guidelines, and real-world
interventions with regard to resilience as a clinical tool. To that
end, the book addresses such issues as concepts and
operationalization of resilience; relevance of resilience to
successful aging; impact of personality and genetics on resilience;
relationship between resilience and motivation; relationship
between resilience and survival; promoting resilience in long-term
care; and the lifespan approach to resilience. By addressing ways
in which the hypothetical and theoretical concepts of resilience
can be applied in geriatric practice, Resilience in Aging provides
inroads to the current knowledge and practice of resilience from
the perspectives of physiology, psychology, culture, creativity,
and economics. In addition, the book considers the impact of
resilience on critical aspects of life for older adults such as
policy issues (e.g., nursing home policies, Medicare guidelines),
health and wellness, motivation, spirituality, and survival.
Following these discussions, the book focuses on interventions that
increase resilience. The intervention chapters include case studies
and are intended to be useful at the clinical level. The book
concludes with a discussion of future directions in optimizing
resilience in the elderly and the importance of a lifespan approach
to aging.
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