Between longer life expectancies and declining birth rates,
Europe's elder population is growing into a sizable minority with
considerable impact on nations, health systems, and economies-in
other words, global implications as well as local and regional
ones. Those investing in the health of older adults need a double
perspective: the social and clinical complexity of aging and the
larger forces shaping these experiences.
"Aging in European Societies" examines aging trends across the
continent, analyzing individual and collective variables that
affect the lives of older adults, and drawing salient comparisons
with other parts of the world. An interdisciplinary panel of
experts provides theory, research, and empirical findings (with
examples from the UK, Cyprus, Sweden, and others) in key areas such
as family and social supports, physical and cognitive changes,
dependence and autonomy issues, and living arrangements. The book's
wide-net approach offers insights into not only aging, but aging
well. And of particular importance, it details approaches to
defining and measuring the elusive but crucial concept, quality of
life. Included in the coverage:
The potential for technology to improve elders' quality of
life.Dementia and quality of life issues.Changes in functional
ability with aging and over time.Family networks and supports in
older age.Factors influencing inequalities in quality of
life.Late-life learning in the E.U.
Gerontologists, sociologists, health and cross-cultural
psychologists, and public health policymakers will welcome "Aging
in European Societies "as a springboard toward continued
discussion, new directions for research, and improvements in policy
and practice."
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