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New Dynamics in Old Age - Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives (Paperback)
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New Dynamics in Old Age - Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives (Paperback)
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This book was nurtured by the belief that the new dynamics of
today's and tomorrow's aging has not yet been treated well in the
gerontology literature. Several questions drove the choice of
substance for the book: What kind of new dynamics of aging deserves
consideration? What kinds of theories and fields are at the core of
treating such a new dynamics? And what kind of empirical evidence
should be considered? The master hypothesis on which the book is
based maintains that the new dynamics of old age is best observed
in a range of everyday aging contexts that have been undergoing
major change since the second half of the 20th century. In
particular, five areas of new and persistent dynamics are treated
in depth: the social environment, with a focus on cohort effects in
social relations and the consideration of family relations and
elders as care redelivers; the home environment, with emphasis on
housing and quality of life, relocation and urban aging issues; the
outdoor environment, with consideration of out-of-home activity
patterns, car-driving behaviour and the leisure world of aging; the
technological environment, with treatments of the role of the
Internet and the potential of technology for aging outcomes and;
and the societal environment with a focus on global aging, the new
politics of old age and older persons as market consumers. The
book's main purpose is to provide the scholarly gerontology
community with a comprehensive and critical discussion of these new
trends related to old age. The book will be of interest for the
scholarly community of gerontology in a variety of disciplines;
sociology, psychology, demography, epidemiology, humanities, social
policy and geriatrics; students in gerontology education and in the
disciplines named above who have an interest in aging issues
(graduate level); professionals in practical and applied fields
related to aging such as community and urban planners, health and
care providers and policymakers; people involved in senior
citizens' organizations and those in industry who wish to serve
older people with new products.
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