Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics 2003

by Wahl, Hans-Werner, Ph.D.; Scheidt, Rick J.; Windley, Paul G.

• ISBN13: 9780826117342
• ISBN10: 0826117341
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

In this volume, dedicated to M. Powell Lawton, the editors emphasize the need to create new bridges to connect research studies focusing on objective physical environments and other studies mainly addressing subjective person-environment components. Thus the major goal of this volume is to provide and stimulate multi-directional bridge-building from the perspectives of multidisciplinary contributors. Comprehensively addressed subjects include: - Aging in Context Across the Adult Life - The General Ecological Model Revisited - The Fit Between Older People and Their Environments - Domestic Arrangements - The Impact of Population Migration - Interior Environments - Residential Satisfaction - Technology Based Products

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	xiii
Forthcoming Contents for Volume 24	xv
1. Aging in Context Across the Adult Life Course: Integrating Physical and Social Environmental Research Perspectives	1	(33)
Hans-Werner Wahl and Frieder R. Lang
2. The General Ecological Model Revisited: Evolution, Current Status, and Continuing Challenges	34	(25)
Rick J. Scheidt and Carolyn Norris-Baker
3. Ecology and the Aging Self	59	(26)
Robert L. Rubinstein and Kate de Medeiros
4. Assessing the Fit Between Older People and their Physical Home Environments: An Occupational Therapy Research Perspective	85	(25)
Susanne Iwarsson
5. Socio-physical Environments at the Macro Level: The Impact of Population Migration	110	(20)
Charles F. Longino, Jr.
6. Everyday Competence and Everyday Problem Solving in Aging Adults: The Role of Physical and Social Context	130	(37)
Manfred Diehl and Sherry L. Willis
7. Interior Living Environments in Old Age	167	(28)
Graham D. Rowles, Frank Oswald, and Elizabeth G. Hunter
8. Correlates of Residential Satisfaction in Adulthood and Old Age: A Meta-Analysis	195	(28)
Martin Pinquart and David Burmedi
9. Neighborhoods, Health, and Well-Being in Late Life	223	(27)
Neal Krause
10. Technology and the Good Life: Challenges for Current and Future Generations of Aging People	250	(30)
Heidrue Mollenkopf and James L. Fozard
11. The Urban-Rural Distinction in Gerontology: An Update of Research	280	(33)
Stephen M. Golam
12. Kinship and Supportive Environments of Aging	313	(21)
Christine L. Fry
13. Environmental Gerontology Research and Practice: The Challenge of Application	334	(32)
Paul G. Windley and Gerald R. Weisman
Index	366