Longer Life And Healthy Aging

by Zeng, Yi

• ISBN13: 9781402047916
• ISBN10: 1402047916
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER

Summary

People are living longer and most countries are experiencing unprecedented increases in the number and proportion of their elderly populations, resulting from declines in mortality, lower fertility, and the baby boom cohorts entering old age. A fundamental issue facing the global community is meeting the challenges of population aging and achieving healthy aging to maintain an active older population and reduce the number of disabled people. Healthy aging is obviously a major goal of all societies and is the central theme of this book. The focus of this book is on theoretical issues and empirical findings related to trends and determinants of healthy aging, including factors related to "healthy longevity" of the oldest-old, aged 80 and over. The group is the most rapidly increasing elderly sub-population and is most likely to need assistance in daily living in all countries. Chapters include both longitudinal and cross-sectional data from North America, Europe, and Asia in country-specific studies and cross-national comparisons. We organized the twenty chapters into four parts. Part I focuses on the definition, components, concepts, measurements, and determinants of healthy aging, and discusses the trends and patterns of disability and healthy life expectancy at the macro level. Part II addresses individual healthy aging, including its biological and socio-demographic aspects. Part III focuses on issues concerning the family and healthy aging, and Part IV explores formal and informal care for healthy aging through governmental policy interventions and community service programs.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Disability and Healthy Life Expectancy

Introduction to Part I

Can We Live Longer, Healthier Lives?

Aging and Disability in Taiwan: Prevalence and Transitions from a Panel Study

Disability Patterns for U.S. Elderly Nursing Home Residents over Two Decades: Findings from the 1973 to 1997 National Nursing Home Surveys

A Method for Correcting the Underestimation of Disabled Life Expectancy, with an Empirical Application to Oldest-Old in China

Effects of Diabetes on Healthy Life Expectancy: Shorter Lives with More Disability for Both Women and Men

Increasing Longevity: Causes, Consequences and Prospects. Cardiovascular Disease Trends

Individual Healthy Aging. Introduction to Part II

Age Differences in Allostatic Load: An Index of Frailty

Aging without Dementia, Pascale Barberger-Gateau

Does Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism Determine the Survivability of Vascular Accidents at Advanced Ages? Implications for Mortality Differentials

Running head: Mortality and APOE

The Danish Longitudinal Centenarian Study

Gender and Healthy Aging

Female Disadvantages among the Elderly in China

The Relationship between Occupational Status, Mobility and Mortality at Older Ages

The Family and Healthy Aging. Introduction to Part III

Impact of Longer Life on Care Giving from Children

Living Arrangement of the Oldest Old in China

Longevity among Chinese Consanguines

Community Effects on Healthy Aging. Introduction to Part IV

Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with the Use of Formal and Informal Support Networks among Elderly Canadians

Variation in Cohort Size and Lower Mortality in the Elderly: Implications for Pay-As-You-Go Healthcare Systems

Successful Aging amongst the Very Old: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study of Aging

Needs, Provision, and Financing of Care for Elderly

Index

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