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9780826112477

The Many Dimensions of Aging

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826112477

  • ISBN10:

    0826112471

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-04-01
  • Publisher: Springer Pub Co
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Summary

Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore. Addresses research findings and their implications for understanding and helping the elderly. Topics include: the environment and aging, quality of life issues, emotions and the aged, and issues of care giving. Provides an overview of advances in the field for researchers, professionals, and graduate students.

Table of Contents

Contributors xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Foreword xv
Elaine M. Brody
Introduction xix
I. Environment and Aging 1(54)
Theory and Practice of Place: Toward an Integrative Model
3(19)
Gerald D. Weisman
Habib Chaudhury
Keith Diaz Moore
The Ecological Theory of Aging: Powell Lawton's Legacy
22(19)
Lucille Nahemow
Adjusting Person-Environment Systems: Helping Older People Live the ``Good Life'' at Home
41(14)
Laura N. Gitlin
II. Health and Quality of Life 55(86)
Time and Function
57(11)
Steven M. Albert
Assessing Quality of Care Among Chronic Care Populations: Conceptual and Statistical Modeling Issues
68(48)
Jeanne A. Teresi
Douglas Holmes
Marcia Ory
Family and Nursing Home Staff's Perceptions of Quality of Life in Dementia
116(13)
Margaret A. Perkinson
Style Versus Substance: The Cross-Cultural Study of Well-Being
129(12)
Allen Glicksman
III. Studies of Affect 141(32)
The Assessment and Integration of Preferences into Care Practices for Persons with Dementia Residing in the Nursing Home
143(21)
Kimberly Van Haitsma
Opportunities for Redefining Late Life Depression Ab Initio
164(9)
Ira R. Katz
IV. Personal and Human Development 173(22)
A Stage Theory Model of Adult Cognitive Development Revisited
175(20)
K. Warner Schaie
Sherry Willis
V. Caregiving 195(34)
Caregiving Research: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
197(17)
Rachel A. Pruchno
Appraisals of Dependence Versus Independence Among Care-Receiving Elderly Women
214(15)
Sandra Litvin
VI. Community and Program Development 229(50)
If You Want to Understand Something, Try to Change It: An Essay Honoring Powell Lawton
231(8)
George L. Maddox
Community Planning and the Elderly
239(14)
Robert Newcomer
Carrie Griffin
Research As a Resource for Planning and Practice
253(14)
Avalie R. Saperstein
Abby Spector
Outcomes Research in Mental Disorders of Late Life: Alzheimer's Disease As Example
267(12)
Barry D. Lebowitz
Index 279

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