Promoting successful and productive aging

This chapter discusses primary prevention in the Service of Aging, comparative perspectives on Successful Aging in Minority Populations, and lessons for Prevention Stress and Well-Being in Later Life.

Abstract

PART ONE: INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS Primary Prevention in the Service of Aging - Armin Grams and George W Albee Questions that Aging Puts to Preventionists - Margaret Gatz The Social Construction of Ageism - Jon Hendricks Demography of Productive Aging - Eleanor M Simonsick PART TWO: SUCCESSFUL AND PRODUCTIVE AGING: ORGANIC FACTORS Prevention and Chronic Disease in Older Individuals - Pearl S German Effects of Age on Resting Energy Expenditure - Eric T Poehlman Prospects for Prevention of Dementia and Associated Impairments - James A Mortimer PART THREE: PSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMPETENCE AND COPING THROUGH AGING Autonomy and Sense of Control among Older Adults - Alex J Zautra, John W Reich and Jason T Newsom An Examination of Their Effects on Mental Health Informal Social Support - Neena L Chappell Formal Support in Later Life - Michael A Smyer Lessons for Prevention Stress and Well-Being in Later Life - Neal Krause Using Research Findings to Inform Intervention Design Promoting Competence through Compensation - Roger A Dixon A Life Course Approach to Post-Retirement - Phyllis Moen Roles and Well-Being PART FOUR: COMPARATIVE ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES Issues Affecting Older Women - Elizabeth W Markson Promoting Successful and Productive Aging in Minority Populations - Rose C Gibson Lesbians and Gay Men Also Grow Old - Douglas C Kimmel Comparative Perspectives on Successful Aging - Charlotte Ikels et al