The many faces of health, competence and well-being in old age :
[Book]
integrating epidemiological, psychological, and social perspectives /
edited by Hans-Werner Wahl ... [et al.].
x, 267 pages :
illustrations ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction: The person-environment perspective in ageing research / Hans-Werner Wahl -- The role of the home environment in middle and late adulthood / Frank Oswald ... [et al.] -- Commentary: A house is not a home : but can it become one? / Graham D. Rowles -- Outdoor mobility in late life : persons, environments and society / Heidrun Mollenkopf ... [et al.] -- Commentary: Mobility--a key to understanding and improving transportation services for seniors and others / Jon E. Burkhardt -- Age-related loss in vision : a case to learn about ageing in context / Hans-Werner Wahl ... [et al.] -- Commentary: Age-related loss in vision : a case to learn about aging in context / Amy Horowitz -- Introduction: Developmental perspectives in the second half of life / Andreas Kruse -- The influence of marital support on marital satisfaction : are there age and gender differences? / Marina Schmitt and Matthias Kliegel -- Commentary: Changed gender roles and their impact on marital support and satisfaction / Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello -- Stressful life events, protective factors and depressive disorders in middle adulthood / Elke Voss, Anne-Katrin Stegmann and Johannes Schröder -- Commentary: Stressful life events and depressive disorders : the paradigm shift / Elaine Wethington -- Predictors of well-being in very old age / Christoph Rott ... [et al.] -- Commentary: Well-being in very old age : old and new issues / Bo Hagberg -- Introduction: Epidemiological perspectives in ageing research / Hermann Brenner -- Cancer among older adults : incidence, prognosis and new avenues of prevention / Hermann Brenner and Volker Arndt -- Commentary: Cancer in the elderly : prevention and better care needed / Jan Willem Coebergh -- Cardiovascular diseases among older adults : incidence, prognosis and new avenues for prevention / Dietrich Rothenbacher and Hermann Brenner -- Commentary: Cardiovascular diseases among older adults : incidence, prognosis and new avenues for prevention / S. Goya Wannamethee -- Medical care for nursing home residents : national perspectives in international context / Heribert Ramroth ... [et al.] -- Commentary: Medical care for nursing home residents : national perspectives in international context / Siegfried Weyerer and Martina Schäufele -- The impact of internal and external resources on health, competence and well-being: longitudinal findings from the ILSE / Marina Schmitt ... [et al.] -- Determinants, prognostic relevance and development of anxiety and depression in patients with coronary heart disease : an interdisciplinary approach within the KAROLA study / Deitrich Rothenbacher ... [et al.] -- Commentary: Interdisciplinary longitudinal studies of ageing / K. Warner Schaie -- Ageing Europe : challenges for policy and research / Alan Walker -- On the relevance of ageing research for policy and practice / Svein Olav Daatland
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The many faces of health, competence and well-being in old age : integrating epidemiological, psychological, and social perspectives.