Successful aging and adaptations with chronic diseases /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : Springer Pub., ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Springer series on life styles & issues in aging Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.
Subject:	Older people -- Health and hygiene. Older people -- Medical care. Chronic diseases. Aging. Chronic Disease. Activities of Daily Living. Adaptation, Psychological. Aged. Chronic diseases. Older people -- Health and hygiene. Older people -- Medical care.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11184116

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Other authors / contributors:	Poon, Leonard W., 1942- Gueldner, Sarah Hall. Sprouse, Betsy M.
ISBN:	9780826119766 082611976X 0826119751 9780826119759 1281811173 9781281811172 9786611811174 6611811176
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Annotation This book reviews, coalesces, and expands what we know about how older adults successfully experience the aging process, and how they feel about and live with chronic illnesses.
Other form:	Print version: Successful aging and adaptations with chronic diseases. New York : Springer Pub., ©2003 0826119751 9780826119759

Table of Contents:

Foreword; Preface; Contributors; 1 Self-Rated Successful Aging: Correlates and Predictors; 2 Successful Aging and Reciprocity Among Older Adults in Assisted Living Settings; 3 Successful Aging: Intended and Unintended Consequences of a Concept; 4 Health Expectancy: An Indicator of Successful Aging and a Measure of the Impact of Chronic Disease and Disability; 5 Risk and Protective Factors for Physical Functioning in Older Adults With and Without Chronic Conditions: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging; 6 Health Expectancy, Risk Factors, and Physical Functioning
7 Coping with Comorbidity8 Coping with Specific Chronic Health Conditions; 9 Managing Multiple Chronic Health Conditions in Everyday Life; 10 Coping with Multiple Chronic Health Conditions; 11 Metanarratives Surrounding Successful Aging: The Medium Is the Message; References; Index

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