Longer life and healthy aging /

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Imprint:	Dordrecht : Springer, c2006.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 354 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	International studies in population ; v. 2 International studies in population ; v. 2.
Subject:	Older people -- Health and hygiene. Geriatric Assessment. Health Services for the Aged. Life Expectancy. Needs Assessment. Population Dynamics. Older people -- Health and hygiene.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8877528

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Other authors / contributors:	Zeng, Yi, 1952- International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
ISBN:	1402040245 (HB : alk. paper) 9781402040245 (HB : alk. paper) 1402040326 (e-book) 9781402040320 (e-book) 9781402047916 (pbk.) 1402047916 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Annotation 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 county-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.
Other form:	Print version: Longer life and healthy aging. Dordrecht : Springer, c2006 1402040245 Online version: Longer life and healthy aging. Dordrecht : Springer, c2006

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Part I. Disability and Healthy Life Expectancy
Introduction to Part I
1. Can We Live Longer, Healthier Lives?
2. Aging and Disability in Taiwan: Prevalence and Transitions from a Panel Study
3. Disability Patterns for U.S. Elderly Nursing Home Residents over Two Decades: Findings from the 1973 to 1997 National Nursing Home Surveys
4. A Method for Correcting the Underestimation of Disabled Life Expectancy, with an Empirical Application to Oldest-Old in China
5. Effects of Diabetes on Healthy Life Expectancy: Shorter Lives with More Disability for Both Women and Men
6. Increasing Longevity: Causes, Consequences and Prospects. Cardiovascular Disease Trends
Part II. Individual Healthy Aging. Introduction to Part II
7. Age Differences in Allostatic Load: An Index of Frailty
8. Aging without Dementia, Pascale Barberger-Gateau
9. Does Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism Determine the Survivability of Vascular Accidents at Advanced Ages? Implications for Mortality Differentials
Running head: Mortality and APOE
10. The Danish Longitudinal Centenarian Study
11. Gender and Healthy Aging
12. Female Disadvantages among the Elderly in China
13. The Relationship between Occupational Status, Mobility and Mortality at Older Ages
Part III. The Family and Healthy Aging. Introduction to Part III
14. Impact of Longer Life on Care Giving from Children
15. Living Arrangement of the Oldest Old in China
16. Longevity among Chinese Consanguines
Part IV. Community Effects on Healthy Aging. Introduction to Part IV
17. Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with the Use of Formal and Informal Support Networks among Elderly Canadians
18. Variation in Cohort Size and Lower Mortality in the Elderly: Implications for Pay-As-You-Go Healthcare Systems
19. Successful Aging amongst the Very Old: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study of Aging
20. Needs, Provision, and Financing of Care for Elderly
Index

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