Successful Aging and Adaptation with Chronic Diseases (Springer Series on Lifestyles and Issues in Aging) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826119751 ISBN 13: 9780826119759

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2003

Synopsis

For many people growing old means facing one or more chronic diseases. Successful Aging and Adaptation with Chronic Diseases 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.

Questions considered include: How do older adults approach and deal with everyday-life when affected by multiple health problems? What kind of impact do they feel diseases have on their successful aging? How do existent models and theories of coping address these issues?

Presenting research funded by the AARP Andrus Foundation, this book brings together contributions by originators in the field, including Robert Kahn and Ann Whall. This volume is sure to be a seminal reference point for future research.

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is rofessor of public health in the Department of Health Policy and Management, professor of psychology in the Department of Life Span Developmental Psychology, chair of the faculty of gerontology, and director of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Georgia. He is also the director of the Georgia Geriatric Education Center. Dr. Poon is the principal investigator of the Georgia Centenarian Study, which was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (1988-1992, 1992-1997) and the National Institute on Aging (2001-2008). He is the founder, and has been executive director, of the International Centenarian Consortium. since 1994. Dr. Poon is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. 9

is rofessor of public health in the Department of Health Policy and Management, professor of psychology in the Department of Life Span Developmental Psychology, chair of the faculty of gerontology, and director of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Georgia. He is also the director of the Georgia Geriatric Education Center. Dr. Poon is the principal investigator of the Georgia Centenarian Study, which was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (1988-1992, 1992-1997) and the National Institute on Aging (2001-2008). He is the founder, and has been executive director, of the International Centenarian Consortium. since 1994. Dr. Poon is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.b034

is rofessor of public health in the Department of Health Policy and Management, professor of psychology in the Department of Life Span Developmental Psychology, chair of the faculty of gerontology, and director of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Georgia. He is also the director of the Georgia Geriatric Education Center. Dr. Poon is the principal investigator of the Georgia Centenarian Study, which was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (1988-1992, 1992-1997) and the National Institute on Aging (2001-2008). He is the founder, and has been executive director, of the International Centenarian Consortium. since 1994. Dr. Poon is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0826119751
• ISBN 13: 9780826119759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Poon PhD DPhil Leonard W., Gueldner DSN RN FAAN FGSA FNAP FAGHE Sarah H., Sprouse PhD Betsy M.