Aging and Quality of Life (Springer Series on Social Work) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826184308 ISBN 13: 9780826184306

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 1994

Synopsis

In this timely and important work, expert gerontologists review what has been learned about the aged and the process of aging and link this knowledge to interventions for improving the quality of life.

This volume highlights the development of preventive, therapeutic, and rehabilitative interventions designed to assist older people maintain their independence and quality of life. In addition to the editors, chapter authors include Robert N. Butler, Matilda White Riley, Carroll Estes, and a foreword by James O. Mason.

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is a Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research in the Office of the Director at the National Institutes of Health. From 1994 to 1998, he served as the Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Research at the National Institute on Aging (BSR/NIA). Previously he served at BSR/NIA as the Deputy Associate Director (1980-1991) and Acting Associate Director (1991 to 1994). He received the National Institutes of Health Award of Merit twice for "leadership and contributions to the advancement of behavioral and social research on aging within the Federal Government and nationally" (1993) and for "exceptional leadership in advancing a program of research to understand and apply knowledge about the relationship between psychosocial factors and health" (2002).

is professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Health, School of Rural Public Health (SRPH) at The Texas A&M Health Science Center in College Station, Texas. As Director of the Program on Healthy Aging, she is committed to research and practice that enhances the health and well-being of older adults. In her role as director of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored Active for Life National Program Office, she is examining how evidence-based programs can be translated to community settings, expanding program research and sustainability. As part of this effort she has established a Learning Network to serve as the communications hub for the Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Initiative.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0826184308
• ISBN 13: 9780826184306
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Abeles PhD Ronald P., Gift PhD Helen, Ory PhD MPH Marcia G.