New Frontiers in Resilient Aging (Paperback)

Prem S. Fry

ISBN 10: 1107412498 / ISBN 13: 9781107412491

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013

Paperback. A typically pessimistic view of aging is that it leads to a steady decline in physical and mental abilities. In this volume leading gerontologists and geriatric researchers explore the immense potential of older adults to overcome the challenges of old age and pursue active lives with renewed vitality. The contributors believe that resilience capacities diminishing with old age is a misconception and argue that individuals may successfully capitalize on their existing resources, skills and cognitive processes in order to achieve new learning, continuing growth, and enhanced life-satisfaction. By identifying useful psychological resources such as social connectedness, personal engagement and commitment, openness to new experiences, social support and sustained cognitive activity, the authors present a balanced picture of resilient aging. Older adults, while coping with adversity and losses, can be helped to maintain a complementary focus on psychological strengths, positive emotions, and regenerative capacities to achieve continued growth and healthy longevity. In this volume leading gerontologists and geriatric researchers challenge the typically pessimistic view of aging. They argue that adults can overcome the challenges of old age by capitalizing on established psychological strengths to thrive and enhance life satisfaction, despite some decline in physical and mental abilities. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781107412491

Synopsis:

A typically pessimistic view of aging is that it leads to a steady decline in physical and mental abilities. In this volume leading gerontologists and geriatric researchers explore the immense potential of older adults to overcome the challenges of old age and pursue active lives with renewed vitality. The contributors believe that resilience capacities diminishing with old age is a misconception and argue that individuals may successfully capitalize on their existing resources, skills and cognitive processes in order to achieve new learning, continuing growth, and enhanced life-satisfaction. By identifying useful psychological resources such as social connectedness, personal engagement and commitment, openness to new experiences, social support and sustained cognitive activity, the authors present a balanced picture of resilient aging. Older adults, while coping with adversity and losses, can be helped to maintain a complementary focus on psychological strengths, positive emotions, and regenerative capacities to achieve continued growth and healthy longevity.

Book Description: In this volume leading gerontologists and geriatric researchers challenge the typically pessimistic view of aging. They argue that adults can overcome the challenges of old age by capitalizing on established psychological strengths to thrive and enhance life satisfaction, despite some decline in physical and mental abilities.

Bibliographic Details

Title: New Frontiers in Resilient Aging (Paperback)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new