Overview
- Living longer and healthier is a goal of human beings for thousands of years, but we know little about it
- Written by distinguished experts in the field of healthy aging/ longevity it addresses strategically important issues of "living longer and healthier"
- Presents country-specific studies and cross-national comparisons with easy-to-read texts, based on longitudinal and cross-sectional data from North America, Europe and Asia
Part of the book series: International Studies in Population (ISIP, volume 2)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Disability and Healthy Life Expectancy
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Front Matter
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Individual Healthy Aging
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The Family and Healthy Aging
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About this book
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.
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 country-specific studies and cross-national comparisons.
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.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Longer Life and Healthy Aging
Editors: Zeng Yi, Eileen M. Crimmins, Yves Carrière, Jean-Marie Robine
Series Title: International Studies in Population
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4032-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4024-5Published: 12 January 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4791-6Published: 12 February 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4032-0Published: 02 August 2006
Series ISSN: 1871-0395
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0459
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 354
Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Demography, Aging, Social Sciences, general, Geriatrics/Gerontology