Preparation for Aging

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Life Long Learning and Retirement

   1. Meaning and Late Life Learning

      • Harry R. Moody

      Pages 1-7

   2. The Third Age and the Disappearance of Old Age

      • Peter Laslett

      Pages 9-16

   3. Life after Work

      • Tom Schuller

      Pages 17-25

   4. Emergent Challenges for Universities of the Third Age

      • Brian Groombridge

      Pages 27-37

   5. Retirement

      • Christian Lalive d’Epinay, Jean-François Bickel

      Pages 39-54

   6. The Role of a Preparation for Retirement in the Improvement of the Quality of Life for Elderly People

      • René Jeanneret

      Pages 55-62

   7. In Search of the Meaning of Education

      • Ari Antikainen, Jarmo Houtsonen, Hannu Huotelin, Juha Kauppila

      Pages 63-72

   8. Lifelong Learning Experiences from Norway

      • Reidun Ingebretsen, Tor Endestad

      Pages 73-78

   9. If I Had My Life to Live over Again...

      • T. I. Tikkanen, J. Kuusinen

      Pages 79-86

3. Health and Quality of Life

   1. The New Public Health Approach to Improving Physical Activity and Autonomy in Older Populations

      • John B. McKinlay

      Pages 87-103

   2. Healthy Aging

      • Eino Heikkinen

      Pages 105-119

   3. Adding Life to Years! Promoting Quality of Life in an Aging Europe

      • Chris Todd

      Pages 121-128

   4. Health Related Quality of Life as an Outcome Measure for Health Care of Elderly People

      • Chris Todd

      Pages 129-138

   5. Health-Related Quality of Life in Old Age: How to Define it, How to Study?

      • Marja Jylhä

      Pages 139-144

   6. Health Related Quality of Life in Old Age

      • Anna-Mari Aalto, Arja R. Aro, Anu Hämäläinen, Jouko Lönnqvist

      Pages 145-149

   7. Disability and Quality of Life in Old Age

      • Luigi Ferrucci, Stefania Bandinelli, Francesca Cecchi, Bernardo Salani, Alberto Baroni

      Pages 151-154

   8. Research and the Promotion of Quality of Life in Older Persons in the Netherlands

      • Dorly J. H. Deeg

      Pages 155-163

   9. Does Work Stress Enhance the Rate of Aging?

      • Willem J. A. Goedhard

      Pages 165-173

4. Gender, Generation and Aging

   1. Interrelations between Generations in Historical Perspective

      • Birgitta Odén

      Pages 175-180

''Full of valuable definitions, descriptions, discussion and succinct summaries....the volume forms an interesting, up-to-date reservoir of information on 'preparation for aging'. As a source of specific insights and alternative perspectives it is a welcome addition to the literature.'' -Aging and Society

• Altern
• Generation
• aging
• autonomy
• gender
• gerontology
• quality of life
• utopia

• University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

  Eino Heikkinen, Jorma Kuusinen, Isto Ruoppila

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