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Quality of Life in Old Age

International and Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Heidrun Mollenkopf

    1. Department of Social and Environmental Gerontology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

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  2. Alan Walker

    1. Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK

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  • Comprehensive, covers essential components of quality of life
  • International and multidisciplinary perspectives
  • Authors are leading experts in the field
  • First volume of this kind
  • Practical and theoretical aspects

Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series (SINS, volume 31)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Understanding Quality of Life in Old Age

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. International and Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Quality of Life in Old Age: Conceptual Issues

      • Alan Walker, Heidrun Mollenkopf
      Pages 3-13

    3. Quality of Life in Older Age: What Older People Say

      • Ann Bowling
      Pages 15-30

  3. Key Aspects of Quality of Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 32-32
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    2. Well-being, Control and Ageing: An Empirical Assessment

      • Svein Olav Daatland, Thomas Hansen
      Pages 33-47

    3. Social Resources

      • Toni C. Antonucci, Kristine J. Ajrouch
      Pages 49-64

    4. Economic Resources and Subjective Well-Being in Old Age

      • Manuela Weidekamp-Maicher, Gerhard Naegele
      Pages 65-84

    5. Quality of Life in Old Age, Inequality and Welfare State Reform: A Comparison Between Norway, Germany, and England

      • Andreas Motel-Klingebiel
      Pages 85-100

    6. Environmental Aspects of Quality of Life in Old Age: Conceptual and Empirical Issues

      • Hans-Werner Wahl, Heidrun Mollenkopf, Frank Oswald, Christiane Claus
      Pages 101-122

    7. The Environments of Ageing in the Context of the Global Quality of Life among Older People Living in Family Housing

      • Fermina Rojo-Pérez, Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas, Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez, José-Manuel Rojo-Abuín
      Pages 123-150

    8. Perceived Environmental Stress, Depression, and Quality of Life in Older, Low Income, Minority Urban Adults

      • William B. Disch, Jean J. Schensul, Kim E. Radda, Julie T. Robison
      Pages 151-165

    9. Ageing and Quality of Life in Asia and Europe: A Comparative Sociological Appraisal

      • Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi
      Pages 167-177

    10. Ethnicity and Quality of Life

      • Neena L. Chappell
      Pages 179-194

    11. Health and Quality of Life

      • Dorly J. H. Deeg
      Pages 195-213

    12. Care-related Quality of Life: Conceptual and Empirical Exploration

      • Marja Vaarama, Richard Pieper, Andrew Sixsmith
      Pages 215-232

  4. Conclusions and Outlook

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 234-234
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    2. Quality of Life in Old Age: Synthesis and Future Perspectives

      • Heidrun Mollenkopf, Alan Walker
      Pages 235-248

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 249-259
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About this book

This book started its life during a symposium we organised on Quality of Life in Old Age at the Fifth Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) in Frankfurt in July 2003. We are extremely grateful to Alex Michalos for sponsoring that session, encouraging us to use the symposium presentations as the basis for a book and for his support during the commissioning and editing process. We are also very grateful to the authors of this volume for the prompt delivery of their manuscripts and responses to our editorial comments. Finally our special thanks to Marg Walker for her expert and efficient preparation of the manuscript for publication. Heidrun Mollenkopf Alan Walker Heidelberg Sheffield ix SECTION I UNDERSTANDING QUALITY OF LIFE IN OLD AGE ALAN WALKER AND HEIDRUN MOLLENKOPF 1. INTERNATIONAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN OLD AGE Conceptual issues Quality of life (QoL) is a multidimensional, holistic construct assessed from many different perspectives and by many disciplines. Moreover, the concept of QoL can be applied to practically all important domains of life. Thus, QoL research has to include social, environmental, structural, and health-related aspects, and be approached from an interdisciplinary perspective. This holds even more when QoL in old age is the focus because ageing itself is a multidimensional process.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social and Environmental Gerontology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

    Heidrun Mollenkopf

  • Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK

    Alan Walker

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