Aging Well

?A valuable addition to the series, this compilation of research articles, policy publications, and practice concepts that focus on positive adaptations of aging' has been created to counter the notion that aging is a negative process always connected to problems and impairment.?-Choice ?The well-qualified authors of this skillfully annotated biblography admit that thay are not always in complete agreement as to what "aging well" really means. At any rate, they have used this concept as the criterion for selecting entries from literature and research about normal aging-the positive aspects of growing old successfully as opposed to the more usual negative viewpoint of a period of problems, deteriorating health, and loss. ... Researchers and specialists from many disciplines dealing with aging and the elderly should find this volume from the series on gerontology of significant interest.?-ARBA "A valuable addition to the series, this compilation of research articles, policy publications, and practice concepts that focus on positive adaptations of aging' has been created to counter the notion that aging is a negative process always connected to problems and impairment."-Choice "The well-qualified authors of this skillfully annotated biblography admit that thay are not always in complete agreement as to what "aging well" really means. At any rate, they have used this concept as the criterion for selecting entries from literature and research about normal aging-the positive aspects of growing old successfully as opposed to the more usual negative viewpoint of a period of problems, deteriorating health, and loss. ... Researchers and specialists from many disciplines dealing with aging and the elderly should find this volume from the series on gerontology of significant interest."-ARBA

W. EDWARD FOLTS is Director of the Gerontology Program and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. He is the coauthor of Housing and the Aging Population: Options for the New Century (1994) and (1984) and journal articles dealing with issues related to housing and quality of life. BETTE A. IDE is Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Dr. Ide has coauthored book chapters and professional articles appearing in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing, The Journal of Family Studies, The Journal of Rural Health, Behavior, Health, and Aging, Women and Health, and others. TANYA FUSCO JOHNSON currently holds a position at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Dr. Johnson's publications include Ethical Dilemmas in Elder Mistreatment and Elder Mistreatment: Deciding Who is at Risk (1991). Her articles have appeared in a variety of professional journals. JENNIFER CREW SOLOMON is Assistant Professor of Sociology and serves as coordinator of the gerontology minor program at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. She is currently coediting a special issue of The American Behavioral Scientist and has coauthored many articles.

Preface Introduction Physical Aging Psychological Aging Social Aging Family Issues Living Arrangements Work and Economics Education and Leisure Politics Religion Appendix: Measurement of Aging Well Author Index Subject Index