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| Understanding well-being in the oldest old | | Author(s) | Leonard W Poon, Jiska Cohen-Mansfield |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, New York, 2011 |
| Pages | 392 pp |
| Source | Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, CB2 8RU. http://www.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Well being ; Quality of life ; Octogenarians ; Nonagenarians. |
| Annotation | The oldest 0ld (age 85 years and older) constitutes a rapidly growing segment of the population, and which tends to suffer increasing physical and cognitive decline. This book is the outcome of a 4-day workshop attended by American and Israeli scientists, and funded by the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation. The 19 papers are arranged in four parts, the first being on theory and research on well-being. The three papers in Part 2 look at trauma and the impact of life events, such as the Holocaust. Part 3 considers a range of themes: nutrition, social relationships, spirituality and religiosity, and leisure activities. Part 4 looks at the measurement of well-being. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120723005 B |
| Classmark | D:F:5HH: F:59: BBM: BBR |
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