Handbook of Active Ageing and Quality of Life
From Concepts to Applications
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Beschreibung
This handbook presents an overview of studies on the relationship of active ageing and quality of life. It addresses the new challenges of ageing from the paradigm of positive ageing (active, healthy and successful) for a better quality of life. It provides theoretical perspectives and empirical studies, including scientific knowledge as well as practical experiences about the good ageing and the quality of later life around the world, in order to respond to the challenges of an aged population. The handbook is structured in 4 sections covering theoretical and conceptual perspectives, social policy issues and research agenda, methods, measurement instrument-scales and evaluations, and lastly application studies including domains and geographical contexts.
Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
This handbook presents an overview of studies on the relationship of active ageing and quality of life. It addresses the new challenges of ageing from the paradigm of positive ageing (active, healthy and successful) for a better quality of life. It provides theoretical perspectives and empirical studies, including scientific knowledge as well as practical experiences about the good ageing and the quality of later life around the world, in order to respond to the challenges of an aged population. The handbook is structured in 4 sections covering theoretical and conceptual perspectives, social policy issues and research agenda, methods, measurement instrument-scales and evaluations, and lastly application studies including domains and geographical contexts. Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Addresses the new challenges of ageing all over the world, from the paradigm of a positive ageing (active, healthy, successful) for a better quality of later life Includes domain-specific and geographical contributions on the importance of an ageing society around the world Provides theoretical perspectives and empirical studies, including scientific knowledge and also practical experiences about the good ageing and the quality in later life around the world
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Fermina Rojo-Pérez
Themen in »Handbook of Active Ageing and Quality of Life«
Active Aging and Quality of Life Quality of Life of Older People Generativity in Later Life Developmental Social Policy and Active Aging Transnational Aging and Healthy Aging Measuring the Impact of Active Aging Ageing and Gender Flourishing and Languishing of Individuals Quality of Life of Older People in South Africa Ageing and Well-Being in Australia Ageing and Well-Being in Canada Achieving Active Ageing in Europe Active Aging and Care