New dynamics in old age

• Titel: New dynamics in old age
• Titelzusatz: individual, environmental, and societal perspectives
• Mitwirkende: Wahl, Hans-Werner [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Tesch-Römer, Clemens [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Hoff, Andreas [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: ed. by Hans-Werner Wahl; Clemens Tesch-Römer; Andreas Hoff
• Verlagsort: Amityville
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Jahr: 2006
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (401 pages)
• ISBN: 978-1-351-84279-2
• ISBN: 978-0-89503-322-2
• Schlagwörter: (s)Alterssoziologie
• Schlagwörter: (s)Alter / (s)Gerontologie / (s)Soziale Situation
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: New dynamics in old age. - Amityville, NY : Baywood, 2007. - VIII, 392 S.
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Wahl, Hans-Werner: New Dynamics in Old Age : Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives. - Amityville : Taylor and Francis,c2006
• RVK-Notation: MS 2700
• RVK-Notation: DS 7250
• Sach-SW: Alterssoziologie
• Sach-SW: Aufsatzsammlung
• K10plus-PPN: 893849421

Abstract

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface: On New Person-Environment Dynamics in Old Age: Opportunities and Constraints -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Searching for the New Dynamics in Old Age-A Book Opener -- OLD AGE UNDER TRANSFORMATION -- LACK OF CONSIDERATION OF THE "OLD" AND "NEW" DYNAMICS OF OLD AGE -- ON THE DYNAMICS OF OLD AND NEW AGING: ATTEMPT TO DEFINE A FUZZY CONCEPT -- The Emergence of the Fourth Age -- The Scientific Management and Biomedicalization of Old Age -- Changing Dynamics in the Gerontological Imagination -- New Societal Discourses about Aging -- APPROACHING THE NEW AGING: CONCEPT OF THE BOOK -- REFERENCES -- 2. The Social Construction of Age and the Experience of Aging in the Late Twentieth Century -- THE INVENTION AND USES OF CHRONOLOGICAL AGE -- Calendars, Timelines, and Chronology -- WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOUR AGE? -- Childhood and Adolescence -- Adulthood and Full Citizenship -- Postadult or Old Age -- AGE STRUCTURES AND AGE STRATIFICATION -- AGE WITHOUT CHRONOLOGY -- Generational Life Courses -- Age-Classed Life Courses -- AGE WITH CHRONOLOGY -- Age Statuses and Staged Life Courses -- Age Stratification and the Experiences of Growing Older -- Education -- Marriage and Family -- Policies of the State -- THE EXPERIENCE OF OLD AGE -- The Invention of Old Age -- Time and the Ageless Self -- REFERENCES -- 3. Changes in Physical and Mental Function of Older People: Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- THE NEW HEALTHY ELDERLY: ONLY GETTING BETTER -- DATA AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- Population Counts -- Age Standardized Rates and Counts -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART II: NEW AND PERSISTENT DYNAMICS REGARDING THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT -- 4. Cohort Differences in Social Relations among the Elderly -- CURRENT AND PAST THEORIES OF SOCIAL RELATIONS

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Formal and Informal Social Relations -- Informal Social Relations-Family -- Organizational Ties and Friends -- Formal Support -- Living Arrangements -- REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF COHORT DIFFERENCES -- Social Contact -- Religious Involvement -- Community Organization Membership -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 5. Family Relations and Aging-Substantial Changes Since the Middle of the Last Century? -- CHANGING NOTIONS ON FAMILY AND KINSHIP -- Family -- Kinship -- Support and Conflict -- CHANGING FAMILY CYCLE -- Augmented Longevity -- Decreased Fertility Rates -- Plurality of Family Forms -- CHANGES IN FAMILY RELATIONS -- Partners and Siblings in Old Age -- Old Parents and Adult Children -- Grandparents and Grandchildren -- THE FUTURE OF FAMILY LIFE IN OLD AGE -- Short-Term Demographic Change and the Family -- Long-Term Demographic Change: New Family Forms and Childlessness -- Family and the Welfare State -- IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH, THEORY FORMATION, AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 6. Elders as Care Receivers: Autonomy in the Context of Frailty -- GIVING PEOPLE A VOICE IN THEIR OWN CARE: THEORETICAL AND LEGAL ORIGINS -- Personal Control and Well-Being -- Autonomy and the Legal Status of Care Receivers -- Autonomy in Everyday Decisions -- CARE OF ELDERS: DECISION MAKING AND AUTONOMY -- CARE OF COGNITIVELY INTACT ELDERS: RESPECTING PERSONAL PREFERENCES -- End-of-Life Decisions -- Preference for Care -- CARE OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA -- Communication of Preferences in Early-Stage Dementia -- Advance Directives and Dementia -- Mid- to Late-Stage Dementia -- AUTONOMY IN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA -- Early-Stage Programs -- Middle- and Late-Stage Programs -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART III: NEW AND PERSISTENT DYNAMICS REGARDING THE HOME ENVIRONMENT

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7. The Impact of Housing on Quality of Life: Does the Home Environment Matter Now and into the Future? -- THEORETICAL NOTE AND BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- THE INTERSECTION OF HOME, HEALTH, AND LIFE QUALITY -- CURRENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR HOME ENVIRONMENTS -- AGING AND INDIVIDUAL DECLINE -- HOUSING AND HOME MODIFICATION NEEDS -- Supportive Role of Home Environments -- Continuum of Home Modification Options -- The Future of Aging At Home -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- 8. Beyond the Relocation Trauma in Old Age: New Trends in Elders' Residential Decisions -- SETTING THE STAGE -- STAYING PUT: THE BASELINE -- PARADIGMS OF RELOCATION IN OLD AGE -- A Demographic Perspective on Relocation -- Moving from Home to Home -- Moving into Purpose-Built Homes -- Moving into an Institution -- A DECISION-MAKING PROCESS PERSPECTIVE ON RELOCATION -- Moving from Home to Home -- Moving into Purpose-Built Homes -- Moving into an Institution -- AN OUTCOMES PERSPECTIVE ON RELOCATION -- Moving from Home to Home and into Purpose-Built Homes -- Moving into an Institution -- AN EXPERIENTIAL LIFE-COURSE PERSPECTIVE ON RELOCATION -- PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE: TOWARD AN INTEGRATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- EMERGENT TRENDS -- ENRICHING METHODOLOGIES IN RELOCATION RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- 9. Aging in a Difficult Place: Assessing the Impact of Urban Deprivation on Older People -- OLDER PEOPLE IN A CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENT -- RELEVANCE OF THE TOPIC -- METHODOLOGY -- Design -- Participant Characteristics -- FINDINGS -- Attitudes to the Neighborhood -- Older People's Experience of Crime -- DISCUSSION: TOWARD AN URBAN RESEARCH AGENDA IN GERONTOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- PART IV: NEW AND PERSISTENT DYNAMICS REGARDING THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT -- 10. Always On the Go? Older People's Outdoor Mobility Today and Tomorrow: Findings from Three European Countries

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THE EMPIRICAL GROUND: THE PROJECT MOBILATE AND ITS CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARATIVE APPROACH -- OLDER PEOPLE'S RESOURCES FOR MOVING ABOUT -- Functional Health -- Availability of a Car -- The Role of Public Transportation -- The Actual Mobility Patterns of Older Adults -- Means of Transportation for Trips -- Spatial Aspects of Outdoor Behavior -- Older Adults' Motives for Trips -- Changing Driving and Activity Patterns -- Traveling for at Least One Week -- PREDICTORS OF SATISFACTION WITH MOBILITY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO SATISFACTION WITH LIFE -- Explaining Satisfaction with Mobility -- Mobility Specific Aspects in Life Satisfaction -- Changing Elders, Changing Mobility -- Changes with Respect to Mobility Conditions in the Research Areas -- Changes in Major Personal Resources -- Changes in Mobility Resources -- Changes in Outdoor Mobility-Related Satisfaction Ratings and General Life Satisfaction -- FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 11. Does Driving Benefit Quality of Life Among Older Drivers? -- IMPORTANCE OF DRIVING FOR MOBILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE -- The Importance of Driving is Increasing Among Older Adults -- Older Drivers are Over-Represented in Injurious and Fatal Crashes -- Older Adults and Public Transportation -- TECHNOLOGY AND OLDER DRIVERS -- Can New Technology Benefit Older Drivers? -- Technological Advances in Vehicle Safety -- Technological Advances in Driver Assessment -- Visual Sensory Function -- Visual Information Processing -- The Useful Field of View -- Other Driver Assessment Technology -- Advances in Technology for Driver Rehabilitation -- Vision Interventions -- Educational Interventions -- Cognitive Interventions -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 12. The New Leisure World of Modern Old Age: New Aging on the Bright Side of the Street? -- WHAT IS LEISURE? -- CONCEPTS OF LEISURE

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THE POSITION OF LEISURE WITHIN DIFFERENT THEORETICAL APPROACHES OF SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY -- WHAT IS LEISURE? -- CONCEPTS OF LEISURE -- THE POSITION OF LEISURE WITHIN DIFFERENT THEORETICAL APPROACHES OF SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY -- Leisure and Work: The Labor Market, Technological Changes, and the Welfare State -- LEISURE ACTIVITIES: METHODS OF MEASUREMENT -- TIME AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS -- SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINANTS OF LEISURE PARTICIPATION -- LEISURE AND SUBJECTIVE MEANING -- LEISURE AS ACTION: EXPRESSIVITY AND THE CREATION OF EXPERIENCE -- CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK -- REFERENCES -- PART V: NEW AND PERSISTENT DYNAMICS REGARDING THE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT -- 13. The Potential Influence of the Internet on the Transition to Older Adulthood -- THE INTERNET AND "SUCCESSFUL" AGING -- Enhanced Productivity -- Healthcare Delivery and Management -- Communication and Socialization -- EXISTING BARRIERS TO INTERNET USE AND DESIGN SOLUTIONS -- Knowledge, Skills, and Training -- Usability Issues -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 14. When Will Technology in the Home Improve the Quality of Life for Older Adults? -- TECHNOLOGY IN THE HOME DEFINED BY THE FULFILLMENT OF HUMAN NEEDS -- Chapter Overview -- The Meaning of Needs and Need Fulfillment for Quality of Life in Old Age -- Everyday Competence as a Determinant of Quality of Life -- THE IMPACT OF HOME TECHNOLOGY ON OLDER ADULTS' INDEPENDENCE -- Current Household Technology in the Home -- Future Home Technology for Physical Assistance: An Example -- The Tension Between Assistance and Autonomy -- The Impact of Home Technology on Life Enrichment -- The Television: Central in Older Adults' Homes -- Technology Potential and Choice -- The Internet: Gradually Entering Older Adults' Homes -- New Technology: A Stimulating Challenge or an Impassable Hurdle? -- Perceived Technology Benefit

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WHEN WILL TECHNOLOGY IN THE HOME IMPROVE OLDER ADULTS' QUALITY OF LIFE?