02103nam a22003258a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002400224082001500248245010000263264005200363300005900415336002600474337002600500338003600526500007300562520094200635650002001577700004601597700005201643776003501695856004701730CR9780511920974UkCbUP20171019141105.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100923s2011||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511920974 (ebook)  z9780521113915 (hardback)  z9780521132008 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aBF724.8 b.U53 201100a155.6722200aUnderstanding Well-Being in the Oldest Old /cEdited by Leonard W. Poon, Jiska Cohen-Mansfield. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2011.  a1 online resource (408 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aThe demographic and social structure of most industrialized and developing countries are changing rapidly as infant mortality is reduced and population life span has increased in dramatic ways. In particular, the oldest old (85+) population has grown and will continue to grow. This segment of the population tends to suffer physical and cognitive decline, and little information is available to describe how their positive and negative distal experiences, habits and intervening proximal environmental influences impact their well-being, and how social and health policies can help meet the unique challenges they face. Understanding Well-Being in the Oldest Old is the outcome of a four-day workshop attended by U.S. and Israeli scientists and funded by the U.S.-Israel Bi-National Science Foundation to examine both novel and traditional paradigms that could extend our knowledge and understanding of the well-being of the oldest old. 0aQuality of life1 aPoon, Leonard W.,eeditor of compilation.1 aCohen-Mansfield, Jiska,eeditor of compilation.08iPrint version: z978052111391540uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920974