Rethinking the Aging Transition (eBook)

Psychological, Health, and Social Principles to Guide Aging Well

Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya (Autor)

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2021 | 1st ed. 2021
XIX, 175 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-88870-1 (ISBN)

Infos

The transitional phase from pre-older adult to older adult affects the wellbeing of the concerned person economically, physically, and psychologically. This book is a description of the aging transition and discusses various psychological, health, and social challenges faced by older adults globally. It also offers a comparative study on the lifestyles of older adults in India and the United States.

Although there is no consensus yet on an all-encompassing theory of aging, this book centers on various theories related to aging processes in an effort to advance discussion on different aspects of aging. Various theoretical formulations, such as person-centered, Hinduism, biopsychosocial, and positive psychology, guided the author to address the topics covered in this volume.

• Aging and Physicians
• Aging and Retirement
• Aging, Caregiving, and COVID-19
• Aging and Diversity
• Aging and Longevity
• Aging, Disease Prevention, and Technology
• Aging and Spirituality
  

Through the chapters, the author builds an understanding of the fundamental relation of aging with various health and socioeconomic factors, and also emphasizes a person-centered, holistic approach that values personal autonomy, choice, comfort, dignity, and purposeful living to support aging well. 

Rethinking the Aging Transition: Psychological, Health, and Social Principles to Guide Aging Well has academic value from a multicultural perspective that would be of benefit to graduate and undergraduate students in gerontology and other disciplines that study aging and older adult populations. With the main aim of raising awareness, this book is an important resource for a diverse group of populations globally, including clinical and non-clinical caregivers, other health(care) professionals, and policy-makers.

Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, MBBS, MA, PhD (Candidate) is a physician gerontologist with a general interest in providing older adults with more holistic health care that maximizes their quality of life. He worked as a family physician in India for nearly two decades. As a mid-life career changer, he completed his master's degree in Gerontology from Georgia State University, USA. Dr. Bhattacharyya is currently researching dementia at the School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida (Tampa), USA, where he is a doctoral candidate and undergraduate instructor. He expects to complete his PhD in Spring 2022. His research interests include mindfulness activities to improve the quality of life of persons with dementia, improvement of health policy for older adults, longevity, and healthy aging. Dr. Bhattacharyya is particularly focused on some alternative therapeutic interventions for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. He is also working on the individualized care provided in institutional settings, especially nursing homes, and is interested in investigating how residents' satisfaction levels and subsequent complaints (if any) help identify flaws in the care delivery system.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2021
• Zusatzinfo: XIX, 175 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: aging and death • Aging and spirituality • Aging and Technology • Caregiving • Covid-19 pandemic • dementia • elder health • Geriatric care • Gerontology • healthy aging and aging well • Life course transitions • longevity diversity • medicalization of aging • Mental health and aging • Older adults • palliative care and hospice care • quality of life • Retirement • SDG 3 good health and wellbeing
• ISBN-10: 3-030-88870-3 / 3030888703
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-88870-1 / 9783030888701