Wellbeing in Later Life uses the latest research from a variety of disciplines to address and correct common myths and misconceptions about aging. Covers topics ranging from biological mechanisms that affect aging to lifestyle, attitudes, and social factors Examines the challenges of humanity s increasing life expectancy and includes recommendations for maintaining and enhancing wellbeing in later life Makes meaningful connections between research and practice to link aspects of aging which have previously been considered separate Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research from across the social sciences

Wellbeing in Later Life uses the latest research from avariety of disciplines to address and correct common myths andmisconceptions about aging.* Covers topics ranging from biological mechanisms that affectaging to lifestyle, attitudes, and social factors* Examines the challenges of humanity's increasing lifeexpectancy and includes recommendations for maintaining andenhancing wellbeing in later life* Makes meaningful connections between research and practice tolink aspects of aging which have previously been consideredseparate* Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete ReferenceGuide, which brings together leading research from across thesocial sciences

About the Editors viiContributors ixFull Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide xiIntroduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide xxv1 Introduction: Wellbeing in Later Life 1Cary L. Cooper and Thomas B. L. KirkwoodPart 1 Longevity and Wellbeing 72 The Changing Demographic Context of Aging 9Roland Rau and James W. Vaupel3 Biological Determinants and Malleability of Aging 31Thomas B. L. Kirkwood4 Wellbeing as Experienced by the Very Old 53Carol Jagger and Katie BrittainPart 2 Factors Influencing Wellbeing 675 Psychological Wellbeing in Later Life 69Kate M. Bennett and Laura K. Soulsby6 Nutrition and Lifelong Wellbeing 91C. Alexandra Munro and John C. Mathers Copyrighted Material7 Physical Activity, Exercise, and Aging 105Grainne S. Gorman, Josh Wood, and Michael I. Trenell8 Capability and Independency in Later Life 125John BondContents of this Volume9 Combating Isolation Through Technology in Older People 145Peter Gore10 Wellbeing and Vitality in Later Life: The Role of the Consumer Industry 165Michael Catt and Frans J. G. van der Ouderaa11 Education and its Role in Wellbeing 181Jim SoulsbyPart 3 Wellbeing at the End of Life 19712 The Threat to Wellbeing from Cognitive Decline 199Louise Robinson and Lynne Corner13 When Vitality Meets Longevity: New Strategies for Health in Later Life 219Rudi G. J. Westendorp, Bert Mulder, A. J. Willem van der Does, and Frans J. G. van der Ouderaa14 Maintaining Wellbeing Through the End of Life 235Julian C. HughesPart 4 Comparative Perspectives on Wellbeing 25315 Cultures, Aging, and Wellbeing 255Ngaire Kerse, Mere Kepa, Ruth Teh, and Lorna Dyall16 Wellbeing in the Oldest Old and Centenarians in Japan 275Yasuyuki Gondo, Yasumichi Arai, and Nobuyoshi Hirose17 Wellbeing in Later Life in Eighteenth-Century England 287Helen YallopAppendix Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing Project: Mental Capital Through Life: Future Challenges 299Thomas B. L. Kirkwood, John Bond, Carl May, Ian McKeith, and Min-Min TehIndex 389