Successful Aging and Adaptation with Chronic Diseases

For many people growing old means facing one or more chronic diseases. ""Successful Aging"" reviews, coalesces, and expands what we know about how older adults successfully experience the aging process and how they feel about and live with chronic illnesses. Questions considered include: How do older adults approach and deal with everyday-life when affected by multiple health problems? What kind of impact do they feel diseases have on their successful aging? How do existent models and theories of coping address these issues? Presenting research funded by the AARP Andrus Foundation, this book brings together contributions by originators in the field, including Robert Kahn and Ann Whall. This volume is sure to be the seminal reference point for future research.

Leonard W. Poon, PhD, DPhil, is professor of public health in the Department of Health Policy and Management, professor of psychology in the Department of Life Span Developmental Psychology, chair of the faculty of gerontology, and director of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Georgia. He is also the director of the Georgia Geriatric Education Center. Sarah Hall Gueldner, DSN, RN, FAAN, FGSA, FNAP, FAGHE, is Professor of Nursing and fellow in the Institute of Primary and Preventative Health Care at Binghamton University, in Binghamton, New York, and the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Visiting Professor of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University (2006-2007). Betsy M. Sprouse, PhD, is a Program Manager at the AARP Andrus Foundation in Washington, DC, where she directs the funding programs for gerontological research and the education and training of students in aging.