About the Book
This state-of-the science, multidisciplinary Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics provides a comprehensive examination of critical issues on resilience in a variety of life domains central to the well-being of older persons. It examines the role of resilience in determining adjustment and function in the domains of health, grief and bereavement, physical activity and functioning, spirituality, work, retirement, intellectual/cognitive functioning, coping with life events, care giving, and mental health interventions. The first section of the book addresses such domains of resilience as immunological function, stress and mood disorders, emotional and cognitive resilience, adjustment to cultural and environmental changes, and spirituality. Section two is concerned with practical applications of resilience. A developmental family perspective is used to examine differences in adaptation to age-related challenges. The role of resilience in geriatric rehabilitation is discussed as is adaptive coping in regard to loss and trauma. The text also explores resilience in regard to career management, retirement, and volunteerism, considers resilience as a component of health in regard to public policy, and examines exemplary public health programs and policies and the relationship of resilience to health care finance. Also addressed is resilience in caregiving as a mutually beneficial process, clinical interventions that enhance resilience, and resilience from a lifespan developmental perspective. Key Features: .: Synthesizes the best current research in the field, with direct practice implications; Addresses resilience in regard to immunological function, emotional and cognitive resilience, and spirituality; Explores the role of resilience in geriatric rehabilitation, career management and retirement, person-environ fit, and public health and policy; Examines directions for future research and resilience-oriented interventions;. PART 1: Domains of Resilience in Adulthood and Later Life Chapter 2. Resilience and Immunological Function in Old Age. Chapter 3. Resilience, Stress, and Mood Disorders in Old Age. Chapter 4. Psychological Resilience in Adulthood and Later Life: Implications for Health. Chapter 5. Cognitive Resilience in Adulthood. Chapter 6. An Ecological View of Resilience in Adulthood and Old Age. Chapter 7 Resilience and Spirituality. PART 2: Applications of Resilience in Diverse Contexts Chapter 8. The Aging Family and Resilience. Chapter 9. The Role of Resilience in Chronic Illness and Disability in Older Adults. Chapter 10. Grief, Loss, Trauma and Resilience in Adulthood. Chapter 11. Work, Retirement, Civil Engagement and Resilience. Chapter 12. Resilience in the Context of Public Health Practice and Policy. Chapter 13. Resilience and Caregiving. Chapter 14. Resilience in the Context of Daily Stress. Chapter 15. Resilience Across the Lifespan.
About the Author :
Bert Hayslip, Jr, PhD, is Regents Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas. Dr. Hayslip is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Gerontological Society of America, and The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, and has held research grants from the National Institute on Aging, The Hilgenfeld Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is currently Associate Editor of Experimental Aging Research, Editor of The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, and is on the Editorial Board of Developmental Psychology. His published research deals with cognitive processes in aging, interventions to enhance cognitive functioning in later life, personality-ability interrelationships in aged persons, grandparents who raise their grandchildren, grief and bereavement, hospice care, death anxiety, and mental health and aging. He is coauthor of "Hospice Care, Psychology and Aging: An Annotated Bibliography, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Theoretical, Empirical, and Clinical Perspectives, Adult Development and Aging, Working with Custodial Grandparents), Cultural Changes in Attitudes toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement, Diversity among Custodial Grandparents, "and" Parenting the Custodial Grandchild. "
