The many significant technological and medical advances of the 21st century cannot overcome the escalating risk posed to older adults by such stressors as pain, weakness, fatigue, depression, anxiety, memory and other cognitive deficits, hearing loss, visual impairment, isolation, marginalization, and physical and mental illness. In order to overcome these and other challenges, and to maintain as high a quality of life as possible, older adults and the professionals who treat them need to promote and develop the capacity for resilience, which is innate in all of us to some degree. The purpose of this book is to provide the current scientific theory, clinical guidelines, and real-world interventions with regard to resilience as a clinical tool. To that end, the book addresses such issues as concepts and operationalization of resilience; relevance of resilience to successful aging; impact of personality and genetics on resilience; relationship between resilience and motivation; relationship between resilience and survival; promoting resilience in long-term care; and the lifespan approach to resilience. By addressing ways in which the hypothetical and theoretical concepts of resilience can be applied in geriatric practice, Resilience in Aging provides inroads to the current knowledge and practice of resilience from the perspectives of physiology, psychology, culture, creativity, and economics. In addition, the book considers the impact of resilience on critical aspects of life for older adults such as policy issues (e.g., nursing home policies, Medicare guidelines), health and wellness, motivation, spirituality, and survival. Following these discussions, the book focuses on interventions that increase resilience. The intervention chapters include case studies and are intended to be useful at the clinical level. The book concludes with a discussion of future directions in optimizing resilience in the elderly and the importance of a lifespan approach to aging.

Resnick, Barbara., Gwyther, Lisa P., Roberto, Karen A.

New York: Springer

SpringerLink : Bücher, 1, New York, NY, 2011

United States, United States of America

New York, New York State, 2011

Berlin, 2011

Resilience: definitions, ambiguities, and applications --
Successful aging and resilience: applications for public health and health care --
Resilience and personality disorders in older age --
What do we know about resilience in older adults?: an exploration of some facts, factors, and facets --
Psychological resilience --
Physiological resilience --
Using the arts to promote resiliency among persons with dementia and their caregivers --
Promoting worker resilience over the lifecourse --
Resilience in aging: cultural and ethnic perspectives --
Civic engagement: policies and programs to support a resilient aging society --
Strengthened by the spirit: religion, spirituality, and resilience through adulthood and aging --
Resilience in chronic illness --
The relationship between resilience and motivation --
The association between resilience and survival among Chinese elderly --
Fostering resilience in dementia through narratives: contributions of multimedia technologies --
Building resilience in mild cognitive impairment and early-stage dementia: innovative approaches to intervention and outcome evaluation --
African-American caregivers finding resilience through faith --
The age-friendly New York City project: an environmental intervention to increase aging resilience --
Promoting resilience in small-scale, homelike residential care settings for older people with dementia: experiences from the Netherlands and the United States --
A geriatric mobile crisis response team: a resilience-promoting program to meet the mental health needs of community-residing older people --
Optimizing resilience in the 21st century --
Resilience in the workplace: job conditions that buffer negative attitudes toward older workers.

This is the first book to focus exclusively on resilience and the aging process. Its purpose is to provide the current scientific theory, clinical guidelines, and real-world interventions with regard to resilience as a clinical tool.

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xx, 365 p. ; 24 cm

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