Preparation for Aging

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Meaning and Late Life Learning....Pages 1-7
The Third Age and the Disappearance of Old Age....Pages 9-16
Life after Work....Pages 17-25
Emergent Challenges for Universities of the Third Age....Pages 27-37
Retirement....Pages 39-54
The Role of a Preparation for Retirement in the Improvement of the Quality of Life for Elderly People....Pages 55-62
In Search of the Meaning of Education....Pages 63-72
Lifelong Learning Experiences from Norway....Pages 73-78
If I Had My Life to Live over Again.......Pages 79-86
The New Public Health Approach to Improving Physical Activity and Autonomy in Older Populations....Pages 87-103
Healthy Aging....Pages 105-119
Adding Life to Years! Promoting Quality of Life in an Aging Europe....Pages 121-128
Health Related Quality of Life as an Outcome Measure for Health Care of Elderly People....Pages 129-138
Health-Related Quality of Life in Old Age: How to Define it, How to Study?....Pages 139-144
Health Related Quality of Life in Old Age....Pages 145-149
Disability and Quality of Life in Old Age....Pages 151-154
Research and the Promotion of Quality of Life in Older Persons in the Netherlands....Pages 155-163
Does Work Stress Enhance the Rate of Aging?....Pages 165-173
Interrelations between Generations in Historical Perspective....Pages 175-180
Gender and Aging....Pages 181-185
Gender, Aging, and Quality of Life....Pages 187-190
Collectivism, Individualism and Grandchild-Grandparent Relations....Pages 191-194
Mid-Life....Pages 195-198
Life-Style and Its Determinants in Two Cohorts in the Elderly....Pages 199-204
Psychological Issues of Aging and Work....Pages 205-214
A New Concept for Productive Aging at Work....Pages 215-222
What if the Disability Pension Application is Denied?....Pages 223-228
How will Finnish Pensions be Working in the Future?....Pages 229-232
Life Situation as a Factor Explaining Retirement....Pages 233-237
The Process of Early Retirement among the 55-Year Old Finnish Urban Population....Pages 239-244
Educating Health Professionals in Gerontology....Pages 245-263
Preparation for Aging—The Role of the UTAs—Ten Reports....Pages 265-278
Preparing for Retirement—Good Housing in Old Age?....Pages 279-283
Aging Well....Pages 285-288
Retirement Preparation in Subjects of Working Age....Pages 289-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-296