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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
... The study of ageing and of elderly people. Some gerontological studies, such as adaptation to retirement, have had particular application to sports sociology. See also ageism , ageing process...
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Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
... n. the study of the changes in the mind and body that accompany ageing and the problems associated with...
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A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
... n . Psychological aspects of ageing. Compare gerontology . [From Greek geron, gerontos an old man + English psychology...
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A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
... n . The study of ageing. Compare geriatrics . [From Greek geron, gerontos an old man + logos word, discourse, or...
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A Dictionary of Nursing (8 ed.)
... [je-ron- tol -ŏji] n. the study of the changes in the mind and body that accompany ageing and the problems associated with...
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A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care (2 ed.)
...medicine The medical specialism concerned with the treatment of older people , led by a consultant geriatrician. See also ageism ; anti-ageist practice ; gerontology ; gray panthers ; theories of ageing...
geriatrics n. Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
... n. the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders that occur in old age and with the care of the aged. See also gerontology...
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A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care (2 ed.)
... Interdisciplinary subject area that focuses on ageing and older people , drawing on biological, psychological, and social theories. In the 1970s it was primarily concerned with the individual older person and the processes associated with her/his ageing. Under the influence of social gerontology, this individually-focused approach developed into a wider concern with the political, economic, and social construction of ageing and what it means to be an older person. The status and portrayals of older people vary significantly in different societies...
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A Dictionary of Public Health (2 ed.)
...gerontology The scientific study of the aging process. From the Greek geront , meaning old man. Although this science focuses on anatomical, physiological, and pathological phenomena associated with aging, it can begin the study with humans, or organisms, or at any age from conception onward. ...
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A Dictionary of Public Health (2 ed.)
...social science search engines Several Internet search engines are available to assist in locating abstracts and other information about the social sciences. These include databases on demography, sociology, gerontology, economics, etc. See http://www.searchengineguide.com/pages/Social_Science/ . ...
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A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
... n . The branch of medicine devoted to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders affecting old people. See also psychogeriatrics . Compare gerontology . geriatric adj . [From Greek geras old age + iatros a doctor + - ikos of, relating to, or...
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A Dictionary of Nursing (8 ed.)
... [je-ri- at -riks] n. the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders that occur in old age and with the care of the aged. See also gerontology . —geriatrician [je-ri-ă- trish -ăn] ...
gerontology
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
... The study of aging and the elderly. Social research into the problems and needs specific to the elderly emerged in the 1960s in the context of policy studies—especially of welfare and health services disproportionately used by the elderly. Gerontology is becoming an increasingly significant field of study as many industrialized countries—especially in Europe—confront declining birth rates, longer life spans, and the consequent rising numbers of elderly citizens as a percentage of total population. This demographic shift has serious implications for...
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A Dictionary of Sociology (4 ed.)
... The study of the processes of ageing , old age, and the elderly. Frequently viewed as a branch of biology, with a focus on the role of genetic factors (the extent to which ageing is pre-programmed), the study of the social aspects of ageing, sometimes termed social gerontology, is now well established. Interest in ageing has grown enormously with 20th-century demographic changes. Increases in life expectancy and reductions in childbearing have transformed the age-structures of the population of advanced industrial societies, increasing significantly...
Gerontology Reference library
Carole Haber
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology
...University Press, 1995. Examines the establishment of gerontology in the United States in the twentieth century. The author finds that gerontology did not become the science envisioned by its early advocates; rather, its multidisciplinary approach challenged traditional specialization and boundaries. Achenbaum, W. Andrew , and Levin, Jeffrey S. “What Does Gerontology Mean?” The Gerontologist 29, no. 3 (1989): 393–400. Argues that although gerontology has continued to grow over the half decade, given its multiple agendas and approaches, little consensus...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
...theory ( consolidation theory ) A gerontological theory of adjustment to old age, which has been applied to the adjustment of athletes to retirement. The continuity theory states that satisfactory adjustment is associated with integration between stages of the life cycle. It stresses the value of continuing activities in old age (or in retirement), which were of value in middle age (or before retirement). It maintains that the best adjusted individuals will replace lost roles with new...
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A Dictionary of Public Health (2 ed.)
...anticipate deterioration of organs and prevent organ failure, sometimes by intervening at younger ages, around age 55 to 60 years, and providing health-promotion and disease-prevention regimens that will enhance prospects for independent healthy life at later ages. See also gerontology . ...
Ever-Emerging Theories of Aging Reference library
W. Andrew Achenbaum
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...and methods-driven theory construction should be beneficial throughout the gerontological community. Since research on aging as a field of inquiry remained in its formative stages in the 1980s, Campbell and O’Rand endeavored to nurture gerontological imaginations in two ways—by bridging disciplinary domains and, additionally, by inviting newcomers to participate as colleagues committed to gerontology’s mission ( Birren & Bengtson, 1988 ). Fresh insights to the sciences of gerontology were also coming from the humanities. In the mid-1970s David D. van Tassel,...
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A Dictionary of Public Health (2 ed.)
...care; an older group is aged 75 to 84 years; and the final category, the oldest old , are those 85 years of age and older, a majority of whom have become or are becoming dependent on others for assistance with activities required for daily living. See also geriatrics ; gerontology . ...
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A Dictionary of Human Geography
...In population terms, the growth in the number and/or proportion of elderly people. It is generally caused by a combination of longer life expectancy , falling birth rates, and net migration. The study of ageing populations, also known as gerontology, has become increasingly important in human geography because of its significance at international, national, and sub-national scales. It has implications for the planning and provision of health and welfare services, as well as impacts on pensions systems. Where ageing results in an increased dependency...
Aging: Practice Interventions Reference library
Lenard W. Kaye
Encyclopedia of Macro Social Work
...and opportunities for a growing profession . Health Professions Press. See also educational resources advancing gerontological social work practice available through the Council on Social Work Education’s National Center for Gerontological Social Work Education (Gero-Ed Center). References Berg-Weger, M. & Schroepfer, T. (2020). COVID-19 pandemic: Workforce implications for gerontological social work . Journal of Gerontological Social Work , 63 (6–7), 524–529. Bern-Klug, M. , & Beaulieu, E. (2020). COVID-19 highlights the need for trained social...
Successful Aging: History and Prospects Reference library
John W. Rowe and Dawn C. Carr
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...Aging: History and Prospects The subject of successful aging has provided a durable framework for guiding a significant portion of gerontological research over the past several decades. This emphasis seems to be increasing, as evidenced by the fact that two major flagship gerontology journals (the Journal of Gerontology and The Gerontologist ) have published special issues dedicated to innovative research in the area of successful aging. As shown in Figure 1 , there has been near-exponential growth in the articles published on the subject of...
Social Gerontology Theories: Past, Present, and Future Reference library
Jill Suitor, Megan Gilligan, Marissa Rurka, Yifei Hou, and Gulcin Con
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
... 2014 ). Feminist Gerontology. Bringing together the theoretical underpinnings of feminism and critical gerontology, feminist gerontology starts with pointing to the invisibility of older women in both gender and social gerontology studies ( Freixas, Luque, & Reina, 2012 ; Garner, 1999 ; Krekula, 2007 ). Feminist gerontologists argue that the experiences of women at young adulthood and midlife have been the central focus of gender studies ( Freixas, Luque, & Reina, 2012 ; Krekula, 2007 ), whereas earlier studies in gerontology did not make a...
Cultural Values and the Nature of Successful Aging Reference library
Sandra Torres
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...steadily since the late 1980s. This is one of the many reasons why Rowe and Khan’s attempts to operationalize the idea of aging well had a positive effect on gerontological scholarship. Just as Cicero argued against the alleged disadvantages of old age, these scholars challenged the idea that aging and disease were synonymous, an idea that was quite rampant in gerontological research back when gerontology was first established as a scientific area in the 1950s. Thus, through their formulation of the scientific construct of successful aging, (in hindsight) Rowe...
Parent–Child Relations and Their Importance for Older Adults Reference library
Kyungmin Kim and Yijung Kim
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics Vol. 24. New York, NY: Springer. Davis, E. M. , Kim, K. , & Fingerman, K. L. (2018). Is an empty nest best? Coresidence with adult children and parental marital quality before and after the Great Recession . The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences , 73 , 372–381. Deane, G. , Spitze, G. , Ward, R. A. , & Zhuo, Y. A. (2016). Close to you? How parent–adult child contact is influenced by family patterns . The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological...
Population Aging and Globalization: The Impact of Cultural and Social Change Reference library
Christopher Phillipson
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...subject to forces lying beyond the boundaries of the nation-state. This development is consistent with the move in gerontology to investigate what Bengtson, Putney, and Johnson ( 2005 ) refer to as the structural contexts of aging and the effect of these on “processes of aging independent of individual action” (p. 17). This approach might also be seen as reflecting the call to bring macrosociological questions back into focus in gerontology, providing a correction to what Hagestad and Dannefer ( 2001 ) refer to as the “persistent tendency towards...
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A Dictionary of Sociology (4 ed.)
...social policy. By contrast, considerable sociological attention has been paid to youth culture . In Western capitalism, a wage-labour system means fixed retirement from external production, thus categorizing the aged as non-productive, and a burden. In research priorities, gerontology , with its medical model of ageing, has been influential. Sociological research in Britain has focused on the aged as isolates or in state institutions. Demographic changes—with increasing longevity, a declining birth-rate, and a greater proportion of the population over 65 in...
Awareness of Aging Processes Reference library
Anne Josephine Dutt, Hans-Werner Wahl, and Manfred Diehl
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
.... Journal of Gerontology , 30 , 85–89. Levy, B. R. (2003). Mind matters: Cognitive and physical effects of aging self-stereotypes . Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences , 58B , 203–211. Levy, B. R. (2009). Stereotype embodiment: A psychosocial approach to aging . Current Directions in Psychological Science , 18 , 332–336. Levy, B. R. , Ashman, O. , & Slade, M. D. (2009). Age attributions and aging health: Contrast between the United States and Japan . Journals of Gerontology: Series B:...
Subjective Aging and Health Reference library
Gerben J. Westerhof and Susanne Wurm
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
..., Sproesser, G. , Wolff, J. K. , & Renner, B. (2017). Positive self-perceptions of aging promote healthy eating behavior across the life span via social-cognitive processes . Journals of Gerontology Series B , gbx139. Kotter-Grühn, D. (2015). Changing negative views of aging: Implications for intervention and translational research. Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics , 35 , 167–186. Kotter-Grühn, D. , Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, A. , Gerstorf, D. , & Smith, J. (2009). Self-perceptions of aging predict mortality and change with approaching death:...
Cognition and Mobility With Aging Reference library
Karen Z. H. Li, Halina Bruce, and Rachel Downey
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
... 2013 ) are expected. Further Reading Alexander, N. B. , & Hausdorff, J. M. (2008). Linking thinking, walking, and falling. Journal of Gerontology: Series A: Biomedical Sciences and Medical Sciences , 63A , 1325–1328. Fraser, S. A. , Li, K. Z. H. , deMont, R. G. , & Penhune, V. B. (2007). The effects of balance status and age on muscle activation during walking under divided attention. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences , 62B , P171–P178. Montero-Odasso, M. , Verghese, J. , Beauchet, O. , & Hausdorff, J. M. (2012). Gait and cognition:...
Physical Contexts and Behavioral Aging Reference library
Frank Oswald and Hans-Werner Wahl
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...Environmental gerontology. In J. E. Birren (Ed.), Encyclopedia of gerontology (2nd ed., pp. 494–502). Oxford, UK: Elsevier. Wahl, H. W. , Iwarsson, S. , & Oswald, F. (2012). Aging well and the environment: Toward an integrative model and research agenda for the future . Gerontologist , 52 , 306–316. Wahl, H. W. , & Lang, F. (2004). Aging in context across the adult life course: Integrating physical and social environmental research perspectives. In H. W. Wahl , R. Scheidt , & P. Windley (Eds.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics:...
Aging Reference library
Encyclopedia of Social Work (20 ed.)
...(Kane, Priester, Kane, & Mollica, 2006 ). Results will help identify state policies and practices that contribute to more effective community long-term care, and can shape the service system of the future. Gerontological Social Work Services A specialized body of social work knowledge and skills in gerontology has emerged, and the demand for gerontological social workers will continue to increase in response to our aging society and the ever-expanding array of aging services (Wilson, 2006 ). Social workers serve in all of the settings reviewed above by...
Hostos Community College Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
...in arts, associate in science, and associate in applied science degrees. About 32 percent of the students study liberal arts, while 68 percent choose from a wide range of career programs, including accounting, business administration, dental hygiene, early childhood education, gerontology, public administration, radiologic technology, and nursing. Some 50 percent of the students at Hostos Community College are English as a Second Language students. The college offers a transitional ESL program to assist the shift from a native language to English. The college...
geriatric medicine — history Reference library
John Grimley Evans
The Oxford Companion to Medicine (3 ed.)
...Several national societies of geratology or geriatrics have an interest in fostering research. The International Association of Gerontology provides an umbrella organization, within which workers from the clinical, social, and biological disciplines can meet simultaneously every four years. In the early 1940s the United States National Institutes of Health established a gerontology unit in Baltimore that became the Gerontology Research Center in 1966 . In 1974 the National Institute on Aging was established under the directorship of Dr R. N. Butler ,...
Aging Societies and the Ethical Challenges of Long Life Reference library
Allison R. Heid and Steven H. Zarit
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...widowed older adults?[ The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences , 73 (3), 501–510. Caspar, S. , & O’Rourke, N. (2008). The influence of care provider access to structural empowerment on individualized care in long-term-care facilities. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences , 63 , S255–S265. Castle, N. G. (2008). State differences and facility differences in nursing home staff turnover. Journal of Applied Gerontology , 27 , 609–630. Castle, N. G. , & Engberg...
Critical Role of Social–Cognitive Age Representations Reference library
Alison Chasteen, Maria Iankilevitch, Jordana Schiralli, and Veronica Bergstrom
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...of the outgroup in the self . Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences , gbx176. Cary, L. , Chasteen, A. L. , & Remedios, J. D. (2017). The ambivalent ageism scale: Developing and validating a scale to measure benevolent and hostile ageism . The Gerontologist , 52 (2), 27–36. Chapman, L. , Sargent-Cox, K. , Horswill, M. S. , & Anstey, K. J. (2016). The impact of age stereotypes on older adults’ hazard perception performance and driving confidence . Journal of Applied Gerontology , 35 , 642–652. Chasteen, A. L. , Bashir, N. Y...
Life Space in Older Adults Reference library
Markus Wettstein, Hans-Werner Wahl, and Michael Schwenk
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...mastery, and affect . Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics , 59 , 113–121. Wettstein, M. , Wahl, H.-W. , Shoval, N. , Auslander, G. , Oswald, F. , & Heinik, J. (2015). Identifying mobility types in cognitively heterogeneous older adults based on GPS-tracking . Journal of Applied Gerontology , 34 , 1001–1027. Wettstein, M. , Wahl, H.-W. , Shoval, N. , Oswald, F. , Voss, E. , Seidl, U. , … Landau, R. (2015). Out-of-home behavior and cognitive impairment in older adults . Journal of Applied Gerontology , 34 , 3–25. WHO QOLGroup . (1998)...
Social Isolation and Loneliness in Old Age Reference library
Clemens Tesch-Roemer and Oliver Huxhold
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...cognitive abilities in old age? Gerontology , 59 , 454–463. Hawkley, L. C. , & Cacioppo, J. T. (2010). Loneliness matters: A theoretical and empirical review of consequences and mechanisms. Annals of Behavioral Medicine , 40 , 218–227. Hawkley, L. C. , Hughes, M. E. , Waite, L. J. , Masi, C. M. , Thisted, R. A. , & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). From social structural factors to perceptions of relationship quality and loneliness: The Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences and...
Memory Rehabilitation in Healthy Aging Reference library
Nicole D. Anderson
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...training with older adults: How to foster maintenance of improved performance . Gerontology , 35 , 260–267. Stigsdotter Neely, A. , & Bäckman, L. (1993a). Maintenance of gains following multifactorial and unifactorial memory training in late adulthood . Educational Gerontology , 19 , 105–117. Stigsdotter Neely, A. , & Bäkman, L. (1993b). Long-term maintenance of gains from memory training in older adults: Two 3½ year follow-up studies . Journal of Gerontology , 48 , P233–P237. Troyer, A. K. (2001). Improving memory knowledge, satisfaction...
Clinical Training Concerns in Mental Health Service Provision to Older Persons Reference library
M. Lindsey Jacobs and Patricia M. Bamonti
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
...MSW employment in gerontological practice . Educational Gerontology , 29 , 295–312. Darkins, A. , Ryan, P. , Kobb, R. , Foster, L. , Edmonson, E. , Wakefield, B. , & Lancaster, A. E. (2008). Care coordination/home telehealth: The systematic implementation of health informatics, home telehealth, and disease management to support the care of veteran patients with chronic conditions. Telemedicine and e-Health , 14 , 1118–1126. deVries, H. M. (2005). Clinical geropsychology training in generalist doctoral programs . Gerontology & Geriatrics...
Adult Day Care Reference library
Encyclopedia of Social Work (20 ed.)
...(e) referrals to and coordination of other community services as well as other in-house supportive services such as transportation and volunteer programs; and (f) advocacy for increased funding for the services. With the serious current and projected future shortage of gerontological social workers ( National Association of Social Workers [ NASW ], 2006 ), however, adult day care centers are and will be understaffed with social workers unless concerted efforts are made to recruit and train them to work in aging services settings. Social work education...
Retirement Communities Reference library
Katie Otis
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History
...Community . New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. Peterson, James A., Theodore Hadwen, and Aili Larson. A Time for Work, a Time for Leisure: A Study of Retirement Community In-Movers . Los Angeles: Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, 1960. Rose, Arnold M. “The Subculture of Aging: A Framework for Research in Social Gerontology.” In Older People and Their Social World: The Sub-culture of the Aging , edited by Arnold M. Rose and Warren A. Peterson, pp. 3–16. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, 1965. Katie...
