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  • Societal mechanisms for maintaining competence in old age
  • Written by author Sherry L. Willis
  • Published by New York : Springer Pub. Co., c1997., 1/28/1997
  • In this interdisciplinary volume, renowned researchers examine how societal mechanisms and social support systems enable individuals to continue leading independent lives within their communities or in an institutional setting. Integrating sociological, p
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Preface
1 What Can We Learn about Competence at the Older Ages from Active Life Expectancy? 1
Commentary: Imprints of Disability 23
Commentary: Active Life Expectancy: Concept or Model for Research on Competency? 35
2 Psychological Issues Related to Competence 50
Commentary: Psychological Issues Related to Competence: Cognitive Aging and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living 66
Commentary: The Social Context of Competence 83
3 Does Being Placed in a Nursing Home Make You Sicker and More Likely to Die? 94
Commentary: The Role of Physical Health in Understanding Societal Mechanisms for Maintaining Competence in Old Age 131
Commentary: Nursing Home Placement and Subsequent Morbidity and Mortality 136
4 Long-Term Care Institutions and the Maintenance of Competence: A Dialectic Between Compensation and Overcompensation 142
Commentary: Dependency Scripts and Competencies: New Direction or More of the Same? 165
Commentary: Quality Improvement and the Management of Dependency in Nursing Facilities 173
5 Social Support and the Maintenance of Competence 182
Commentary: Social Relationships in Context and as Context: Social Support and the Maintenance of Competence in Old Age 207
Commentary: Emerging Theoretical and Empirical Issues in the Study of Social Support and Competence in Later Life 223
6 The Physical Environment and Maintenance of Competence 232
Commentary: The FSU Approach to Design: Feedback from Senior Users 251
Commentary: The Maintenance of ADL and IADL Functioning Through Design 266
Author Index 275
Subject Index 285


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