The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing Book

	Foreword
	General editor's preface
	The problem of theory in gerontology today	3
	Ageing and changing : international historical perspectives on ageing	21
	Global ageing : the demographic revolution in all cultures and societies	30
	The psychological science of human ageing	47
	The biological science of human ageing	72
	Biodemography and epidemiology of longevity	85
	The epidemiology of ageing	95
	Patterns of illness and mortality across the adult lifepsan	106
	Sensory impairment	121
	Mobility and falls	131
	The genetics of behavioural ageing	141
	Psychodynamic approaches to the lifecourse and ageing	149
	Cultural approaches to the ageing body	156
	Promoting health and wellbeing in later life	165
	Psychological approaches to human development	181
	Cognitive changes across the lifespan	190
	Age-related changes in memory	200
	Intelligence and wisdom	209
	Everyday competence in older adults	216
	The psychology of emotions and ageing	229
	Personality and ageing	237
	Depression	245
	Dementia	252
	Dementia in an Asian context	261
	Self and identity	275
	Stress and coping	292
	Reminiscence : developmental, social and clinical perspectives	301
	The social worlds of old age	310
	Listening to the past : reminiscence and oral history	316
	Elder abuse in developing nations	323
	The self in dementia	332
	Ageism	338
	Profiles of the oldest-old	346
	Images of ageing : cultural representations of later life	354
	Religion, spirituality, and older people	363
	Quality of life and ageing	371
	The transformation of dying in old societies	378
	The psychology of death	387
	Death and spirituality	394
	Global ageing and challenges to families	403
	Ageing parents and adult children : new perspectives on intergenerational relationships	413
	Grandparenthood	422
	Sibling ties across time : the middle and later years	429
	Filial piety in changing Asian societies	437
	Generational memory and family relationships	443
	Family caregivers : increasing demands in the context of 21st-century globalization?	455
	Network dynamics in later life	463
	Changing family relationships in developing nations	469
	Ethnic diversity in ageing, multicultural societies	476
	Gay and lesbian elders	482
	The lifecourse perspective on ageing : linked lives, timing and history	493
	The political economy of old age	502
	Moral economy and ageing	510
	Generational changes and generational equity	518
	Gender dimensions of the age shift	527
	Migration and older people	538
	Do longevity and health generate wealth?	546
	Women, ageing and inequality : a feminist perspective	552
	The social construction of old age as a problem	563
	Restructuring the lifecourse : work and retirement	572
	Ethical dilemmas in old age care	583
	Wealth, health, and ageing : the multiple modern complexities of financial gerontology	588
	Formal and informal community care for older adults	597
	Health policy and old age : an international review	605
	Gerontological nursing - the state of the art	613
	Delivering effective social / long term care to older people	622
	Delivering care to older people at home	630
	Long term care	638
	Managed care in the United States and United Kingdom	647
	Healthcare rationing : is age a proper criterion?	656
	Adaptation to new technologies	662
	Ageing and public policy in ethnically diverse societies	670