Social Gerontology A Multidisciplinary Perspective

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This best-selling, multidisciplinary, social aging text presents positive images of aging while considering the many factors that contribute to how aging individuals experiences life.

 

Up-to-date and expanded, this text offers a comprehensive view that presents aging positively, portraying concepts of active aging and resiliency, and defining “productive aging” by elaborating on the numerous ways elders contribute to society and their families. Based on the latest research findings, it offers greater depth to critical issues of aging, attending to differences by age and cohort, gender, ethnic minority status, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.

Nancy R. Hooyma n holds the Hooyman Professorship of Gerontology and is Dean Emeritus at the School of Social Work at the University of Washington. Her MSW and PhD in sociology and social work are from the University of Michigan. She is nationally recognized for her scholarship in aging and multigenerational policy and practice, gender inequities in family caregiving, and feminist gerontology. In addition to this textbook, Dr. Hooyman is the co-author of Living through Loss: Interventions across the Life Span; Taking Care of Aging Family Members; and Feminist Perspectives on Family Care: Policies for Gender Justice, and editor of Transforming Social Work Education: The First Decade of the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative.

She has published over 130 articles and chapters and is a frequent national and international presenter on issues related to gerontology, multigenerational perspectives in aging, and older women. She is co-principal investigator of the Council on Social Work Education’s National Center for Gerontological Social Work Education, which for 15 years advanced gerontological competencies and content in social work curriculum. A fellow in the Gerontological Society of America, Dr. Hooyman is past-chair of GSA’s Social Research, Policy and Practice Section. She received the Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award from the Council on Social Work Education in 2009 and was inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare in 2010.
 
H. Asuman Kiyak (1951–2011) was director of the University of Washington Institute on Aging, professor in the School of Dentistry, and adjunct professor in the Departments of Architecture and Psychology at the University of Washington. She obtained her MA and PhD in psychology at Wayne State University. Professor Kiyak was the recipient of major research grants — from NIH, CDC, AOA, the State of Washington, and private foundations — in the areas of health promotion and health service utilization by older adults, as well as in person-environment adaptation to Alzheimer’s disease by patients and their caregivers.

She published over 130 articles and 35 chapters in these areas and was known nationally and internationally for her research on geriatric dental care and the application of psychological theory to health promotion. In 2000, she received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research and served as president of the Geriatric Oral Research and the Behavioral Sciences and Health Services Research Groups of IADR. Dr. Kiyak was principal investigator of a large clinical trial in geriatric dentistry, funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, and of two studies of a community-based health promotion study funded by the CDC. In 2003, she was named Distinguished Professor of Geriatrics at UCLA and received the Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Washington Educational Outreach division. Professor Kiyak was a fellow in the Gerontological Society of America.

1. The Growth of Social Gerontology
2. Aging in Other Countries and Across Cultures in the United States
3. The Social Consequences of Physical Aging
4. Managing Chronic Diseases and Promoting Well-Being in Old Age
5. Cognitive Changes with Aging
6. Personality and Mental Health in Old Age
7. Love, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Old Age
8. Social Theories of Aging
9. The Importance of Social Supports
10. Opportunities and Challenges of Informal Caregiving
11. Living Arrangements and Social Interactions
12. Enhancing Older Adults' Lives Through Technology
13. Productive Aging
14. Death, Dying, Bereavement, and Widowhood
15. The Resilience of Elders of Color
16. The Resilience of Older Women
17. Social Policies to Address Social Problems
18. Health and Long-Term Care Policy and Programs