Quality of Life in Old Age

About this book

This volume brings together leading researchers on quality of life in old age to focus on one of the most important issues in both gerontology and quality of life studies.

Quality of life is a holistic construct and assessed from many different perspectives and by many disciplines. Moreover, the concept of quality of life can be applied to practically all important domains of life. Thus, quality of life research has to include social, environmental, structural, and health related aspects and be approached from an interdisciplinary perspective.

There are very few texts available on this topic and none of an international and multi-disciplinary nature. Quality of life studies have neglected older people and, given the size and growth of this population, it is time to publish a volume on this topic that systematically pursues a comprehensive perspective and includes theoretical approaches and empirical findings with respect to the most important components of quality of life in old age. For these reasons and the high quality of the authors we have assembled, this will be a seminal text for both gerontology and quality of life researchers.

Written for:

Researchers, lecturers, students, practitioners in social and behavioural sciences, gerontology, social indicators and quality of life research, social policy, sociology