New Directions In Aging Research: Health And Cognition (aging Issues, Health And Financial Alternatives)

One of the greatest challenges of the 21st century is global aging. A primary objective of this book is to review research that is at the forefront in providing information regarding the decline, maintenance, and improvements in health and cognition that are associated with age. Another objective is to provide information regarding pioneering methods to ameliorate age-related declines. It brings together scholars with a wide variety of expertise who present innovative ideas about lifestyle and brain health, quality of life issues, memory interventions, methodology for pain assessment, health communication, decision-making, future time perspective, and retirement goals. The reader will finish this book with a greater understanding of the problems and potential solutions for addressing the important problems of an aging population. This timely book will make an important contribution to the current aging literature by offering new ideas to stimulate further research and application in understanding health, cognition, and aging. This book is appropriate for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals who study or work in the fields of psychology, gerontology, social work, human development and health fields such as nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. NEW DIRECTIONS IN AGING RESEARCH: HEALTH AND COGNITION......Page 3 Contents......Page 9 Contributors......Page 11 Introduction......Page 15 Abstract......Page 21 Categories of Cognitive Aging......Page 22 Stress and Cortisol Exposure......Page 25 Cardiovascular Risks......Page 28 Metabolic Disorders......Page 30 Interventions in Cognitive Aging......Page 32 Conclusion......Page 34 References......Page 36 Abstract......Page 45 Introduction......Page 46 Measures......Page 47 Goal 1: BMI – Psychological Well-Being Link......Page 48 Goal 2: Role of Gender in BMI – Psychological Well-Being Link......Page 49 Discussion......Page 53 References......Page 55 Introduction......Page 59 Dyadic Interventions......Page 61 Dyadic Cognitive Rehabilitative Intervention......Page 63 Conclusion......Page 69 References......Page 72 Abstract......Page 77 Cognitive Training Programs......Page 78 Participants......Page 80 Measures......Page 81 Procedure......Page 82 Results......Page 84 Conclusion......Page 86 Authors’ Notes......Page 89 References......Page 90 Abstract......Page 95 Pain in Geriatric Oncology (Gero-Oncology)......Page 96 Biopsychosocial Model of Medicine......Page 97 Pain Is Multidimensional and Subjective......Page 98 Comprehensive Pain Assessment......Page 99 Respondent Burden......Page 100 Item Response Theory (IRT)......Page 101 Differential Item Functioning (DIF)......Page 102 Item Bank......Page 103 Comprehensive Pain Item Bank......Page 104 Treatment of DIF Items......Page 105 Conclusion......Page 106 References......Page 107 Abstract......Page 111 Introduction......Page 112 Reading, Vision and Cognitive Abilities......Page 114 Effortful and Automatic Processing......Page 116 Spoken Language Comprehension......Page 117 Decision-Making......Page 118 Emotion, Aging and Health Literacy......Page 121 Recommendations for Future Research......Page 123 Health Care Providers......Page 125 References......Page 126 Abstract......Page 139 Relevant Theories of Cognitive Aging andDecision Making......Page 140 Information Processing, Decision Making, and Aging......Page 141 Research on Decision Making and Aging......Page 142 Study 1: Limiting Time to Decision......Page 143 Participants......Page 144 Procedure......Page 145 Measurement......Page 146 Decision-Making Performance......Page 148 Discussion......Page 150 Study 2......Page 151 Participants......Page 152 Procedure......Page 153 Decision-Making Performance Measures......Page 154 Decision Outcomes......Page 155 Memory......Page 156 Discussion......Page 157 Conclusion......Page 158 Limitations and Future Directions......Page 160 References......Page 161 Abstract......Page 165 Introduction......Page 166 Intertemporal Choice......Page 169 Discount Rates for Health and Money......Page 170 Representation of Future Events......Page 172 Age and Life Events......Page 173 Emotion......Page 175 Future Directions for Research......Page 178 Conclusion......Page 179 References......Page 180 Introduction......Page 187 Content, Structure and Process......Page 189 Present Study......Page 191 Participants......Page 192 Materials......Page 193 Content Analysis of Ratings......Page 194 Structure of the Goal Dimensions......Page 195 Process Aspects of the Retirement Goals......Page 196 Age Differences in Retirement Goals......Page 199 Discussion......Page 202 Conclusion......Page 203 References......Page 204 Index......Page 207 Health factors and cognitive aging / Robert Krikorian Adult BMI and dimensions of psychological well-being : the role of gender / Jamila Bookwala and Jenny Boyar Dyadic intervention for persons with early-stage dementia : a cognitive rehabilitation focus / Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe ... [et al.] Living well with MCI : behavioral interventions for older adults with mild cognitive impairment / Adriana M. Seelye ... [et al.] Multidimensional pain assessment in geriatric oncology : an innovative approach / Chih-Hung Chang Health literacy and older adults : understanding cognitive and emotional barriers / Lisa Sparks and Ruby R. Brougham Age differences in response to time pressures on information processing during decision making / Mitzi Schumacher and Joy M. Jacobs-Lawson Future time perspective : health, income, and age / Ruby R. Brougham and Richard S. John Goals for retirement : content, structure, and process / Douglas A. Hershey and Joy M. Jacobs-Lawson.