Free Download Handbook of Active Ageing and Quality of Life: From Concepts to Applications
by Fermina Rojo-Pérez, Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas
English | 2021 | ISBN: 303058030X | 656 Pages | True PDF | 23 MB

This handbook presents an overview of studies on the relationship of active ageing and quality of life. It addresses the new challenges of ageing from the paradigm of positive ageing (active, healthy and successful) for a better quality of life. It provides theoretical perspectives and empirical studies, including scientific knowledge as well as practical experiences about the good ageing and the quality of later life around the world, in order to respond to the challenges of an aged population. The handbook is structured in 4 sections covering theoretical and conceptual perspectives, social policy issues and research agenda, methods, measurement instrument-scales and evaluations, and lastly application studies including domains and geographical contexts.