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| Preface | |
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| The Field Of Social Gerontology | |
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| The Growth of Social Gerontology | |
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| The Field of Gerontology | |
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| Social Gerontology | |
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| What Is Aging? | |
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| A Person-Environment Perspective on Social Gerontology | |
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| Organization of the Text | |
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| Why Study Aging? | |
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| Growth of the Older Population | |
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| The Oldest-Old | |
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| Dependency Ratios | |
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| Population Trends | |
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| Worldwide Trends | |
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| Impact of Demographic Trends in the United States | |
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| Longevity in Health or Disease? | |
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| How Aging and Older Adults Are Studied | |
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| Formal Development of the Field | |
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| Research Methods | |
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| Historical and Cross-Cultural Issues in Aging | |
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| Old Age Historically | |
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| The Effects of Modernization | |
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| A Cross-Cultural View of Old Age in Contemporary Societies | |
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| Effects of Culture and Modernization Are Still Changing | |
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| The Biological And Physiological Context Of Social Aging | |
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| The Social Consequences of Physical Aging | |
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| Biological Theories of Aging | |
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| Can Aging Be Reversed or Delayed? | |
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| Research on Physiological Changes with Age | |
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| Changes in Sensory Functions | |
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| Managing Chronic Diseases and Promoting Well-Being in Old Age | |
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| Defining Health | |
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| Quality of Life in Health and Illness | |
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| Chronic and Acute Diseases | |
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| Causes of Death in Older Adults | |
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| Common Chronic Conditions | |
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| Falls and Their Prevention | |
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| Use of Physician Services by Older People | |
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| Health Promotion with Older People | |
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| The Psychological Context Of Social Aging | |
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| Cognitive Changes with Aging | |
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| Intelligence and Aging | |
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| Factors That May Influence Intelligence in Adulthood | |
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| The Process of Learning and Memory | |
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| The Information Processing Model | |
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| Factors That Affect Learning in Old Age | |
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| Age-Related Changes in Memory | |
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| Improving Cognitive Abilities in Old Age:Cognitive Retraining, Memory Mediators | |
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| Wisdom and Creativity | |
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| Personality and Mental Health in Old Age | |
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| Defining Personality | |
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| Stage Theories of Personality | |
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| Trait Theories of Personality | |
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| Self-Concept and Self-Esteem | |
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| Stress, Coping, and Adaptation | |
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| Successful Aging | |
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| Mental Disorders among Older Persons | |
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| Older Adults Who Are Chronically Mentally Ill | |
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| Love, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Old Age | |
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| Attitudes and Beliefs about Sexuality in Later Life | |
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| Myths and Reality about Physiological Changes and Frequency of Sexual Activity | |
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| Women and Age-Related Physiological Changes | |
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| Men and Age-Related Physiological Changes | |
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| Chronic Disease and Sexual Activity | |
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| Gay and Lesbian Partners in Old Age | |
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| Psychosocial Factors and Late-Life Affection, Love, and Intimacy | |
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| Facilitating Older Adults' Sexual Functioning | |
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| The Social Context Of Aging | |
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| Social Theories of Aging | |
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| The Importance of Social Theories of Aging | |
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| Social Gerontological Theory before 1961: Role and Activity | |
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| The First Transformation of Theory | |
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| Alternative Theoretical Perspectives | |
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| Recent Developments in Social Gerontological Theory: The Second Transformation | |
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| The Importance of Social Supports: Family, Friends, and Neighbors | |
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| The Nature and Function of Informal Supports | |
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| Growth of the Multigenerational Family | |
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| Older Partners | |
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| Sibling Relationships | |
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| Never-Married Older People | |
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| Childless Older Adults | |
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| Other Kin | |
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| Intergenerational Relationships: Adult Children | |
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| Grandparenthood and Great-Grandparenthood | |
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| Friends and Neighbors as Social Supports | |
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| Interventions to Strengthen or Build Social Supports | |
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| Relationships with Pets | |
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| Opportunities and Stresses of I | |