This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging. It continues the groundbreaking work of the first edition, emphasizing a life-span approach toward understanding the social interaction that occurs during later life. The edition provides a comprehensive update on the existing and emerging research within communication and aging studies and considers such topics as notions of successful aging, positive and negative stereotypes toward older adults, and health communication issues. It raises awareness of the barriers facing elderly people in conversation and the importance such conversations have in elderly people's lives. The impact of nonrelational processes, such as hearing loss, are considered as they impact relationships with others and affect the ability to age successfully. The book is organized into 14 chapters. Each chapter is written so that the reader is presented with an exhaustive review of the pertinent and recent literature from the social sciences. As in the first edition, when the literature is empirically based, the communicative ramifications are then discussed. Readers of this volume will gain greater understanding of the importance of their communicative relationships and how significant they remain across the life span. Developed for students in communication, psychology, nursing, social gerontology, sociology, and related areas, Communication and Aging provides important insights on communication to all who are affected by the aging process.
The book examines key topics such as interpersonal and family relationships in old age, media portrayals of aging, cultural variations in intergenerational communication, and health communication in old age.
The book synthesizes existing research, and builds a case for more positive attitudes towards aging and for the power of communication to shape such attitudes.
This essential volume explores the vital role of communication in the aging process and how this varies for different social groups and cultural communities.
This work shows that aging is not only an individual process but an interactive one. The study of communication can lead to an understanding of what it means to grow old.
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Technology for Adaptive Aging is the product of a workshop that brought together distinguished experts in aging research and in technology to discuss applications of technology to communication, education and learning, employment, health, ...
This collection highlights the current efforts by scholars and researchers to understand the aging process as it relates to the health of older adults.
Concerns include family, neighbors, friends, misperceptions between generations, and thought process and communication. The text is a vital source of data for readers interested in the study of life cycle.
... include a gradual and diffuse atrophy of the cortex with the formation of senile plaques , neurofibrillary tangles , granulovacuolar degeneration , and reductions in cholinergic neurotransmission ( Cummings and Benson , 1983 ) .
In Chapter 5, Villaume, Brown, and Darling consider how age-related hearing loss (i.e., presbycusis) affects the communication of older adults with moderate to severe hearing loss. The authors begin with a review of the literature on ...