Abstract
Quality of life is important for humans regardless of their age. Yet, quality of life in older persons deserves special attention. The quality of older persons’ lives is more often compromised than that of younger persons, because changes are more likely to occur in their health and in their social world. Although a change may mean an opportunity to improve quality of life, most changes in older age can be expected to constitute losses rather than gains (Heckhausen et al., 1989).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Braam, A.W., Beekman, A.T.F., Deeg,D.J.H., Van Tilburg, W., 1994, Religiosity and depressive symptoms among elderlypersons; a study among elder inhabitants of Sassenheim, Tijdschr.Psychiatr.,36(7):509–519.In Dutch, summary in English.
Cameron, P., Gnadinger, D.T., Kostin,J., Kostin, M., 1973, The life satisfaction of nonnormal persons, J. Consult. Clin.Psychol., 41(2):207–214.
Deeg, D.J.H., 1989,Experiencesfrom longitudinal studies of aging. Conceptualization, organization, and output, NIG Trend studiesno. 3, Netherlands Institute of Gerontology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Deeg, D.J.H., Knipscheer, C.P.M., VanTilburg, W., 1993,Autonomy and Well-Being in the Aging Population. Concepts andDesign of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, NIG Trendstudies, No. 7,NetherlandsInstitute of Gerontology, Bunnik, The Netherlands.
Deeg, D.J.H., Kriegsman, D.M.W., 1993,Chronic disease, autonomy and well-being: The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam.XVth Congress of the International Association of Gerontology, Budapest, July 4–9.
Flanagan, J.F., 1982, Measurement ofquality of life: Current state of the art,Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil., 63:56–59.
Fried, L.P., Wallace, R.B., 1992, Thecomplexity of chronic illness in the elderly: From clinic to community, in:TheEpidemiologic Study of the Elderly, R.B. Wallace, R.F. Woolson, eds.,Oxford UniversityPress,New York/Oxford, pp. 10–19.
Heckhausen, J., Dixon, R.A.,Baltes, P.B., 1989, Gains and losses in development throughout adulthood as perceived bydifferent adult age groups, Dev. Psychol., 25:109–121.
Ministry of Welfare, Health and CulturalAffairs, 1991a,Aging Matters. Portrait and Policy: Focus on the Elderly1990-1994, Summary,Ministry of Welfare, Health and Cultural Affairs, Directorate of Policy for the Elderly,Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Ministry of Welfare, Health and CulturalAffairs, 1991b,Working Together along New Pathways. Welfare Policy in the1990’s., Ministryof Welfare, Health and Cultural Affairs, Rijswijk, The Netherlands, in Dutch.
Netherlands Cancer Registry, 1989,Incidenceof Cancer in the Netherlands, Coordinating Council of ComprehensiveCancer Centres, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Netherlands Central Bureau ofStatistics, 1990,Trends from the Life Situation Surveys., Mensen Maatschap-pij,65/4, in Dutch.
Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (1993).VademecumHealth Statistics The Netherlands, SDU publishers/CBS publications, TheHague, The Netherlands.
NetherlandsOrganization for Scientific Research (NWO), 1994,Annual Report 1993,Medical Sciences,Netherlands Organization forScientific Research, The Hague, The Netherlands, in Dutch.
NetherlandsProgramme for Research on Aging (NESTOR), 1989,Long termprogramme, Netherlands Institute of Gerontology, Nijmegen, TheNetherlands.
Smit, J.H., 1993,[Field Work and (Non)response. in: “Autonomy of Older Persons in Sassenheim”, Report of the pilot study of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. D.J.H. Deeg, and J.H. Smit, eds., Vrije Universiteit,Department of Psychiatry and Department of Sociology and Social Gerontology,pp.6–11,Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in Dutch.
Weinberg, N., Williams, J., 1978, Howthe physically disabled perceive their disabilities, J. Rehabil., July/August/September, 31–33.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1995 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Deeg, D.J.H. (1995). Research and the Promotion of Quality of Life in Older Persons in the Netherlands. In: Heikkinen, E., Kuusinen, J., Ruoppila, I. (eds) Preparation for Aging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1979-9_17
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1979-9_17
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4613-5815-2
Online ISBN: 978-1-4615-1979-9
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive