Successful Aging Through the Life Span

May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, is Dean and Florence Cellar Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. She is recent past president of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD, is Director of Integrative Studies at Case Western Reserve University, as well as professor of neurology, psychiatry, neuroscience, psychology, nursing, organizational behavior, and biomedical ethics and history. He is the founding president of the Intergenerational School, the world’s first-ever public multiage, community school. Diana L. Morris, PhD, RN, FAAN, is an associate professor of nursing and associate director for programming at the University Center on Aging and Health, Case Western Reserve University.

Contributors
Foreword, R.E. Eckardt
Acknowledgments
Introduction, M.L. Wykle, P.J. Whitehouse, and D.L. Morris
Part I: Health & Productivity — Challenging the Mystique of Longevity, M.L. Wykle
Can Aging Be Interpreted as a Healthy, Positive Process? E.T. Juengst
Maximizing the Productive Engagement of Older Adults, N. Morrow-Howell, F. Tang, J. Kim, et al.
From Successful Aging to Conscious Aging, H.R. Moody

Part II: What Constitutes Successful Aging? D.L. Morris
Exercise and the Generations, B.L. Roberts and P.A. Adler
Food for Thought...and Good Health, G.J. Petot
Successful Aging in the Face of Chronic Disease, E. Kahana, C. King, B. Kahana, et al.

Part III: Aging Across Generations — Interactions that Work,P.J. Whitehouse
Multigenerational Issues that Impact on Successful Aging in Seniors: Caregiving — A Precious Gift, P.A. DeGolia
Women and Intergenerational Caregiving in Families: Structure, Ethnicity, and Building Family Ties, C.M. Musil, C.B. Warner, E.P. Stoller, and T.E. Andersson
Effects of Montessori-Based Intergenerational Program on Engagement and Affect for Adult Day Care Clients with Dementia, C.J. Camp, S. Orsulic-Jeras, M.M. Lee, and K.S. Judge
Using a Learning Environment to Promote Intergenerational Relationships and Successful Aging, C. Whitehouse, S.J. FallCreek, and P.J. Whitehouse

Epilogue: Just Aging: Issues in Intergenerational Health, P.J. Whitehouse