Productive Aging: An Occupational Perspective

$89.95
Author(s):
Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA; Karen Crane Macdonald, PhD, OTR/L
ISBN 10:
1617110779
ISBN 13:
9781617110771
Pages:
296
Cover:
Hardback
Publication Date:
2015
Item Number:
30771
Product Dimensions:
8.50 x 11.00 x 0.13 inches

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Book Description

Productive Aging: An Occupational Perspective is a concise and practical text that takes a fresh look at our rapidly expanding and diverse older population. Recognizing the unique identity of each older person, this text provides client-centered guidelines for maximizing function, independence, and wellness. Productive Aging also outlines self-management strategies for promoting participation and engagement in productive occupations for the older persons’ own continuing development, health, and well-being.
 
Productive Aging not only summarizes current evidence, but it looks into the lives of forty productive agers who shared their personal perspective with the authors as part of an original qualitative study. These participant stories, often told in the participants own words, describe how current theories of aging are applied in the lives of older adults who are currently living the experience. Older adults ages 60 to 98 describe the effective strategies they used to manage their own aging process, to structure healthy lifestyles and social connections, and to intentionally direct their own productive occupations in satisfying and meaningful ways. The results of this qualitative research study have led to a grounded theory of Conditional Independence, which guides occupational therapy approaches to productive aging in practice.
 
Authors Marilyn B. Cole and Dr. Karen C. Macdonald explore the six productive occupations that researchers have identified as typical of older adults today: self-management, home management, volunteering, paid work, care giving, and lifelong learning. In addition to summarizing current research and theories within each occupation, concrete strategies and techniques relative to these roles are detailed, with multiple examples, case studies, and learning activities. Throughout Productive Aging, interviews with experienced practitioners, administrators, and educators reveal some of the implications of various trends and techniques.
 
For occupational therapists, descriptions of settings and types of intervention are consistent with the latest version of AOTA’s Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, Third Edition. In addition to promoting productive occupations within traditional institutional and medical-based practice, occupational therapy roles include that of consultant, educator, and advocate when treating individuals, groups, and populations in home care, organizational, and community settings. Special attention is given to developing the ability to become an effective self-manager, facilitating social participation, and maximizing clients’ applied functional abilities.
 
Productive Aging: An Occupational Perspective is the perfect addition to the bookshelf of occupational therapy students, faculty, and clinicians, as well as any health care practitioner who would like to update his or her knowledge of the aging individual within his or her current practice settings.

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Contents

Dedication 
Acknowledgments 
About the Authors
Introduction

Section I The New Geriatric Practice 
Chapter 1 What Is Productive Aging? 
Productive Versus Successful Aging...Beyond Successful Aging...What Is an Occupational Perspective?...Roles or Occupations?...Evidence for Productive Aging...Productive Aging and Occupational Therapy...Productive Aging Study (PAS) Overview...Productive Aging Across the Continuum of Care
Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA and Karen C. Macdonald, PhD, OTR/L
Chapter 2 Generations and Diversity in Older Adulthood 
Contemporary Theories...Traditionalists Versus Baby Boomers...Multicultural Diversity...The Global Aging Boom...New Generations of Occupational Therapy Practitioners...Intergenerational/Multicultural Challenges and Opportunities
Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Chapter 3 Transitions in Older Adulthood 
Retirement...Health Status...Relocation...Changes in Social Relationships...Widowhood...Death and End-of-Life Care
Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Chapter 4 Continuums of Care
Models of Service Delivery...Continuum of Community-Based Practice Settings....Traditional Medical Practice Settings
Karen C. Macdonald, PhD, OTR/L and Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Chapter 5 Occupational Therapist’s Roles in Productive Aging 
Ten OT Steps in Support of Productive Aging...Professionalism...Expanding Needs for OT Services and Evolving Practice Settings
Karen C. Macdonald, PhD, OTR/L and Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA

Section II Productive Occupations in Older Adulthood as Defined Through Productive Aging Study (PAS) 
Chapters 6 Through 13 Include the Following for Each Topic: Participant Perspectives...Literature Review...Applications to Continuum of Care...Implications for OT Practice

Chapter 6 Self-Manager
Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Chapter 7 Home Manager 
Karen C. Macdonald, PhD, OTR/L
Chapter 8 Caregiver 
Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Chapter 9 Volunteer
Karen C. Macdonald, PhD, OTR/L
Chapter 10 Older Worker 
Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Chapter 11 Lifelong Learner 
Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Chapter 12 Social Connections: Participation and Strategies 
Marilyn B. Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Chapter 13 Self-Fulfilling Activities 
Karen C. Macdonald, PhD, OTR/L
Chapter 14 A Theory of Conditional Independence 
Final Phases of Analysis...Proposal of a Grounded Theory...Conditional Independence....Supported Function...Situational Adaptation...Structured Performance...Intentional Ability
Karen C. Macdonald, PhD, OTR/L
Chapter 15 Future Opportunities for Occupational Therapy in Gerontology 
Making Progress...Career Options...Expanding Roles and Settings for OTs...Emerging Areas of Practice...Anticipating Future Roles...Review of Outcomes
Karen C. Macdonald, PhD, OTR/L

Appendix I Methodology for the Qualitative Productive Aging Study
Research Design...Data Collection...Data Analysis...Data Synthesis...Final Participant Feedback
Karen C. Macdonald, PhD, OTR/L

Appendix II Participant Thumbnail Sketches  
Index 

Reviews

“This book presents a unique opportunity to understand aging from a health and wellness model versus a more traditional medical model and the role of occupational therapy throughout this process."

- Shannon Martin, OTD, Touro University Nevada, Doody’s Book Review Service