In this volume, leading contributors from both gerontology and leisure studies discuss the importance of various kinds of activity to health, social integration and the quality of later life. Each chapter discusses the history of research and theory on a specific issue, current formulations and some implications for the future. The volume addresses such issues as productivity, social bonding, persistence in exercise and specific activities in retirement communities and senior programmes.
- ISBN10 0803952732
- ISBN13 9780803952737
- Publish Date 5 October 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 February 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English