This edited volume provides a broad ranging view of the challenges and responses to the increasing age and age-associated morbidity of Malta’s population, from considerations about the provision of a sustainable income in retirement to end-of-life and long-term care. The chapters range in scope from an overview of Malta’s ageing population to considerations of various aspects of healthcare, ranging from oral health to dementia, nutrition to coronary disease, with a nice mix of both objective and subjective perspectives. The ageing of society will differ from country to country, and it is particularly valuable for countries with relatively well established programmes of gerontological education and training to be able to access information about the ageing of other, smaller countries. The opportunities afforded to small nations for developing a coherent, holistic approach to healthy active ageing enrich the field of gerontology, and this edited volume provides an excellent illustration of what can be done and what scope there is for further developments. This edited collection provides a full and comprehensive coverage of key issues related to health and activity in the context of ageing. With its broad perspective on the determinants and scope of health in later life, the collection is genuinely focused on preventive strategies as well as seeking to maximize the quality of life of older people who depend on health and care systems. The book will be of benefit to those working with older people in health and social care services in Malta as well as to researchers and students of gerontology. It is a unique and original contribution to gerontology. Active and Healthy Ageing in Malta: Gerontological and Geriatric Inquiries documents the outstanding progress in living conditions for older persons in Malta which resulted from policy advances in social and health care policies, and charts the challenges faced by Maltese society in providing improved and more equitable gerontological and geriatric services.
فورموزا, M. (2018). Active and healthy ageing in Malta: Gerontological and geriatric inquiries. Malta: BDL Publishers. (319 pages)
مدير معهد الأمم المتحدة الدولي للشيخوخة، مالطا
مارفن فورموزا دكتوراه هو أستاذ مشارك ورئيس قسم دراسات الشيخوخة والخرف, كلية الرفاهية الاجتماعية، جامعة مالطا. يشغل مناصب رئيس اللجنة الوطنية للشيخوخة النشطة (مالطا)، ومندوب رئيس جامعة العمر الثالث (مالطا)، ومدير المعهد الدولي للشيخوخة التابع للأمم المتحدة – مالطا (INIA). نشر البروفيسور فورموزا على نطاق واسع في مجال دراسات الشيخوخة، وشملت المنشورات الحديثة الشيخوخة النشطة والصحية: استفسارات علم الشيخوخة وطب الشيخوخة (2018)، وجامعة العصر الثالث والشيخوخة النشطة: وجهات نظر أوروبية وآسيا والمحيط الهادئ (2019).
وهو قائد الفريق القطري (مالطا) لمسح الصحة والشيخوخة والتقاعد في أوروبا (SHARE)، ويشغل منصب رئيس تحرير المجلة الدولية للشيخوخة في البلدان النامية، وتشمل اهتماماته الأكاديمية تعليم كبار السن، جامعات العصر الثالث، ديناميات الطبقة الاجتماعية، علم الشيخوخة النسوي، وعلم الشيخوخة النقدي.
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