Health and Cognition in Old Age [electronic resource] : From Biomedical and Life Course Factors to Policy and Practice / edited by Anja K. Leist, Jenni Kulmala, Fredrica Nyqvist.

Perspectives on health and cognition in old age. Why we need multidisciplinary investigations -- Part I: What constitutes health, cognition, and well-being in old age from a biomedical perspective? -- Vascular aging: revealing the role and clinical perspectives of the urokinase system -- Impact of metabolic control on cognitive function and health-related quality of life in older diabetics -- Understanding the mechanisms of immune system aging: Immune system cell development and antibody repertoires -- How the aging process affects our immune system: mechanisms, consequences and perspectives for intervention -- A conflict of interpretations in gerontology -- Part II: What constitutes health and cognition in old age from a life-course perspective? -- Occupational gerontology - work-related determinants of old age health and functioning -- Social, behavioral, and contextual influences on cognitive function and decline over the life course -- Obesity, cognitive ageing, and dementia - the usefulness of longitudinal studies to understand the obesity paradox -- Models for predicting risk of dementia: Predictive accuracy and model complexity -- Lifestyle factors in the prevention of dementia: A life-course perspective -- Part III: Promoting health, cognition, and well-being in old age through care and interventions -- Understanding long-term care outcomes: the contribution of conventional and behavioural economics -- Alzheimer's disease, patients, and informal caregivers - patterns of care in France, Sweden, and Greece -- Implementation of a complex improvement program in aged care -- Can executive functions be trained in healthy older adults and in older adults with mild cognitive impairment? -- Part IV: How to ensure healthy and active aging through policy and practice --  A Master's degree in one's fifties: A way to stay active beyond the retirement age -- Perspectives on dynamic retirement and active ageing -- Social capital, mental well-being and loneliness in older people --  Reading meters: Vision, instrumentation and evaluation in voluntary post-license training for older drivers -- Social policies for old age: A story of shifting images and time lag.