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Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Methodological and Empirical Advancements in Active Ageing and Quality of Life - Special Focuses of the Book (Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas, Fermina Rojo-Pérez) -- Part I: Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives -- Chapter 2. Active Aging and Quality of Life (Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros, Marta Santacreu, Macarena Sánchez-Izquierdo) -- Chapter 3. Active Ageing and the Longevity Revolution (Alexandre Kalache, Ina Voelcker) -- Chapter 4. Active Ageing and Quality of Life: A Systematized Literature Review (Fermina Rojo-Pérez, Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas, Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez) -- Chapter 5. The Life Course Construction of Inequalities in Health and Wealth in Old Age (Michel Oris, Marie Baeriswyl, Andreas Ihle) -- Chapter 6. Lifelong Learning and Quality of Life (Mª Ángeles Molina, Rocío Schettini) -- Chapter 7. Aging at a Developmental Crossroad: The Case for Generativity in Later Life (Feliciano Villar, Rodrigo Serrat) -- Chapter 8. Quality of Life of Older People with Dementia (Beatriz León Salas, Maria-João Forjaz, Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, Pablo Martínez-Martín) -- Part II: Social Policy Issues and Research Agenda -- Chapter 9. Developmental Social Policy and Active Aging with High Quality of Life. A Preventative, Life-Course-Oriented Approach (Christian Aspalter) -- Chapter 10. "Active Ageing": Its Relevance from an Historical Perspective (Julio Pérez Díaz, Antonio Abellán García) -- Chapter 11. Transnational Ageing and Quality of Life (Vincent Horn) -- Chapter 12. What Should Guarantee Pensions Systems Designed with a Human Rights Based Approach? (Sol Minoldo, Enrique Peláez) -- Chapter 13. Civil Society Organizations' Discourse and Interventions to Promote Active Ageing in Relation with the Quality of Life in Latin-America (Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Verónica Montes De Oca Zavala, Mariana Paredes, Sagrario Garay-Villegas) -- Chapter 14. Outdoor Green Spaces and Active Ageing from the Perspective of Environmental Gerontology (Diego Sánchez-González, Carmen Egea-Jiménez) -- Chapter 15. Active Ageing and Quality of Life: An Agenda for Scientific Research (Alan Walker) -- Part III: Methods, Measurement Instruments-Scales, Evaluations -- Chapter 16. Active Ageing and Quality of Life. Measures, Instruments, and Applications (Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, Maria João Forjaz).-Chapter 17. Measuring the Impact of Active and Assisted Living (Aal) Solutions: An Analysis of Research Practices (Birgit Aigner‐Walder, Albert Luger, Julia Himmelsbach) -- Chapter 18. Quality of Later Life in Europe: An Econometric Analysis (Noelia Somarriba Arechavala, Pilar Zarzosa Espina, Patricia Gómez-Costilla) -- Chapter 19. Proposals for Better Caring and Ageing: Results from Evaluation of Programmes (Mª Silveria Agulló-Tomás, Vanessa Zorrilla-Muñoz, Mª Victoria Gómez-García, Marian Blanco-Ruíz) -- Chapter 20. Preventing Loneliness: Promising Insights for Achieving Active Aging and a Positive Quality of Life (José Buz, Jenny De Jong Giervel, Daniel Perlman) -- Part IV. Applications (Domains, Geographical Contexts) -- Chapter 21. Gender Differences in Active Aging in Canada: The Roles of Insufficient Income and Violence (Maria Victoria Zunzunegui, Emmanuelle Belanger) -- Chapter 22. Health and the Built Environment: Enhancing Healthy Aging through Environmental Interventions (Marcia G. Ory, Chanam Lee, Aya Yoshikawa) -- Chapter 23. Cuba: Active Ageing and Quality of Life of Older Persons (Alina C. Alfonso León, Rolando. García Quiñones) -- Chapter 24. Active Ageing for Quality of Later Life in México: The Role Of Physical and Social Environments (Sagrario Garay Villegas, Verónica Montes De Oca Zavala) -- Chapter 25. Happiness as a Quality of Life Component for Active Ageing in Colombia (Doris Cardona A., Alejandra Segura C., Diana Isabel Muñoz R., Ángela Segura C.) -- Chapter 26. Satisfaction with Quality of Life Among Ex-Combatants During the Reintegration Process: Colombia (Carlos Robledo Marín, Doris Cardona A.) -- Chapter 27. Successful Aging and Quality of Life. A Cross-Ethnic Comparison in Chile (Esteban Sánchez-Moreno, Lorena Gallardo-Peralta, Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Abel Soto Higuera) -- Chapter 28. Growing Older with Dignity: The Nature and Determinants of Quality of Life Among Older People in South Africa (Pranita Maharaj, Benjamin Roberts) -- Chapter 29. Staying Engaged: Experiences and Opportunities for Diverse Populations to Age Well in Australia (Jackie Liddle, Nancy A. Pachana) -- Chapter 30. Age-Friendly Environments and Active Aging for Community-Based Older People Living in Beijing, China (Yang Cheng, Jing Xi, Mark Rosenberg) -- Chapter 31. Successful Aging and Active Aging in Taiwan. From Concept to Application: Micro and Macro Perspectives (Hui-Chuan Hsu) -- Chapter 32. Social Participation, Occupational Activities and Quality of Life in Older Europeans: A Focus on the Oldest Old (Lia Araujo, Laetitia Teixeira, Oscar Ribeiro, Constança Paul) -- Chapter 33. Quality of Life of Older Swedes (Deborah Finkel, Gerdt Sundström) -- Chapter 34. Active Ageing as Framework for a Quality of Life Enabling Environment in Nursing Homes in Flanders, Belgium (Ellen Gorus, Patricia De Vriendt, Lien Van Malderen) -- Chapter 35. Activities to Address Quality of Life Between Urban and Rural Ageing People in the Czech Republic (Marcela Petrová Kafková) -- Chapter 36. Active Ageing: Conceptual Developments, International Experiences and Recent Policy Strategies in Italy (Claudia Di Matteo, Giovanni Lamura, Andrea Principi) -- Chapter 37. Multimorbidity, Social Networks and Health-Related Wellbeing at the End of the Life Course (Dolores Puga, Celia Fernández-Carro, Hermenegildo Fernández-Abascal) -- Chapter 38. Care and Active Ageing (María Teresa Martín Palomo, María Pía Venturiello, Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas, María Eugenia Prieto-Flores) -- Chapter 39. Residential Environment and Active Ageing: The Role of Physical Barriers in Leisure Participation (María-Eugenia Prieto-Flores, Raúl Lardiés-Bosque, Fermina Rojo-Pérez).

[EN] Demographic ageing is one of the most relevant social and political challenges in recent decades. There are several approaches to the fact of ageing, depending on the emphasis on biomedical, social or political aspects. The approach to ageing from a social construction perspective implies thinking about how we get older and how we achieve it with quality of life. In an unequal society in relation to gender relations, the fact of ageing is not confronted in the same way as women or men. In addition, in the study of ageing are important different social variables, health and physical environment. These variables converge in the social construction of an object of study that over the years has been diversifying its axis according to devote a greater emphasis to the fragility or, on the contrary, to the potentiality that encloses aging well, with dignity, with decency. The paradigm of care as a model that reflects on the daily maintenance of the world, our bodies, our environment, our lives, would contribute to the concept of active ageing, with the view on the notion of human vulnerability constituent and therefore considering care as a complex and transversal process that contributes to the quality of life of all. ; [ES] El envejecimiento demográfico constituye uno de los desafíos sociales y políticos más relevantes de las últimas décadas. Hay diversas aproximaciones al hecho de envejecer, en función de que se ponga el acento en aspectos biomédicos, sociales o políticos. La aproximación al envejecimiento desde una perspectiva de construcción social implica pensar en cómo nos hacemos mayores y cómo lo conseguimos con calidad de vida. En una sociedad desigual en cuanto a las relaciones de género, el hecho de envejecer no se afronta de la misma manera según se trate de mujeres u hombres. Además, en el estudio del envejecimiento son importantes diversas variables sociales, de salud y del entorno físico. Estas variables confluyen en la construcción social de un objeto de estudio que con los años ha ido diversificando su eje según se dedique un mayor énfasis a la fragilidad o, por el contrario, a la potencialidad que encierra envejecer bien, con dignidad, con decencia. El paradigma del care, como modelo que reflexiona sobre el cotidiano mantenimiento del mundo, de nuestros cuerpos, de nuestro entorno, de nuestras vidas, contribuiría al concepto de envejecimiento activo, con la mirada puesta sobre la noción de vulnerabilidad humana constitutiva y, por tanto, considerando el cuidado como un proceso complejo y transversal que contribuye a la calidad de vida de todos y todas. ; Peer Reviewed

Purpose As life expectancy increases, a progressively higher number of older adults have to cope with multiple chronic diseases, which cause functional deterioration and impaired quality of life and may impede ageing at home with autonomy and independence. Therefore, it is im-portant to have a reliable, valid and easy-to-apply measure of disease burden morbidity, cen-tered in the person. This study describes the metric properties of the disease burden morbidity assessment (DBMA)1,2 using Rasch analysis3, which allows developing linear measures that may be applied using computerized test assessment. Method Participants were 1400 adults aged 50 years and over from the Longitudinal Study Aging in Spain Pilot Survey (ELES-PS)4. The DBMA asked about the impact of several chronic health problems on activities of daily liv-ing, with a 5-point response scale. Rasch analysis was applied. Results & Discussion The par-ticipants¿ mean age was 65.5±10.40 years, 55.4% were women, and reported a mean number of chronic conditions of 2.5±2.25. After adjusting the response scale, a good fit to the Rasch model was achieved, with items local independence and unidimensionality, no differential item functioning, though with low reliability. The linear measure showed moderate correlations with physical function and self-rated health. In conclusion, after adjustment the DBMA offers results in a linear measure, with an adequate internal and construct validity. This measure allows as-sessing the impact of illness according to the patient¿s perspective and supports its application through computerized test assessment.