Wellbeing in Later Life -- Contents of this Volume -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Full Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide -- Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Wellbeing in Later Life -- Part 1 Longevity and Wellbeing -- Chapter 2 The Changing Demographic Context of Aging -- Chapter 3 Biological Determinants and Malleability of Aging -- Chapter 4 Wellbeing as Experienced by the Very Old -- Part 2 Factors Influencing Wellbeing -- Chapter 5 Psychological Wellbeing in Later Life -- Chapter 6 Nutrition and Lifelong Wellbeing -- Chapter 7 Physical Activity, Exercise, and Aging -- Chapter 8 Capability and Independency in Later Life -- Chapter 9 Combating Isolation Through Technology in Older People -- Chapter 10 Wellbeing and Vitality in Later Life: The Role of the Consumer Industry -- Chapter 11 Education and its Role in Wellbeing -- Part 3 Wellbeing at the End of Life -- Chapter 12 The Threat to Wellbeing from Cognitive Decline -- Chapter 13 When Vitality Meets Longevity: New Strategies for Health in Later Life -- Chapter 14 Maintaining Wellbeing Through the End of Life -- Part 4 Comparative Perspectives on Wellbeing -- Chapter 15 Cultures, Aging, and Wellbeing -- Chapter 16 Wellbeing in the Oldest Old and Centenarians in Japan -- Chapter 17 Wellbeing in Later Life in Eighteenth-Century England -- Appendix Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing Project: Mental Capital Through Life: Future Challenges -- Index.