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Mihaela JURDANA, Tamara POKLAR VATOVEC and Melita PERŠOLJA 
ČERNE (Editors): THE EXTEND OF QUALITY AGEING
University of Primorska, Science and research centre,  
Annales University Press, 2011, 253 pages
“The extent of quality ageing”
The publication “The extent of quality ageing” is an extensive publication pub-
lished by Annales and edited by Dr. Mihaela Jurdana, Dr. Tamara Poklar Vatovec and 
Dr. Melita Peršolja Černe and containing contributions by competent authors. The book 
has been published during a period when the concern in Slovenia are the problems of an 
ageing population and related issues, as is the case in other developed countries.
The publication addresses the main aspects of quality aging, the prevention of 
chronic diseases, maintaining and improving health, recovery from illness or injury, 
age specific health problems and the ability to maintain self-sufficiency.
The aging of an organism is the gradual deterioration of its structure and conse-
quently the weakening of it functions. The book itself offers various views and inter-
pretations of aging based on external (diet, physical activity) and internal (genetic) 
factors or focusing on specific changes and structures at the molecular, cellular and 
systemic level.
Since quality aging is not directly based only on prolonging life, the monograph pre-
sents research findings in several areas associated with aging and provides recommenda-
tions for prevention.
Mihaela Jurdana, PhD
University of Primorska, Science and Research Centre, 
Institute for Kinesiology Research, Slovenia
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RECENZIJA KNJIGE  
Mihaela JURDANA, Tamara POKLAR VATOVEC in Melita PERŠOLJA 
ČERNE (urednice): RAZSEŽNOSTI KAKOVOSTNEGA STARANJA
Univerza na Primorskem, Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče,  
Univerzitetna Založba Annales, 2011, 253 strani
»Razsežnosti kakovostnega staranja«
Monografija Razsežnosti kakovostnega staranja je obsežna publikacija, katere po-
glavja so delo kompetentnih avtorjev na svojem področju. Uredile so jo dr. Mihaela 
Jurdana, dr. Tamara Poklar Vatovec in dr. Melita Peršolja Černe, izšla je pri univerzite-
tni založbi Annales.
Monografija izhaja v obdobju, ko se zaradi naraščanja populacije starostnikov s 
problematiko staranja veliko ukvarjamo, saj se slovenska populacija, podobno kot v 
razvitem svetu, stara. Knjiga naslavlja poglavitne vidike kakovostnega staranja, od 
preprečevanja kroničnih obolenj, vzdrževanja in izboljševanja zdravja, okrevanja po 
bolezni ali poškodbi, ohranjanja sposobnosti samooskrbe in za starost značilne zdra-
vstvene probleme.
Staranje organizma se kaže kot postopno propadanje njegove zgradbe in posledično 
pešanje funkcij. Knjiga sama ponuja veliko pogledov in razlag o staranju, ki temeljijo 
tako na zunanjih (prehrana, telesna aktivnost) kot notranjih (genetskih) dejavnikih ali 
pa se osredotoča na določene spremembe in strukture na molekularni, celični in sistem-
ski ravni. 
Ker kakovostno staranje ni usmerjeno le v podaljševanje življenja, vam v mono-
grafiji predstavljamo raziskovalne ugotovitve na več področjih staranja organizma ter 
podajamo priporočila za preventivno delovanje.
Dr. Mihaela Jurdana
Univerza na Primorskem, Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper,
 Inštitut za kineziološke raziskave, Slovenija