Geriatrics category: 483 books
Leisure and Aging
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
The number and percent of older people in developed countries continue to grow, thanks to medical advances and decreases in fertility and mortality rates. And that means that tomorrow’s recreation and leisure professionals will be more challenged than ever to meet the needs of an increasingly older...
Quarterly Essay 57 Dear Life
On Caring for the Elderly
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
In this moving and controversial Quarterly Essay, doctor and writer Karen Hitchcock investigates the treatment of the elderly and dying through some unforgettable cases. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions, frailty and dementia, over-treatment and escalating costs....
Last Acts
Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
What would you do if you had only a few days to live? Or a few weeks or months? What if a loved one were in this situation -- how could you help that person decide how to spend the time that remained? Perhaps you lost a family member or dear friend to a terminal illness and were baffled by that person's...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Biological rhythms time the ebb and flow of virtually every physiological process, and their mutual coordination guarantees the integrity of the organism over space and time. Aging leads to the disintegration of this coordination, as well as to changes in the amplitude and/or frequency of the underlying...
Dementia Beyond Drugs, Second Edition
Changing the Culture of Care
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Reducing the use of psychotropic drugs in the symptomatic treatment of dementia is key to successfully implementing compassionate, person-centered practices in your organization—and this book shows clearly why and how it can be done. The revised second edition of this award-winning resource introduces...
by Hillel Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Called to the bedside of someone critically or chronically ill, what should you bring,
what can you do, what must you know, what will you say?
Likely you've already sat with a grandparent, parent, brother, sister, lover, or friend in a hospital or nursing home and found yourself disturbed by...
Ambient Assisted Living and Enhanced Living Environments
Principles, Technologies and Control
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Ambient Assisted Living and Enhanced Living Environments: Principles, Technologies and Control separates the theoretical concepts concerning the design of such systems from their real-world implementations. For each important topic, the book bridges theory and practice, introducing the instruments...
by Theodore Goldsmith
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Why do we age? How do we age? These questions have baffled scientists for centuries and remain unresolved. The answer to the “how” question is critical to our ability to successfully prevent and treat age-related diseases like cancer and heart disease that now cause the majority of all deaths...
The New Science of Overcoming Arthritis
Prevent or Reverse Your Pain, Discomfort, and Limitations
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Battle the growing arthritis epidemic by taking steps now.
Arthritis is truly an epidemic: more than 40 million Americans currently have arthritis, it is the leading cause of disability among people age 65 and older, and the overall annual costs to society are figured to be more than 65 billion....
by Melanie Adair, Joe B. Adair
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Helps seniors and their caregivers successfully navigate the challenges of aging, make informed decisions, and focus on individualized goals of care to promote resiliency and maximum functional potential. A team of physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, therapists, chaplains, business and...
The Long Tomorrow
How Advances in Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Postpone Aging
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2005
The conquest of aging is now within our grasp. It hasn't arrived yet, writes Michael R. Rose, but a scientific juggernaut has started rolling and is picking up speed. A long tomorrow is coming. In The Long Tomorrow, Rose offers us a delightfully written account of the modern science of aging, spiced...
Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System
Japan's 10-year Experience
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Ageing population poses a set of complex policy and dilemmas for social security systems, intensifying the concerns about rising expenditures in health care and long-term care for elderly. In this context, ageing societies has many valuable lessons to learn by studying Japan's experience dealing with...
Old Age In Europe
A Textbook of Gerontology
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world and its population is still ageing. This demographic shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. Scholars from various disciplines and the public noted this development and wonder what effects it may have, but lack adequate information....
Molecular Gerontology
Research Status and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Esteemed researchers from different European laboratories provide state-of-the-art studies on biology and ageing, along with guidelines for future investigations. They cover such issues in molecular gerontological research as regulation of gene expression from DNA to RNA to functional proteins, origin...