Geriatric medicine

Each species has its own characteristic aging trajectory coded by a species-specific developmental program.

As an objective of human security, it is important to understand the social system and to make more appropriate policies for people based on the bio-psycho-social viewpoint of health advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

What does it mean for a person to move from work to retirement?

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While the problems of aging are being studied with microscope, computer, and questionnaire as a medical, social, and economic challenge, these essays introduce the humanistic perspective.

Practical budget management is at the core of this book.

"e;Rationing Medical Care on the Basis of Age"e; explores this highly topical issue and presents a critical argument on the nature of the possible crisis.

This unique, concise ready reference for daily use collates for the first time the most useful, practical and simple assessment scales used in geriatric settings.

Tailoring mental illness drug treatments specifically for elderly people has been a neglected area.

Includes colour illustrations This practical reference draws together the combined expertise of a wide range of health professionals in managing this condition.

This comprehensive book gives an up-to-date profile of all aspects of the care of older people in the community, with particular emphasis on the importance of maintaining function and independence as well as health.

"e;Parkinson's Disease in the Older Patient, Second Edition"e; has been fully revised, updated and expanded to include new treatments and entirely new chapters.

Building on the success of "e;Practical Psychiatry of Old Age"e; now in its Fourth Edition, this book looks in more detail at affective disorders from a variety of perspectives.

Sarcopenia: Molecular, Cellular, and Nutritional Aspects describes the progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, defined by Rosenberg in 1997 as a hallmark of aging and referred to as "e;sarcopenia.

With more people living longer lives, there is increased importance in the health care industry on improving services for the elderly.

In the 1980s the need for long-term care for elderly people in Western societies was quite obvious from the increasing numbers of old and very old people in the population.

This practical guide helps student and practising nurses to understand the impact of their care when working with older people.

This practical guide helps student and practising nurses to understand the impact of their care when working with older people.

Although books exist on the evolution of aging, this is the first book written from the perspective of again as an adaptive program.

This book focuses on parasite life cycles and host pathology, with limited discussions of parasite morphology, taxonomy, and pharmacological treatments.

In the 1980s the need for long-term care for elderly people in Western societies was quite obvious from the increasing numbers of old and very old people in the population.

This clinically focused book provides the essential modalities for managing pain in older patients.

This unique volume teaches those in the medical fields about the scientific value of neuropsychology in assessing cognition, the 6th vital sign, as part of well integrated collaborative care.

Psychological, social, and spiritual care is as important as physical care at the end of life.

The field of geriatric urology continues to evolve and expand since the publication of the first edition of this book.

This practical handbook offers quick and sound advice on the many issues faced when dialyzing the older patient.

This text provides a comprehensive, state of the art review of this field and will serve as a resource for urologists, colorectal surgeons, geriatricians, and gynecologists as well as researchers interested in neuromuscular phenomena in the pelvis.

Evidence pertaining to continual violence throughout the life cycle coupled with the experience of growing old in a life permeated by intimate violence is scarce.

Increasingly, we hear of more and more elders falling victim to financial exploitation.

Acute Care for Elders (ACE) is a model of care designed to improve functional outcomes and to improve the processes for the care of older patients.

This is the new and fully revised third edition of the well-received text that is the benchmark book in the field of nutrition and aging.

Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform provides an introduction to the principles of palliative care; describes current models of delivering palliative care across care settings, and examines opportunities in the setting of healthcare policy reform for palliative care to improve outcomes for patients, families and healthcare institutions.

This book synthesizes the major research advances in molecular, biochemical and translational aspects of aging and heart failure over the last four decades and addresses future directions in management and drug discovery.

Since the first edition of this book was published there have been considerable changes in continuing care.

As our population continues to age, health professionals are being called on to care for an ever-increasing number of elderly patients.

Chronic pain is a daily fact of life for many elderly people.

The incidence of stroke increases with age and with the increase in the life expectancy, the older people will contribute to a large portion of those afflicted with stroke.

This book is a thorough revision of one of the most comprehensive reference volumes for persons working in the area of aging and mental health.

A manual to providing nursing care during the functional decline of Alzheimer's patients, emphasizing how to evaluate the patients' competence at each stage and allow them to take as much care of themselves as possible.

This innovative reference explores a wide selection of topics associated with aging, providing a solid understanding of the significance and molecular basis of the aging process and charting the course of future research in the area.

A manual to providing nursing care during the functional decline of Alzheimer's patients, emphasizing how to evaluate the patients' competence at each stage and allow them to take as much care of themselves as possible.

In this new color handbook, the authors deal systematically with those skin conditions that are particular to or more common in the elderly covering testing, diagnosis and treatment options.

Geriatric Rehabilitation addresses the fact that this is an age in which individuals have increasing longevity, better health care, education and expectations of health care which present new, increasing and even radical challenges to health care providers.

Throughout my clinical training and practice, I have been surprised by the number of times that sexual issues have emerged as an unexpectedly central feature in my work with older adults.