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).

Deborah Y.

'Warm, wise and practical' Cressida Cowell, MBEAn invaluable reference for parents of sick or hospitalised children by an experienced and eminent psychologist.

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.

After receiving the bad news of terminal illness, many told the author the first thought they had was What do we do now?

At the end of life, our comfort lies mainly in relationships.

Many times you will hear people say that they dont fear death but they do fear what they may have to endure before they reach that final passage.

This ';comfortingthoughtful' (The Washington Post) guide to maintaining a high quality of lifefrom resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breathby the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door is a ';roadmap to the end that combines medical, practical, and spiritual guidance' (The Boston Globe).

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.

This is the first book in the field to address the underlying biological abnormalities of Dementia in Alzheimer's Disease (DAD) in people with Down syndrome.

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.

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.

This book explores, with great insight, the multiple lessons of living and dying.

This text consists of eleven chapters concisely summarizing general adult psychiatry in the form of notes.

Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease and is associated with pathological fractures that can lead to significant morbidity.

Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease and is associated with pathological fractures that can lead to significant morbidity.

This book provides the latest research and design-based recommendations for how to design and implement a technology training program for older adults in Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs).

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.

Dementia represents a major public health challenge for the world with over 100 million people likely to be affected by 2050.

Dementia represents a major public health challenge for the world with over 100 million people likely to be affected by 2050.

This book focuses on four of the hallmarks of aging: aspartic acid racemization, advanced glycation end products, telomere shortening and mitochondrial mutations; describing their role in aging and diseases; and their application to age-at-death estimation in forensic sciences in greater depth, displaying the interconnecting pathways among these processes.

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.