Geriatric medicine

Health resources are becoming increasingly constrained.

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.

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 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).

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Practical budget management is at the core of this book.

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.

This book is a detailed and comprehensive synthesis of the scientific study of aging.

This book is a detailed and comprehensive synthesis of the scientific study of aging.

The undisputed leader on the subject of geriatrics-updated to reflect the most recent advances in the fieldA Doody's Core Title for 2024 & 2023!

The definitive guide to safe, effective care of older adults-updated with important new content and streamlined for quick accessDoody's Core Titles for 2023!

The leading introductory textbook on geriatrics - completely updated and revisedA Doody s Core Title for 2024 & 2021!

This textbook fosters a deeper understanding of how home healthcare goals for older adults can be achieved through interprofessional collaboration.

This comprehensive volume provides a practical framework for evaluation, management and disposition of this growing vulnerable patient population.

This is a completely revised and updated sixth edition of the highly respected standard for stroke diagnosis and treatment.

Reichel''s formative text is designed as a practical guide for health specialists confronted with the unique problems of geriatric patients.

This is a completely revised and updated sixth edition of the highly respected standard for stroke diagnosis and treatment.

This second edition, published in 2007, examines the studies of risk factors and prevention strategies for falls in older people.

This comprehensive volume provides a practical framework for evaluation, management and disposition of this growing vulnerable patient population.

Health resources are becoming increasingly constrained.

Physical Activity and the Aging Brain: Effects of Exercise on Neurological Function is a complete guide to the manifold effects of exercise and physical activity on the aging brain.

Learn how to ensure quality and safety for vulnerable older adults Transitional care is crucial to older adults with complex care needs who are moving between different locations or different levels of care.

Learn how to ensure quality and safety for vulnerable older adults Transitional care is crucial to older adults with complex care needs who are moving between different locations or different levels of care.

Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems.

Demographic and epidemiological changes mean that frail older people have come to be seen as an expensive problem for health care systems.

This incisive reference systematically reviews the diagnosis and treatment of common surgical and medical emergencies in elderly patients-thoroughly examining surgical interventions, drug therapies and drug prescribing protocols, life-threatening drug reactions, ethical issues, and methods of profiling patients for nursing care.

This up-to-date digest of current medical problems will aid the reader in interpretation of investigations, which are increasingly requested.

Across the spectrum of psychopathology in later life, psychotic symptomatology has been the most neglected, and although literature in this area is increasing, this is the first book to address the need for an overarching framework to examine and understand late-life psychotic phenomena.

Filling a noticeable gap in the market for a new text solely focused on Dementia with Lewy Bodies, this book discusses cutting-edge topics covering the condition from diagnosis to management, as well as what is known about the neurobiological changes involved.

Working with the needs of patients with Alzheimer's disease can be a major challenge for primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and other mental-health professionals.

Working with the needs of patients with Alzheimer's disease can be a major challenge for primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and other mental-health professionals.

Growing Old in the Twentieth Century investigates many aspects of the current debates raging regarding care and provision for the elderly and the very elderly.

Growing Old in the Twentieth Century investigates many aspects of the current debates raging regarding care and provision for the elderly and the very elderly.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a major cause of disability affecting about 1% of the population.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a major cause of disability affecting about 1% of the population.

During the 1970s and 1980s prescription and over-the-counter drugs had come to play a major role in the health care of older people.

Deconditioning is an integrated physiological response of the body to a reduction in metabolic rate, that is, to a reduction in energy use or in exercise level.

Deconditioning is an integrated physiological response of the body to a reduction in metabolic rate, that is, to a reduction in energy use or in exercise level.

During recent years, an increasing amount of academic research has focused on older people with a particular emphasis on settings, places and spaces.

During recent years, an increasing amount of academic research has focused on older people with a particular emphasis on settings, places and spaces.

Written by leading international experts, this book helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our ageing population.

Written by leading international experts, this book helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our ageing population.

Anne s contribution to our understanding of the needs of young people with cancer has been unparalleled and without her extraordinary insights our services would be that much poorer.

Anne s contribution to our understanding of the needs of young people with cancer has been unparalleled and without her extraordinary insights our services would be that much poorer.