This book is an authoritative and well-structured text which is both topic and curriculum oriented, aimed to appeal to a wider multi-professional audience in line with the current NHS workforce training needs in the UK.
Following the success of the previous edition, the second edition of Geriatrics Models of Care is the definitive resource for systems-based practice improvement for the care of older adults.
This book aims to highlight the importance of the development of health conditions and demand for the application of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) outside the intensive care units (ICUs); the diversification of possible scenarios outside the ICUs; the need to establish references that consolidate this phenomenon and the healthcare organizations models.
Die Autoren stellen eine Untersuchung der Bedarfslagen von Menschen mit Demenz (MmD) vor, die eine umfangreiche Analyse von Behandlungsdokumenten gerontopsychiatrischer Patienten, Experteninterviews sowie eine Befragung von einweisenden Hausärzten umfasst.
This book looks at the relationships between the physical-social environment and the elderly in Europe and Latin America, from the Environmental Gerontology perspective and through geographical and psychosocial approaches.
Increasingly over the past five years, uncertainty about reimbursement for routine patient care has been suspected as contributing to problems enrolling people in clinical trials.
This timely volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive summary about what is known about aging and work and addresses the challenges and opportunities confronting older workers and organizations.
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.
A guide for doctors to quickly choose the right drugs in the right dose for the most important clinical problems in the elderly Prescribing medications for elderly patients is complex - this book gives clear advice on treatment regimes, drug interactions, adverse effects, and recommended dose changes Provides practical help with the problems that can arise in reaching an accurate diagnosis in the elderly, recommends clear treatment options, lists key drug interactions and side effects, and advises when to amend doses
This book discusses in detail the pathological aspects associated with alterations in the gut microbiota and the pathogenesis of different disorders related to dysbiosis.
The contributors to this book present case studies of elder care in China and India, and draw comparisons between the two - illuminating some of the key issues facing the two largest Asian countries as they develop rapidly.
With longevity and declining fertility rates, the population of older persons (60 years and above) is globally growing faster than the general population.
For patients and family caregivers the journey through illness and transitions of care is characterized by a series of progressive physical and emotional losses.
Eine ganz entscheidende Rolle in der erfolgreichen Behandlung und Prävention der Skelettdestruktion in der Osteologie und Onkologie kommt einer neuen Arzneimittelgruppe zu, den Bisphosphonaten.
Disaster Preparedness for Seniors: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals outlines specific disaster scenarios for homebound, community, hospitalized, long term care, homeless and aged veterans.
This book brings together legal scholars engaging with vulnerability theory to explore the implications and challenges for law of understanding vulnerability as generative and a source of connection and development.
The growing proportion of neurological diseases in the elderly means that physicians need to have specific knowledge of the topic in everyday clinical work.
Educational advancement in the field of psoriatic arthritis which this book will provide is consistent with GRAPPA's aims and objectives leading to a productive synergy.
Improving care for the patients who are in the last phase of their lives has been a field that most health care providers have struggled with during last few years.
Critical care medicine is a dynamic and exciting arena where complex pathophysiologic states require extensive knowledge and up-to-date clinical information.
Die kurze, prägnante Frage-Antwort-Struktur beleuchtet das Gebiet der Palliativmedizin aus den verschiedenen Perspektiven von Angehörigen über Patienten bis zu denen der beteiligten Berufsgruppen und Ärzte.
This book describes the processes involved in the aging of the human mind, the role of memory, cognitive impairment, and changes in information processing in older people.
This concise and handy manual provides straightforward, up-to-date guidance for cardiologists and other practitioners on the management of cancer patients with cardiac problems, whether they be due to the cancer itself or to antineoplastic treatment.
An essential guide to assessing and treating people with dementia syndromesAs the number of older adults with dementia continues to skyrocket, every health care professional needs accurate, up-todate knowledge of these conditions, their prevention, and possible treatments.
A wide variety of ambitions and measures to slow, stop, and reverse phenomena associated with aging have been part of human culture since early civilization.
The fifth edition of this widely used book by caregivers brings to you updated and revised content, built on the basic understanding that medicine does not work in a vacuum, but rather alongside other disciplines to provide the environment for a healthy and fulfilling long life.
