Geriatric medicine

Seven in ten Americans over the age of age of sixty who require medical decisions in the final days of their life lack the capacity to make them.

Evidence Based Treatment with Older Adults: Theory, Practice, and Research provides a detailed examination of five research-supported psychosocial interventions for use with older adults: cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, life review/reminiscence, problem solving therapy, and psychoeducational/social support approaches.

"e;Three chief evils that hang over us are disease, old age, and death.

Originally published by Oxford in 1998, Psycho-Oncology was the first comprehensive text in the field and remains the gold standard today.

Frail older people now contribute the majority of the acute emergency take both medical and surgical.

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.

Now fully revised and in its fourth edition, the Oxford Handbook of Oncology has been the essential go-to guide for students and practitioners in oncology for over a decade.

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.

Nell M.

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally goodor equally poorhealth.

The newly retired are entering a time of life that is virtually uncharted, a time in which they are free from social expectations and, to a large extent, from obligations to others.

Supporting the Child and the Family in Paediatric Palliative Care provides a comprehensive overview of good practice in caring for terminally-ill children, young people and their families.

After introductory chapters devoted to the safe production and distribution of vaccines, the book addresses the question of adult vaccination in the framework of a life-course approach to vaccination.

This book explores the practical application of recent improvements in technology for people living with dementia and highlights the positive outcomes on care, quality of life, and services on patients through exploration of 15 research projects to redefine the future of dementia care.

This book summarises the entire field of adult neuro-urology in a concise, well-illustrated, and practical style.

Demographic trends confirm what clinicians already know - they are spending increasing amounts of time dealing with older people.

Exercise has been rightly termed the "e;fountain of youth"e; for older adults.

In this comprehensive and accessible guide, long-term care expert Stella Henry helps readers navigate the daunting logistics and powerful emotions of making care decisions for an elderly parent or loved one.

This innovative, comprehensive book covers key elements of perioperative management of older patients, from preoperative evaluation to post-hospital care.

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.

Parkinson's Disease: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Pathology explores the molecular pathways at the basis of the cellular defects connected to Parkinson's disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disease, and the most common movement disorder.

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally goodor equally poorhealth.

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.

Pediatric palliative care is a field of significant growth as health care systems recognize the benefits of palliative care in areas such as neonatal intensive care, pediatric ICU, and chronic pediatric illnesses.

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.

Palliative care is rapidly evolving as a multidimensional therapeutic model devoted to improving the quality of life of all patientswith life-threatening illness.

Assisting someone with Alzheimer's disease or another illness that causes dementia is incredibly demanding and stressful for the family.

The elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the population in developed countries, reflected in the patient population presenting to EDs and hospitals.

Wisdom Mind is an empirically-supported mindfulness intervention program for older adults - those who are cognitively healthy, as well as those who may be experiencing subjective cognitive decline.

Dementia is the most significant health issue facing our aging population.

Due to improvements in health and healthcare, the elderly population is expanding rapidly within the developed world.

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

Given the increased attention of clinicians, researchers, and the pharmaceutical industry to the management and treatment of dementia not only in the elderly but also in increasingly younger populations, the demands for effective evidence-based pharmaceutical control of dementia and quantitative assessment of outcomes have increased.

Depression affects between 10-15% of older people, making it the most frequently encountered mental health condition in later life.

A state-of-the-art overview of schizophrenia and psychosis in later life, translating present-day knowledge into clinical practice.

Parkinson's Disease and Nonmotor Dysfunction fills a major gap in the current rapidly growing body of knowledge concerning Parkinson's disease.

One of the problems geriatricians are confronted with in everyday clinical practice is differentiating disease from the process of old age.

Increasingly, we question 'what makes us healthy?

Biogerontologists are now in a position to construct general principles of aging, and genuine attempts are being made to test and develop effective means of intervention, prevention and treatment of age-related diseases, and for achieving healthy old age.

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

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

The essence of nursing care continually exposes nurses to suffering.

Integrative geriatrics is a new field of medicine that advocates for a whole-person, patient-centered, primarily non-pharmacological approach to medical care of the elderly.

Vertigo and dizziness rate among the most frequently occurring presenting complaints in neurology and in general medical practice.

Multi-disciplinary in its approach, this book details key psychiatric conditions, their assessment and management in line with modern developments, including the latest developments in healthcare policy.

The book covers topics ranging from basic sciences (developmental changes in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology and effects of neuropharmacology) to special situations such as brain death, ethical issues and palliative care.

This timely book provides detailed information regarding the latest treatment for psychiatric disorders among the growing population of older adults.

*Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*A near-death experience (NDE) is a phenomenon whereby powerful physical and emotional sensations and visions are experienced by someone who is either close to death or has been declared clinically dead.

The End of Alzheimer's: The Brain and Beyond, Second Edition is the first comprehensive overview on the molecular basis of Alzheimer's outside of the brain, merging the most recent findings within the field into a single book.