Psychology of ageing

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and most westernized nations.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and most westernized nations.

This volume takes the positive view that conversation between persons with dementia and their interlocutors is a privileged site for ongoing cognitive engagement.

This volume takes the positive view that conversation between persons with dementia and their interlocutors is a privileged site for ongoing cognitive engagement.

A negative effect of the ageing population is that more individuals are experiencing cognitive decline and some form of neurodegenerative disease.

A negative effect of the ageing population is that more individuals are experiencing cognitive decline and some form of neurodegenerative disease.

For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood.

For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood.

Care-giving in dementia is a new speciality with its own rapidly growing body of knowledge.

Care-giving in dementia is a new speciality with its own rapidly growing body of knowledge.

Renowned specialists on aging explore the meaning of prevention and provide practical information about programs and services for the elderly.

Renowned specialists on aging explore the meaning of prevention and provide practical information about programs and services for the elderly.

Concrete directions for programming and reasons for developing and refining such programs.

Concrete directions for programming and reasons for developing and refining such programs.

Help families of institutionalized elders with this compassionate and practical manual.

Learn to help others understand, cope with, and even overcome emotional and physical suffering.

Learn to help others understand, cope with, and even overcome emotional and physical suffering.

This highly practical volume presents valuable insights for all professionals who provide activities for the impaired elderly.

This highly practical volume presents valuable insights for all professionals who provide activities for the impaired elderly.

Help families of institutionalized elders with this compassionate and practical manual.

An invaluable resource for the mental health professional who must deal with the uncooperative and difficult elderly patient.

Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work presents a compassionate and illuminating update on ethnicity in this area of social work.

Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work presents a compassionate and illuminating update on ethnicity in this area of social work.

Intended for long-term care providers, consumers, and gerontology students, this valuable new guidebook and manual encourages the promotion and enhancement of adult day care as an essential link in long-term care.

Intended for long-term care providers, consumers, and gerontology students, this valuable new guidebook and manual encourages the promotion and enhancement of adult day care as an essential link in long-term care.

In this thought-provoking book, professionals in the field of aging examine the history and concept of the life review.

In this thought-provoking book, professionals in the field of aging examine the history and concept of the life review.

Here is a unique and important volume that pays tribute to the contributions of the National Mental Health Association to the field of prevention.

Here is a unique and important volume that pays tribute to the contributions of the National Mental Health Association to the field of prevention.

In this highly practical volume, the contributing authors explore some of the dimensions associated with aging in place.

In this highly practical volume, the contributing authors explore some of the dimensions associated with aging in place.

An invaluable resource for the mental health professional who must deal with the uncooperative and difficult elderly patient.

Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you'll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life.

Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you'll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life.

This volume is the fourth in a series designed to facilitate inter-disciplinary communication between scientists concerned with the description of societal phenomena and those investigating adult development.

This volume is the fourth in a series designed to facilitate inter-disciplinary communication between scientists concerned with the description of societal phenomena and those investigating adult development.

Here is a major text in psychogeriatrics for all professionals in the field of aging and mental health.

Here is a major text in psychogeriatrics for all professionals in the field of aging and mental health.

This pioneering volume taps the resources and skills of top rehabilitation professionals and applies them to the person with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias.

This pioneering volume taps the resources and skills of top rehabilitation professionals and applies them to the person with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias.

This is the second volume based on the annual University of Miami Symposia on Stress and Coping.

This is the second volume based on the annual University of Miami Symposia on Stress and Coping.

Aging in the Designed Environment is the key sourcebook for physical and occupational therapists developing and implementing environmental designs for the aging.

Aging in the Designed Environment is the key sourcebook for physical and occupational therapists developing and implementing environmental designs for the aging.

This thorough book provides valuable information on guardianship and alternative methods for serving judgment-impaired adults.

This thorough book provides valuable information on guardianship and alternative methods for serving judgment-impaired adults.

Focusing on the need for developing new service delivery models for the aged, Health Care of the Aged examines fiscal, political, and social criteria influencing this challenge of the 1990s.

Focusing on the need for developing new service delivery models for the aged, Health Care of the Aged examines fiscal, political, and social criteria influencing this challenge of the 1990s.

This important new book describes the origins, developments, and current status of personal response systems, a new means for persons at risk who live alone to get help in case of emergency.

This important new book describes the origins, developments, and current status of personal response systems, a new means for persons at risk who live alone to get help in case of emergency.