Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews in Hong Kong, this book offers an investigation of the lives of older triad members who use drugs, focusing on their social exclusion within the underground criminal economy....Loe edasi...
Geriatric medicine is challenging people present with multiple problems at the same time, and case studies provide a good way to discuss this complexity. This book describes 30 cases of older people with frailty presenting to acute medical services...Loe edasi...
Healthcare systems today are facing an impending crisis due to increasing numbers of aging and high-risk patients, rising costs, and the challenge of achieving meaningful, lasting patient outcomes. This book provides a fresh perspective on managing...Loe edasi...
Frailty, a geriatric syndrome with a defined phenotype, which was introduced by Linda Fried and Jeremy Walston; it is widely cited. The importance of this syndrome cannot be overstated: Frailty has an enormous relevance in clinical settings, and the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Sep-2025, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781003631279)
This handbook provides a comprehensive look into the emerging issues confronting ageing societies across the world. Drawing on scholarship from Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe, it explores different dimensions of ageing, gender, health...Loe edasi...
Geriatrics, Lifestyle Medicine and Healthy Aging: A Practical Guide is a book for those interested in promoting healthy aging through lifestyle approaches. Readers gain an understanding of how lifestyle medicine and geriatrics can work together to p...Loe edasi...
Reframing Aging: Insights from Biology and Culture of Midlife Japanese uses a biocultural framework to gain insights on aging and menopause in Japan, the United States, and beyond. It is ideal for students of biological/cultural/medical anthropology...Loe edasi...
Zebrafish Models in Neurodegenerative Disorders offers a comprehensive examination of zebrafish as a translational model for studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms of diseases such as Alzheimers, Parkinsons, and Huntingtons diseases....Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive overview of aging and its mechanisms through the prism of telomere length and its link to lifestyle parameters and environmental pollutants, diseases where telomere length attrition is prominent, and therapeutic ap...Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the use of vision attentive technology and artificial intelligence methodologies for functional mobility assessment in elderly populations....Loe edasi...
Neuroplasticity is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization. It is when the brain is rewired to function in some way that differs from how it previously functioned....Loe edasi...
In the late 1980s, the relationship between physical activity or exercise and aging was of great interest. The first edition of this book was a major review of the field. In this second edition, originally published in 1987, the author shows how far...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1988, the authors looked at the medicines prescribed for, and taken by, a nationally representative sample of elderly people. The experiences and views of both patients (elderly people) and professionals (general practitioner...Loe edasi...
First published in 1976, Caring for Elderly People rapidly established itself as a standard guide for anyone dealing on a day-to-day basis with the elderly. This updated and revised edition, first published in 1990, contains information on financial...Loe edasi...
The care of elderly people is a major task facing society. Originally published in 1981, this book considers the challenge of caring from a social work perspective. It locates social work with elderly people firmly within the mainstream of social wo...Loe edasi...
Visual disability (including blindness) is of major significance among the elderly, and since it is so crucial to the quality of life of the elderly, it is necessary for professional staff concerned with old people to have an understanding of the su...Loe edasi...
Physical activity should be a key element in the life of older people. First published in 1984, different aspects of activity in relation to old age are examined in this book. These include not only physical exercise and occupational therapy activit...Loe edasi...
By the early 1970s the psychology of age was an important topic. In this book, first published in 1973, the authors are concerned with intellectual functioning. This is severely affected by psychiatric illness but the intellectual difficulties asso...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1987, this volume, and the working conference that preceded it, broke new ground in addressing the complex topic of aging, health, and behavior. Taking a bio-behavioral approach to a range of topics, contributors to this book...Loe edasi...
First published in 1960 and revised in 1964 the blurb for Facing Retirement read: Mature men and women are not afraid of advancing years. More and more seek to prepare themselves for retirement so that they may then find all the happiness they can....Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1976, this book highlights the modern approach to the care of the elderly at the time, and emphasises the individual contributions of doctor, nurse, social worker and paramedical members of the team....Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1989, Aging and Health Care focuses on the most urgent health care problems of older people at the time and explores possible solutions. Drawing on up-to-date social and behavioral research, it provides a sound basis on which...Loe edasi...
First published in 1983, this study examined people over the age of 65 living in New York and London. The people were reinterviewed after one year to record their use of health services and symptoms, or the development of new symptoms. Social and me...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1978, this book provided a multi-disciplinary study of the process of ageing for those in the caring professions as well as for planners and architects, whose decisions and designs affected the lives of the elderly....Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1995, this title introduces the concepts of neuropsychology and behaviour and the recent research on dementia to equip the professional user with the most up-to-date knowledge of these influences on ageing. This practical res...Loe edasi...
First published in 1984, the purpose of this book was to provide ideas and suggestions about the usefulness of applied psychology in dealing with some problems of the elderly. It looks at the traditional psychological topic of assessment through to...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1988, the purpose of this book was to introduce the student and practicing physiotherapist to the multi-faceted components of the care and treatment of elderly patients and to present a problem-orientated approach to physioth...Loe edasi...
First published in 1983, the chapters in this title draw attention to the changed circumstances in which ageing takes place, at the subjective level, at the level of care and provision, and at the level of theory. As a whole it offers a view of soci...Loe edasi...
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Aging, Biohacking and Technology focuses on a broad range of issues that covers everything from the most basic ways technology and biohacking influence peoples everyday lives to concerns about equity, globalization,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Feb-2023, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781003300724)
This book brings together global perspectives on the MIPAA and focusses on and assesses the success and failures of governments to implement its recommendations....Loe edasi...
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 hea...Loe edasi...
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 live, and services on patients through exploration of 15 research projects to...Loe edasi...
Writing well is an essential skill for sociologists, but few books help students learn to write well. Designed to help students produce a manuscript that is clear, concise, and compelling, Effective Writing for Sociology demonstrates and deconstruct...Loe edasi...
This innovative book provides a new conceptual analysis of loneliness a condition associated with severe health consequences, including increased morbidity and early death....Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1981, this book spans medicine, psychiatry, social work and organisation of services of the elderly, written by eminent authors from several different professions....Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1984 and concentrating on the West Midlands area of the UK, this book describes the innovations that were made and all that was involved in bringing about changes in care provision for elderly people....Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1979, this book explains why so many people suffer behavioural changes in later life; how this affects those around them; the services that exist to assist older people and those who work with them and how such services can b...Loe edasi...
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....Loe edasi...
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. The fact that basic scienc...Loe edasi...
Authoritative, wide ranging and thorough, this book is a source for experimental design, a comprehensive description of age related diseases, and provides the latest molecular theories underlying their causes. Additionally, it will target industries...Loe edasi...
Beginning with a historical view of aging and healthy living, this book describes important neurobehavioral issues such as information processing, motor function, language, and communication. It also provides essential information on neurobehavioral...Loe edasi...
The number of elderly patients with diabetes is increasing at a significant rate. Responding to this growth, this source serves as a solid arsenal of information on the varying presentations and challenges associated with diabetes in the geriatric p...Loe edasi...
This book summarises the entire field of adult neuro-urology in a concise, well-illustrated, and practical style. It provides an essential and complete reference tool for students and established urologists, neurologists, physiotherapists and nurses...Loe edasi...
With an exponential growth in the number of older adults, understanding the common disorders of the elderly patient requiring cardiac care is becoming increasingly important....Loe edasi...
This book makes an enquiry into policies surrounding old age and telecare. It contextualises telecare within the wider history of health and social care in England to build the case that there are grand narratives of old age embedded in policies....Loe edasi...
Trauma in older people aged over 65 is a rapidly growing field within orthopaedics. Up to two thirds of fractures occur as a result of a fall and about one third occur in the over-65 population. The aim of this comprehensive text is to present the e...Loe edasi...
The field of geriatric rehabilitation is constantly changing due to the discovery of new evidence-based evaluation and treatment strategies, as well as the continual support or refutation of older theories and practices....Loe edasi...
Bringing together critical studies of brain aging in animal models and insights from human brain imaging, this text focuses on fundamental age-related changes in the brain. Offering significant depth and breadth of coverage, it provides an overview...Loe edasi...
This book uses an internationally recognized conceptual framework that addresses medical, functional, and social model perspectives to cover all major areas of geriatric rehabilitation. It provides a broad-based perspective on older adults, discusse...Loe edasi...
This book examines the challenges presented by an ageing global population, our varying expectations of healthy ageing, and the importance of exercise and physical activity for the elderly....Loe edasi...
