Health and Care in Ageing Societies: A New International Approach

ISBN-13: 9781861349187 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 176 str.

Liz Lloyd

Opis

In the context of global ageing societies, there are few challenges to the underlying assumption that policies should promote functional health and independence in older people and contain the costs of care. This book provides such a challenge.

Spis treści

Introduction; Patterns and trends in ageing and health; Understanding health and care; The policy process in health and care; Healthy ageing: upstream actions to prevent illness; Medicine, ageing and healthcare; Care for health in later life; Conclusion.