"The audience is older adults who want to make good choices and healthcare students and professionals who want to educate this population. This unique book focuses on healthy individuals while discussing the possible negative effects that certain choices can make on different body systems. The graphics, algorithms, graphs, bullet points and photos enhance the usefulness of this book." (Crystal Plank, Doody's Book Reviews, July 26, 2019)
1. Healthy Aging: Definition & Scope
2. Disease, Disability & Frailty with Increasing Age
3. The Principles of Disease and Disability Prevention & Health Promotion with Increasing Age
4. The Interface between Healthy Aging, Longevity, Disease & Disability
5. Cardiovascular Health & Healthy Aging
6. Musculoskeletal Health &Healthy Aging
7. Gastrointestinal Health & Healthy Aging
8. Pulmonary Health & Healthy Aging
9. Urogenital Health & Healthy Aging
10. Skin Health & Healthy Aging: Cosmetics
11. Skin Health & Healthy Aging: Diseases
12. Preventing Falls & Injuries, & Healthy Aging
13. Sensory Health & Healthy Aging: Hearing, Taste & Smell
34. Health Care Systems & Health Care Funding Supporting Healthy Aging
35. Government Policy Supporting Healthy Aging
Patrick P Coll MD, AGSF, CMD
Medical Director Senior Health
Professor Family Medicine and Medicine
UConn Health
263 Farmington Ave
Farmington, CT 06030-5215
This book highlights both biomedical and psychosocial interventions, including lifestyle changes that promote healthy aging. The text begins with an introduction to the principles of disease prevention and health promotion with an emphasis on the impact of age on life expectancy, disease and disability. Written by experts who have an interest in healthy aging, the text highlights steps that patients and their healthcare providers can take to promote healthy aging. There is an emphasis on maintaining function and preventing disability with increasing age. Common biomedical interventions including exercise, nutrition, sleep and cancer prevention are addressed in detail. The text then shifts to address the psychosocial determinant of healthy aging including, housing, relationships, intimacy, work and spirituality. The text then outlines steps that healthcare systems and public policy agencies should adopt to promote healthy aging, both for those who are older now and for those who will be older in the future.
Healthy Aging is an important resource for those working with older patients, including geriatricians, family medicine physicians, nurses, gerontologists, students, public health administrators, and all other medical professionals.