Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Geriatrics

At the beginning of the 20^th century, life expectancy at birth in North America and Western Europe was around 50 years of age. Nowadays, women have gained more than 30 years of age and men are trailing closer. However, according to several sociologists such as Louis Chauvel, the notion of a "greying society" is not entirely adequate since aging people are physically and socially younger and more active for a longer time. Of course, the other side of the medal is to tackle the challenge of preventing age-associated chronic diseases. In this book the extensive field of research on...

This textbook addresses the best way of evaluating patients with rectal prolapse, the underlying pathophysiology, the different surgical approaches, the expected functional results after surgery and the management of complex clinical conditions associated with this condition. It is an essential book that attempts to draw together material that could be of vital importance to surgeons around the world. The pathophysiology of rectal prolapse is still uncertain and its clinical and instrumental diagnostic assessment needs to be clarified.

• Late-life development
• Biology of aging
• Common medical illnesses associated with aging
• Neurobiology of degenerative disorders
• Geriatric psychopharmacology
• Psychotherapeutic modifications for special populations, such as patients with cognitive impairment
• Multidisciplinary care and family involvement
• Specific studies of older adults as a special population (differences)

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While the scope of long-term care settings has expanded from nursing homes and home care agencies to assisted living facilities and community-based health services, the training for nurses, managers and administrators, medical directors, and other professionals who work in these facilities is often fragmented. This book was developed to fill a widely-recognized gap in the management and leadership skills of RNs needed to improve the quality of long-term care. The book is based around learning modules in leadership and management competencies...

Schmerzen sind ein bedeutsames Gesundheitsproblem fur altere Menschen. Dieser Band fokussiert neben der Schmerzerkennung auch die Schmerzbehandlung im geriatrischen Team. Die kompakte Darstellung medikamentoser und nicht-medikamentoser Manahmen der Schmerztherapie ermoglicht eine schnelle Umsetzung der Empfehlungen im arztlichen, pflegerischen und therapeutischen Berufsalltag.

This text explores the biology and neurobiology of ageing, pathological conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, medication errors, issues of concordance, long term conditions and the older person, the principles of applied...

Aging research on the human eyes crosses all areas of ophthalmology and also relies upon biological, morphological, physiological, and biochemical tools for its study. This book reviews all aspects of human eye aging. In addition to descriptions of age-related changes in almost all the structures of the human eyes, the authors also include interesting accounts of personal experiments and data. It provides an extensive panorama of what happens during aging in the eye.