Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Geriatrics

The many significant technological and medical advances of the 21^st century cannot overcome the escalating risk posed to older adults by such stressors as pain, weakness, fatigue, depression, anxiety, memory and other cognitive deficits, hearing loss, visual impairment, isolation, marginalization, and physical and mental illness. In order to overcome these and other challenges, and to maintain as high a quality of life as possible, older adults and the professionals who treat them need to promote and develop the capacity for resilience, which is innate in all of us to some...

A must-have professional reference for researchers and educators in psychology, sociology, anthropology, public health, genetics, medicine, and the biological sciences, this issue of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics discusses how complex biological, behavioral, and social systems interact to create and impact health. This knowledge is essential to maintaining positive health outcomes over the life span and across a variety of populations and settings.

With contributions by leading world scientists, this trusted annual volume reviews the current literature and presents...

La "cultura geriatrica" - intesa come conoscenza e dominio dei processi di invecchiamento - non ha avuto ancora piena affermazione in campo medico-sanitario. Questo comporta che il piu delle volte non si sappia distinguere a pieno il limite tra il fisiologico e il patologico che distinge l'anziano sano con gli inevitabili "acciacchi" dovuti all'invecchiamento da quello abbisognevole di supporti sanitari e/o assistenziali. Finora si e spesso trattato l'anziano con la cultura dell'adulto, molto diversa da quella geriatrica, con il risultato di considerare malato anche chi ha solo il torto di...

As people live longer and health care costs continue to rise and fewer doctors choose to specialize in geriatrics, how prepared is the United States to care for its sick and elderly? According to veteran psychologist Seymour Sarason's eloquent and compelling new book, the answer is: inadequately at best. And rarely discussed among the grim statistics is the psychosocial price paid by nursing home patients, from loneliness and isolation to depression and dependency.

In "Centers for Ending," Dr. Sarason uses his firsthand experience as both practitioner and patient in senior facilities to...

Telling stories about our world, our relationships, and ourselves is fundamental to how we make meaning. Everything from our history to our religion and our memories to our emotions is linked to the tales we tell ourselves, and others, about where we have come from and where we are going. They are central to who we are.

The...

The question of communication and understanding between different generations is emerging as a key issue for the twenty-first century. The advent of ageing populations may lead to increased conflict or solidarity in society, and provokes a profound ambivalence both in public and in the private sphere. In a new approach, Biggs and Lowenstein offer a critical examination of Generational Intelligence as one way of addressing these issues. How easy is it to put yourself in the shoes of someone of a different age group? What are the personal, interpersonal and social factors that affect our...

During the last 40 years, the study of the biological basis of aging has progressed tremendously, and it has now become an independent and respectable field of study and research.

This volume on "Aging of Organs and Systems," is an attempt to bring understanding to both the aging process and the disease processes of old age. Bringing together contributions from an international team of authors, it will be of interest to graduates and postgraduates in the fields of medicine and nursing, researchers of different aspects of biogerontology and those in the pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical,...

Zum aktiv sein ist es nie zu spat Kinder wollen erforschen und entdecken. Durch Bewegung erwerben sie neue Fahigkeiten und Fertigkeiten. Altere Menschen erleben oftmals eine entgegengesetzte Entwicklung. Viele Spiele und Ubungen zeigen hier spielerisches mit- und voneinander Lernen. Gemeinsam statt einsam, Neues entdecken und ausprobieren: Informationen zu geistigen und korperlichen Zusammenhangen, physiologischen und anatomischen Grundlagen des Gehirns und zur Entwicklung des Zentralen Nervensystems. Einzelne Bewegungsablaufe erlautern das Zusammenspiel von Motorik und Gehirn. Ideal fur...

Linderung von Beschwerden von Schwerkranken und Sterbenden sind zentrales Thema dieses Buches, wobei physische, psychische, seelische und soziale Aspekte integriert gesehen werden. Die Autorin, Gesundheits- und Krankenschwester, Pflegewissenschafterin, Philosophin und Soziologin gibt in ubersichtlicher Form fachliche Pflegehinweise fur Alltagssituationen. Die notwendigen, theoretischen Grundlagen werden ebenso vermittelt. Ein ausfuhrliches Kapitel ist der Schmerzerkennung, -erfassung und -bekampfung gewidmet, weitere behandeln die Unterstutzung bei der Bewaltigung anderer qualender...

Das Krankheitsbild Demenz ist nicht neu. Aufgrund der kontinuierlich ansteigenden Lebenserwartung betrifft es jedoch nicht mehr nur die anderen. Demenz passt exakt in die Definition der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) von 2002 uber Krankheiten, die Palliativpflege bedurftig sind: chronisch, fortschreitend, unheilbar, den Tod beschleunigend. Die Angst selbst befallen zu werden, lost massive Abwehrreaktionen aus und ethische Distanz. Wir wissen im Grunde nur sehr wenig uber die subjektive Lebensqualitat, das facettenreiche Gefuhlsleben, die hohe Sensibilitat der Person mit Demenz. Viele...