Geriatrics
ISBN: 9789401171939 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Aging, Heart Disease, and Its Management: Facts and Controversies
ISBN: 9781468497663 / Angielski / Miękka / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reviews the best therapies and surgical techniques available to provide quality care for the elderly cardiac patient and of those areas that require further research. The authors detail preventive therapies and the cardiovascular syndromes that disproportionately afflict the older individual, including arrhythmias (particularly atrial fibrillation), syncope, heart failure (particularly diastolic heart failure), and ischemic heart disease. They also delineate the surgical management of the heart patient with discussions of postoperative management and its complications and of specific surgical...
Reviews the best therapies and surgical techniques available to provide quality care for the elderly cardiac patient and of those areas that require f...
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384,63 zł |
Overcoming Deficits of Aging: A Behavioral Approach
ISBN: 9781461592655 / Angielski / Miękka / 295 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. That older patients can be successfully treated has only recently been recognized by professionals and by older persons themselves. That older persons can also be taught new skills or retaught previously existing skills constitutes even newer knowledge. By focusing on the reversibility 0/ behavioral defidts in the elderly the authors, under the leadership of Dr. Roger Patterson, have made both a scientific and a humanitarian contribution to the well-being of older persons. In this volume they have presented a theoretical basis and a practical how-to method of overcoming behavioral deficits....
That older patients can be successfully treated has only recently been recognized by professionals and by older persons themselves. That older persons...
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Handbook of Neuropsychology and Aging
ISBN: 9781489918598 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leaders in neuropsychology, behavioral neurology, speech and language science, neuropsychiatry, and many other disciplines contribute to this volume, the first comprehensive review of knowledge in the field. They discuss a wide range of disorders, including areas of recent research - such as frontal lobe dementias and the neuropsychological aspects of late life depression - and clinical problems typically given insufficient consideration in other works, such as seizure disorder, head injury, and mental retardation. Normal aging is also covered in detail, and assessment procedures and ...
Leaders in neuropsychology, behavioral neurology, speech and language science, neuropsychiatry, and many other disciplines contribute to this volume...
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Sensorimotor Impairment in the Elderly
ISBN: 9789401048729 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ThisvolumerepresentstheproceedingsofaNATOAdvancedResearchWorkShop(ARW) on the topic of "Sensorimotor Impairment in the Elderly" held at the Residenz Hotel, Bad Windsheim, Germany, September 11-13, 1992. The Residenz Hotel provided a pleasarit setting for the ARW in a historic environment. ' The motivation of this ARW was to provide some coherence to the widely scattered literature on motorimpairmentsin the elderly by bringing together, for atwo day workshop, many of the prominent individuals who are doing much of the contemporary research on sensorimotor aging. Our hope was to advance...
ThisvolumerepresentstheproceedingsofaNATOAdvancedResearchWorkShop(ARW) on the topic of "Sensorimotor Impairment in the Elderly" held at the Residenz H...
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Trauma Among Older People: Issues and Treatment
ISBN: 9780415763394 / Angielski / Miękka / 369 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trauma Among Older Adults presents an integrative model of treatment that considers current theories of treatment in light of special considerations relating to elderly patients. The book provides case studies, vignettes, and discussions, and demonstrates the importance of considering the personality, memory, and familial history of an elderly individual who has suffered a trauma.
Trauma Among Older Adults presents an integrative model of treatment that considers current theories of treatment in light of special conside...
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176,31 zł |
The Psychotherapy of the Elderly Self
ISBN: 9781138004931 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text offers a new approach to psychological assessment and psychotherapy of the elderly. Muslin describes old age as a natural development phase and presents a model of observation, diagnosis and therapy for working with the elderly. Case studies highlight issues that affect this population and demonstrate techniques that foster positive therapeutic results. Topics discussed include a definition of the elderly self; the development of the elderly; psychopathology and psychotherapy; the psychotherapies; psychoanalytic psychotherapy; and the inner world of the therapist.
This text offers a new approach to psychological assessment and psychotherapy of the elderly. Muslin describes old age as a natural development phase ...
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The Key Facts on Alzheimer's Disease: Everything You Need to Know About Alzheimer's Disease
ISBN: 9781484867778 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Diabetes Among Older Adults (Management of the Chronic Condition)
ISBN: 9781484893272 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Aging Together: Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities
ISBN: 9781421413754 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Never in human history have there been so many people entering old age--roughly one-third of whom will experience some form of neurodegeneration as they age. This seismic demographic shift will force us all to rethink how we live and deal with our aging population. Susan H. McFadden and John T. McFadden propose a radical reconstruction of our societal understanding of old age. Rather than categorizing elders based on their cognitive consciousness, the McFaddens contend that the only humanistic, supportive, and realistic approach is to find new ways to honor and recognize the dignity,... Never in human history have there been so many people entering old age--roughly one-third of whom will experience some form of neurodegeneration as... |
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Rundweg im Herbst des Lebens: Kurze Geschichten über Menschen mit Demenz
ISBN: 9781490942667 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wo soll ich hin? Wie soll ich das bezahlen? Wann werde ich abgeholt? Diese Fragen bestimmen denn Alltag eines Demenzkranken. Sie sind immer wiederkehrend, vor allem, wenn sie sich allein fuhlen. Die Arbeit mit ihnen ist anstrengend, korperlich und psychisch. Dennoch gibt es auch Lichtblicke, die motivieren und versohnlich stimmen. Ein unterhaltsames Lesebuch, zusammengestellt aus Kurzgeschichten mit Demenzkranken im Heim, fur Angehorige und Interessierte."
Wo soll ich hin? Wie soll ich das bezahlen? Wann werde ich abgeholt? Diese Fragen bestimmen denn Alltag eines Demenzkranken. Sie sind immer wiederkehr...
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Geriatric Nephrology: The Medical, Psychosocial, Nursing, Financial and Ethical Issues of Treating End-Stage Renal Disease in the Elderly
ISBN: 9789401083898 / Angielski / Miękka / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The year was 1943. As a third-year medical student at Stanford, I was about to witness the beginning of a medical miracle. Dr. Arthur Bloomfield, Professor of Medicine, had selected my patient, a middle aged man, who was dying of acute pneumococcal pneumonia, as one of the first patients to receive miniscule doses (by today's standards) of his meagre supply of a new drug - penicillin. The patient's response amazed everyone especially this impressionable medical student. The rest of the story is history. With one stroke, the introduction of penicillin removed from the medical scene the 'friend...
The year was 1943. As a third-year medical student at Stanford, I was about to witness the beginning of a medical miracle. Dr. Arthur Bloomfield, Prof...
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Ethical Dimensions of Geriatric Care: Value Conflicts for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9789401080200 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is both a timeliness and a transcendent 'rightness' in the fact that scholars, clinicians, and health professionals are beginning to examine the ethics-based components of decision making in health care of the elderly. Ethics - as the discipline concerned with right or wrong conduct and moral duty - pervades hospital rooms, nursing home corridors, physicians' offices, and the halls of Congress as decisions are made that concern the allocation of health-related services to individuals and groups in need. In particular, care of older persons recently has received dispropor tionate...
There is both a timeliness and a transcendent 'rightness' in the fact that scholars, clinicians, and health professionals are beginning to examine the...
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192,30 zł |
Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform
ISBN: 9781493904068 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform provides an introduction to the principles of palliative care; describes current models of delivering palliative care across care settings, and examines opportunities in the setting of healthcare policy reform for palliative care to improve outcomes for patients, families and healthcare institutions. The United States is currently facing a crisis in health care marked by unsustainable spending and quality that is poor relative to international benchmarks. Yet this is... Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform provides an introducti... |
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Disaster Preparedness for Seniors: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals
ISBN: 9781493906642 / Angielski / Twarda / 361 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Disaster Preparedness for Seniors: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals outlines specific disaster scenarios for homebound, community, hospitalized, long term care, homeless and aged veterans. Chapters are written by a diverse group of authors, all of whom offer insight and expertise in training healthcare professionals in preparing for disasters. Topics include myths and realities of natural disasters and disaster preparedness for special populations of elders-the acute care elderly, the community-dwelling elderly, home based primary care senior veterans, the...
Disaster Preparedness for Seniors: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals outlines specific disaster scenarios for homebound, commu...
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576,96 zł |
An Assessment Guide to Geriatric Neuropsychology
ISBN: 9781138012349 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At least half of all neuropsychological assessments are performed on elderly persons, but the information clinicians need to make appropriate judgment calls is widely scattered. Several books offering general descriptions of the cognitive functioning of the aged or of neuropsychological conditions affecting them are helpful to practitioners but do not provide reliable and valid normative information. Two books that do provide this information do not focus on geriatric populations. A concise, yet comprehensive summary of what we now know about those over 65--with an extensive...
At least half of all neuropsychological assessments are performed on elderly persons, but the information clinicians need to make appropriate judgment...
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Behavior, Health, and Aging
ISBN: 9781138003385 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A dramatic shift in the average age of the U.S. population and the increasing number of elderly Americans has introduced new and challenging healthcare dilemmas. This book addresses these issues with contributed chapters by the leading authorities in the field of behavioral medicine. It deals with health and healthcare needs of the elderly by considering basic changes that result from aging and some of the more specific problems that accompany it.
Content highlights include a review of the basic tenets of genetics and molecular biology including some of the methods of looking at... A dramatic shift in the average age of the U.S. population and the increasing number of elderly Americans has introduced new and challenging healthcar...
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Pflegebedürftigkeit Im Alter
ISBN: 9783110342932 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der Anstieg der Pflegebedurftigkeit in der deutschen Bevolkerung ist eines der Hauptthemen, die im Zuge des demografischen Wandels diskutiert werden. In diesem Buch wird das Thema Pflegebedurftigkeit im Alter grundlegend beleuchtet und der aktuelle Stand der Diskussion verstandlich und praxisnah aufbereitet. "Der Anstieg der Pflegebedurftigkeit in der deutschen Bevolkerung ist eines der Hauptthemen, die im Zuge des demografischen Wandels diskutiert werde... |
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Fragility Fractures, an Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine: Volume 30-1
ISBN: 9780323266567 / Angielski / Twarda / 393 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine is centered on the management of the geriatric fragility fracture patient. This issue features expert clinical reviews on topics such as Principles of comanagement, Lean business model and implementation of a Geriatric Fracture Center, Preoperative optimization and risk assessment, Preoperative reversal and management of anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents, Classification and surgical approach to hip fractures for non-surgeons, Special anesthetic consideration for the fragility fracture patient, Non-surgical management and palliation of...
This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine is centered on the management of the geriatric fragility fracture patient. This issue features expert clin...
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Acute Care for Elders: A Model for Interdisciplinary Care
ISBN: 9781493910243 / Angielski / Miękka / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Acute Care for Elders (ACE) is a model of care designed to improve functional outcomes and to improve the processes for the care of older patients. This model includes: an environment of care designed to promote improved function for older patients; an interdisciplinary team that works together to identify/address the vulnerabilities of the older patients; nursing care plans for prevention of disability; early planning to help prepare the patient to return home and a review of medical care to prevent iatrogenic illness. Acute Care for Elders: A Model for Interdisciplinary Care... Acute Care for Elders (ACE) is a model of care designed to improve functional outcomes and to improve the processes for the care of older patients.... |
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346,16 zł |