Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Nursing - Gerontology

Today, more than 10 million people in the United States require some form of long-term care, a number that is rapidly increasing and will continue to do so for years to come. This concise and user-friendly resource contains the fundamental information long-term care nurses need to provide all aspects of safe and effective care to their patients in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Written by a renowned and highly respected nurse leader in long-term care and gerontology, it presents key facts and core competencies related to the clinical and managerial responsibilities of nurses...

Foods and Dietary Supplements in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease in Older Adults focuses on the ways in which food and dietary supplements affect the major health problems of aging adults. Researchers in nutrition, diet, epidemiology, and aging studies, as well as healthcare providers who work with elderly patients will use this comprehensive resource as a tool in their long-term goal of preventing and treating chronic disease within the elderly.

This book brings together a broad range of experts working on the different aspects of foods and dietary supplements...

This book presents a collection of articles on various aspects of current research on aging. These include model systems, cellular, biochemical and molecular aspects of experimental aging research, as well as selected intervention studies on age-related diseases.

Aging is a global challenge to human society. Children are always in a hurry to become adults, while adults produce offspring and add to the gene pool. However, after adulthood or the attainment of reproductive maturity, all physiological parameters of the living organism start to undergo the aging process. Old age sets in...

Die neurodegenerative Erkrankung Alzheimer ist mit ca. 60% die haufigste Form der Demenzerkrankungen. Dieses Handbuch beinhaltet alle relevanten Aspekte zu den biologischen Grundlagen, zur Epidemiologie, Diagnostik und Differentialdiagnostik, zum ethischen und rechtlichen Rahmen, der Therapie (Pharmakotherapie, nicht-pharmakologische Interventionen), der Versorgung und Pravention. Es richtet sich damit an Arzte sowie professionelle Behandler und Versorger von Patienten mit der Alzheimer-Krankheit.