Physical Change and Aging: A Guide for the Helping Professions - Softcover

Saxon, Sue V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082610441X ISBN 13: 9780826104410

Verlag: Springer Publishing Co Inc, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

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[This book] has been honed?into an elegant compendium. This outstanding work should be widely read -- it is perhaps the best example of an integrative approach to gerontology.Score: 94, 4 stars

--Doody's

This book serves as an authoritative textbook and guide to the physical changes and common pathologies associated with the aging process, with special emphasis on the psychological and social implications of these changes in the lives of older adults. This fifth edition presents the newly available research findings that differentiate normal aging from actual pathology.

The authors provide a thoroughly updated and expanded review of important topics in aging, including death and grieving, complementary and alternative therapies, nutrition, exercise, and much more. The book also demonstrates how the elderly population can gain greater personal control over aging through lifestyle modifications and preventive health strategies.

Key topics introduced and discussed:

• Psychosocial theories of aging
• Changes and disorders in the skeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems
• Dementia, delirium, and mild cognitive impairment
• Aging in persons with lifelong disabilities

This volume serves as a comprehensive textbook for students studying to become health care professionals, and is also a fundamental resource for gerontologists, nurses, social workers, psychologists, rehabilitation specialists, clergy, and counselors. "

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 082610441X
• ISBN 13: 9780826104410
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 500
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; 20090; Italien