Frailty: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Assessment, Management, and Prevention - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3031573609 ISBN 13: 9783031573606

Verlag: Springer, 2024

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This book offers a thorough examination of frailty, covering its complexity through sections on foundational concepts, pathogenesis research, assessment methods, management strategies, care settings, its relation to other chronic conditions, and societal implications. It provides a deep understanding of frailty's scientific basis, advanced assessment tools, innovative management, and prevention approaches, and examines frailty within diverse care settings and in relation to other health conditions. By integrating multidisciplinary insights, it presents a holistic view of frailty, addressing its clinical, societal, and policy-related aspects, aiming to enhance well-being and inform clinical practitioners, educators, and policymakers.

This book can serve as a reference guide with up-to-date information on frailty in older adults for geriatric medicine physicians, primary care clinicians, geroscience researchers, nurses, therapists (OT, PT, ST), and social workers.

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Jorge G. Ruiz, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Geriatric Medicine, Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Florida, and Clinical Affiliate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Olga Theou, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity, Mobility, and Healthy Aging and Associate Professor of Physiotherapy and Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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This book offers a thorough examination of frailty, covering its complexity through sections on foundational concepts, pathogenesis research, assessment methods, management strategies, care settings, its relation to other chronic conditions, and societal implications. It provides a deep understanding of frailty's scientific basis, advanced assessment tools, innovative management, and prevention approaches, and examines frailty within diverse care settings and in relation to other health conditions. By integrating multidisciplinary insights, it presents a holistic view of frailty, addressing its clinical, societal, and policy-related aspects, aiming to enhance well-being and inform clinical practitioners, educators, and policymakers.

This book can serve as a reference guide with up-to-date information on frailty in older adults for geriatric medicine physicians, primary care clinicians, geroscience researchers, nurses, therapists (OT, PT, ST), and social workers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3031573609
• ISBN 13: 9783031573606
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 442
• Herausgeber: Ruiz Jorge G., Theou Olga
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