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Resilience and Aging

Research and Practice
  • ISBN-13: 9781421414980
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Helen Lavretsky
  • Price: AUD $93.99
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  • Local release date: 14/12/2014
  • Format: Hardback 272 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Psychiatry [MMH]
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When aging adults struggle with social isolation, financial instability, or the difficult work of caring for a spouse with a chronic illness, their levels of stress can be enormous. But many older adults are living longer and are trying to make the best of their later years despite being more vulnerable to stress. In Resilience and Aging, renowned geriatric psychiatrist Dr. Helen Lavretsky explains how enhanced resiliencewhich involves positively adapting to adversity in a way that maintains a persons biological and psychological equilibriumcan counter that vulnerability. She describes how care, practice, and research all can be redirected toward emphasizing the positive aspects of aging and prevention. Lavretsky summarizes the most up-to-date research on resilience, neurobiology, and preventive care. She also describes novel interventionsincluding yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, and allopathic techniquesthat can help older adults improve their cognition and quality of life. Finally, she explores relevant clinical cases from her practice. Designed for geriatric practitioners, researchers, and family caregivers, this practical book offers critical information on measuring resilience, the role of spirituality in reducing stress, and incorporating resilience-building procedures into clinical practice or everyday life. Throughout, the books revolutionary integrative approach aims to amplify personal happiness by allowing aging adults to remain healthy and active while simultaneously reducing the cost of chronic disease to families and society.

Preface
1. What Is Resilience in the Context of Aging?
2. Psychological Emotional Resilience and Cognitive Resilience
3. Resilience and Longevity
4. Biomarkers and the Neurobiology of Resilience
5. Gene–Environment Interaction and Resilience
6. Common Stressors of Old Age and Their Effect on Resilience
7. Spirituality and Aging
8. Social Models of Promoting Resilience
9. Cultural and Ethnic Factors in Understanding and Building Resilience
10. Measuring Resilience in Older Adults
11. Resilience-Promoting Interventions
12. Building Resilient Communities for Older Adults
13. Resilience-Building Interventions and Prevention of Chronic Diseases of Aging
14. Epilogue
Index

""A comprehensive review of resilience and its relationship to the areas of aging-related science, policy, treatment, and intervention, with an overall goal of creating awareness about resilience-building and improving the lives of older adults and their families.""

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