Useful for everyone, including general medical professionals who want to learn more about the health of the eyes, this up-to-date, in-depth, and authoritative book will serve as a users' manual for the eyes and help promote better vision for a brighter tomorrow.
Caregivers hold the key to the health, well-being, and happiness of their aging relatives, partners, or friends. The Caregiver's Encyclopedia provides you with all of the information you need to take the best care of your loved one'from making major medical decisions to making sure you don't burn out.
Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course
Written by leading scholars, this text on global aging is distinguished by its perspective on universal similarities and sociocultural differences across nations. This second edition presents coverage of topics in social gerontology, and expands its treatment of health behaviour, health care, families, caregiving, older workers, and retirement.
Promotes healthy aging by demonstrating how health practitioners, program developers, and policymakers can prevent or manage disease and make large-scale improvements toward health and wellness in the older adult population. This eighth edition includes major new research that substantially updates previous recommendations.
This collection of best practices in geropsychology addresses the competencies therapists need to work with older adults. Authors use the latest evidence base to advance effective treatments for late-life depression, anxiety disorders, trauma, and substance use disorders.
Encompasses three major areas of work with elderly clients: Living in nursing homes; Living in assisted living housing; and Living independently and being seen in private practice. With illustrative examples, this book covers: treatment of stress and mental disorders; Alzheimer's disease; caregiving issues at home; and medicare coverage issue.
The landmark Nursing Home Care Reform Act of 1987 mandated basic standards of care to ensure the physical, mental, and psychosocial wellbeing of residents. Yet little has changed since it was enacted. Highquality facilities continue to provide good care, while poorly operated ones remain substandard. This volume provides an original, ......
In older adults, negative health events occur not because cures for diseases are not available or because proper treatment was not applied, but because patients fail to follow the medical instructions or regimens that maintain their health. This book examines the research on nonadherence using a cognitive, social, and developmental framework.
The first book to focus specifically on practical gerontology field experiences This innovative text guides gerontology students step by step through the process of searching for, securing, and completing an aging-based internship, practicum, or field placement. It underscores the value of hands-on, community-based learning and provides a ......
