Aging
Author : Carole Bernstein Lewis
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Page : pages
File Size : 37,25 MB
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Aging
Author : Carole Bernstein Lewis
Publisher : F A Davis Company
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 17,58 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780803608344
Book Description
Aging: the health care challenge.
Aging
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Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,68 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Older people
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Book Description
Aging: the health care challenge.
Aging
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Page : 427 pages
File Size : 42,5 MB
Release : 1990
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Retooling for an Aging America
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 2008-08-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309131952
Book Description
As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs. Retooling for an Aging America calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The book also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides. Educators and health professional groups can use Retooling for an Aging America to institute or increase formal education and training in geriatrics. Consumer groups can use the book to advocate for improving the care for older adults. Health care professional and occupational groups can use it to improve the quality of health care jobs.
Aging Well
Author : JEAN. HASELTINE GALIANA (WILLIAM.)
Publisher : Springer
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 35,88 MB
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Geriatric nursing
ISBN : 9811321647
Book Description
"This open access book outlines the challenges of supporting the health and wellbeing of older adults around the world and offers examples of solutions designed by stakeholders, healthcare providers, and public, private and nonprofit organizations in the United States. The solutions presented address challenges including: providing person-centered long-term care, making palliative care accessible in all healthcare settings and the home, enabling aging-in-place, financing long-term care, improving care coordination and access to care, delivering hospital-level and emergency care in the home and retirement community settings, merging health and social care, supporting people living with dementia and their caregivers, creating communities and employment opportunities that are accessible and welcoming to those of all ages and abilities, and combating the stigma of aging. The innovative programs of support and care in Aging Well serve as models of excellence that, when put into action, move health spending toward a sustainable path and greatly contribute to the well-being of older adults."--Provided by publisher.
Families Caring for an Aging America
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 21,75 MB
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309448093
Book Description
Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Health Professions Education
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 47,96 MB
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 030913319X
Book Description
The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality is the follow up to that summit, held in June 2002, where 150 participants across disciplines and occupations developed ideas about how to integrate a core set of competencies into health professions education. These core competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership. Educators, administrators, and health professionals can use this book to help achieve an approach to education that better prepares clinicians to meet both the needs of patients and the requirements of a changing health care system.
Ageing and Health
Author : Scott L. Greer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 2021-08-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 110897287X
Book Description
The mythical 'demographic timebomb' can be defused through policies that reduce inequalities between and within generations.
The Old Age Challenge to the Biomedical Model
Author : Charles F. Longino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,92 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Book Description
Central to this book is the idea that the United States is in the midst of a health care crisis, one that will be exacerbated as the population continues to age. Longino and Murphy trace the philosophical and technological development of the biomedical model and show its inadequacy to deal with the massive chronic disease demand of the present and the future. They argue that the delivery of health care will meet and survive the old age challenge only if the medical system is thoroughly democratized. A more inclusive system must be devised that encourages a more reasonable allocation of resources, gives more attention to prevention, adopts a wider range of non-medical interventions, and invites citizens to become more involved in their own health care and the planning of services.
