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Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 12, 1992

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Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 233 pages

File Size : 28,5 MB

Release : 1992-11-15

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0826164897

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This edition of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics brings together, in one convenient volume, the results of many of the studies supported by the Hartford Foundation. The first two chapters of this volume set the stage for the specific research reports that follow. In the first chapter, Burke, Jolson, Goetsch, and Ahronheim review current information on medication use and the adverse drug events in the elderly from two natioanl data bases: The National Disease and Therapeutic Index and the Food and Drug Administration's Spontaneous Reporting System. The second chapters present the recent work of Beers in development of explicit criteria defining inappropriate medication use in the elderly.



Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 14, 1994

Author : M. Powell Lawton, PhD

Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 417 pages

File Size : 38,96 MB

Release : 1994-10-30

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0826198058

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This volume evaluates a range of assessment measures with regard to older adults. The expert contributors address topics such as assessment of health, functional disability (ADLs), mental agility, aging and personality, depression, and pain. While the instruments themselves are readily available from other sources, this book discusses the suitability, strengths, and weaknesses of various measures and offers current information on the rapidly changing, state-of-the-art assessment technology.



Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 27, 2007

Author : Leonard W. Poon, PhD, DPhil

Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 43,97 MB

Release : 2007-12-12

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0826115381

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Though exceptional human longevity has captured the imagination for millennia, it has been only in the past fifteen years or so that some of the secrets to very long lives are finally giving way to scientific inquiry. Written by an international group of experts, this year's review first considers the methodological and design dilemmas faced in conducting centenarian research. It then offers guidance in locating literature and data sources for primary and secondary information on centenarians and the oldest old. This section includes a list of the world's oldest persons and discusses the difficulties in compiling such a list. The remainder of the review is divided in three sections-the biology and genetics of longevity, the behavioral and social predictors of longevity, and methodological issues in qualitative and anthropologic approaches and the study of the very oldest old, supercentenarians, or those who live to 110 years or more. Data is drawn from studies undertaken among populations in diverse parts of the world.



Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 16, 1996

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Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 281 pages

File Size : 35,28 MB

Release : 1996-11-15

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0826165052

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The contributors to this volume provide an overview of each component of the acute and long-term care service continuum, including managed health care, subacute care, nursing homes, community care case management, and private case management. This volume is one of the first efforts to place these varied approaches side-by-side, highlighting the gaps and areas of duplication in the services delivery system. In addition, chapters address the emerging practices in long-term care financing and assisted living as well as the conceptual issues that need to be resolved to achieve acute and chronic care integration. This volume is of primary importance to professionals involved in long-term care, including administration, community nursing, social work, case management, discharge planning and policy.



Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 15, 1995

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Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 281 pages

File Size : 13,62 MB

Release : 1995-11-16

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0826197787

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Proper nutrition, weight, and exercise have all been strongly linked to improved health and longevity among the elderly. This timely volume presents the latest medical research on nutrition and its impact on healthy aging in a variety of older populations and in a range of care settings. Topics include the diagnosis and management of protein undernutrition; psychological and social factors in weight loss; the effects of vitamins and exercise on aging; and more. This volume will appeal to geriatricians, geriatric researchers and academics, as well as to other health professionals concerned with nutrition and the elderly.



Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 20, 2000

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Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 345 pages

File Size : 37,66 MB

Release : 2000-10-25

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0826116612

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The study of "the end of life" has become a major focus on medicine, the social sciences, ethics, and religion. This volume brings together the latest research on issues around death and dying, life's attributes as it nears death, planning and preparation for death, and care and intervetion-related issues. This evidence-based finding of this volume will help shape how we approach the topic for years to come.



Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 28, 2008

Author : Harvey L. Sterns

Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 36,58 MB

Release : 2008-12-12

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0826100996

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This volume addresses the extraordinary need to educate personnel at all levels in gerontology and geriatric medicine and in the design and delivery of health and social services. The historical development of gerontology and geriatric medicine and education issues are carefully considered with recommendations for curriculum design. The authors offer state of the art discussions on both gerontology and geriatrics, with implications for future research. The chapters, written by seminal figures in the field, address the critical need for well trained faculty and other professionals to: educate new and existing faculty and other professionals, educate researches to accelerate scientific knowledge, provide courses for all students that address life-span/life/cycle development and related materials, provide discipline specific courses on aging, and much more."



Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 23, 2003

Author : Hans-Werner Wahl, PhD

Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 403 pages

File Size : 45,4 MB

Release : 2003-11-12

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0826197345

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In this volume, dedicated to M. Powell Lawton, the editors emphasize the need to create new bridges to connect research studies focusing on objective physical environments and other studies mainly addressing subjective person-environment components. Thus the major goal of this volume is to provide and stimulate multi-directional bridge-building from the perspectives of multidisciplinary contributors. Comprehensively addressed subjects include: Aging in Context Across the Adult Life The General Ecological Model Revisited The Fit Between Older People and Their Environments Domestic Arrangements The Impact of Population Migration Interior Environments Residential Satisfaction Technology Based Products



Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 19, 1999

Author : David Oslin, MD

Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 23,79 MB

Release : 1999-12-07

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0826165036

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Increasingly there will be a demand from clinicians for a better understanding of how to translate research from basic science and clinical trials into meaningful treatment recommendations for late life metal disorders. In this volume the editors have compiled the most cutting-edge research findings on common mental disorders in the elderly. Section 1 addresses methodological issues and raises critical concerns for researchers in the field, such as how best to design and implement large clinical studies as well as how to translate their finding into practice for mental health providers. Section II focuses on treatment for specific diseases such as late life depression, substance abuse, and psychosis. Of particular note are chapters behavioral treatments for persons with Alzheimerís Disease. For clinicians and researchers in the field of gerontology and geriatrics.



Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 13, 1993

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Publisher : Springer Publishing Company

Page : 281 pages

File Size : 44,88 MB

Release : 1993-10-22

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0826165060

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During the past few decades, the dramatic social changes with regard to our aging population and changes in the family unit have made both demographic and socioeconomic consequences, as well as an effect on matters of social policy. The prestigious editors, George L. Maddox and M. Powell Lawton, have assembled an impressive group of expert contributors whose chapters address topics from the latest theory and research findings to the changing balance of work and families, as well as patterns of kinship.