Income of the Aged Chartbook
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 31,7 MB
Release :
Category : Income
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Income of the Aged Chartbook
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Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 17,99 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Income
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Older Americans 2000
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Older people
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Older Americans 2000
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Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 13,88 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Family & Relationships
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This is the first major report by the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, a consortium of U.S. government agencies responsible for improving the quality and usefulness of data on older Americans. It presents a profile of this demographic, featuring 31 indictors divided into 5 sections: Population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care.
Older Americans 2000
Author : Katherine K. Wallman
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 38,53 MB
Release : 2000-11
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ISBN : 0756704235
Book Description
This new interagency report provides a unified picture of the health & well-being of our older population. The first chartbook prepared by the Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, it provides 31 key indicators about older Americans, categorized into 5 broad groups: population, economics, health status, health risks & behaviors, & health care. It concludes with a discussion of data needs that the Forum has identified, thus challenging the Federal statistical agencies to do even better. The report gives the American people a valuable tool for tracing the condition of those who are age 65 or older, & for making policy decisions that will affect them. Charts & tables.
The Construction Chart Book
Author : CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
Publisher : Cpwr - The Center for Construction Research and Training
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
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The Construction Chart Book presents the most complete data available on all facets of the U.S. construction industry: economic, demographic, employment/income, education/training, and safety and health issues. The book presents this information in a series of 50 topics, each with a description of the subject matter and corresponding charts and graphs. The contents of The Construction Chart Book are relevant to owners, contractors, unions, workers, and other organizations affiliated with the construction industry, such as health providers and workers compensation insurance companies, as well as researchers, economists, trainers, safety and health professionals, and industry observers.
Older Americans ... Key Indicators of Well-being
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Page : 134 pages
File Size : 13,20 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Health status indicators
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Aging
Author : Elizabeth Vierck
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 17,57 MB
Release : 2005-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
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From politics to popular culture, baby boomers exert a profound impact on America. As they enter middle age and retirement, this generation, unprecedented in size, will confront a vast new realm of problems, choices, and decisions. Their needs will make the "graying of America" the most significant demographic event of our time. As a resource fitted to such an event, Aging: Lifestyles, Work, and Money, provides a definitive, comprehensive source of information about people aged 65 years and older. The information is indexed and included under easy-to-follow headings, allowing the reader to locate facts quickly and as needed, or browse and encounter valuable information serendipitously. More than 180 tables, graphs, and charts provide carefully selected information on: BL Marital status BL Living arrangements BL Family life BL Geographic location and geographic mobility BL Transportation and housing BL Community life BL Social activity BL Leisure BL Crime BL Citizenship BL Language BL Education BL Income and poverty BL Finances-assets, savings, debt, and attitudes consumer spending BL Work and retirement BL Social Security Vierck and Hodges not only provide exhaustive coverage of vital statistics (including many previously unpublished features), but also offer analytical support--describing trends, offering insights, and providing a framework for understanding the data. This volume is ideally suited to the elderly whose concerns it investigates, as well as to medical and nursing libraries, and anyone interested in the manifold issues associated with the elderly. It includes a bibliography, a listing of Web sites, and an appendix listing world records and fascinating facts, providing a record of some extraordinary achievements of the elderly.
Gerontology for the Health Care Professional
Author : Regula Robnett
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 2010-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0763756059
Book Description
Gerontology For The Health Care Professional, Second Edition is a comprehensive, practical text covering the evolving field of gerontology, written for health care students and professionals . This text is clinically relevant while implementing theoretical treatment of the subject matter. Written by experts across many health professions, Gerontology For The Health Care Professional, Second Edition presents an up-to-date and realistic view on the aging process. With topics presented in an introductory fashion, this book covers all the important aspects of aging and instills an appreciation For The multidimensional aspects of aging for those who are working with and caring for elderly patients or clients. Each chapter includes objectives, chapter outlines, multiple-choice review questions and learning activities! Available Instructor Resources Include: PowerPoint Slides, Instructor's Manual and Discussion Questions. New To The Second Edition : Thoroughly updated content New information on sleep, aging, and functional performance later in life A new chapter on effective communication with older people Topics Covered Include: Demographic Trends of an Aging Society Social Aspects of Aging the Physiology and Pathology of Aging Staying Healthy in Late Life Cognition and Aging the Psychological Aspects of Aging (including quality of life, personality change, and behavioral change) Nutrition Throughout the Lifespan Drug Therapy and Polypharmacy in the Elderly Sexuality and Aging the Continuum of Care (including care giving) Financing Health Care For The Elderly Health Care Providers Working with the Elderly Future Concerns in an Aging Society
Health, United States, 2016, with Chartbook on Long-Term Trends in Health
Author : National Center for Health Statistics
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 36,38 MB
Release : 2017-08-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780160939778
Book Description
This annual overview report of national trends in health statistics contains a Chartbook that assesses the nation's health by presenting trends and current information on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization and access, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health-care expenditures. Chapters devoted to population characteristics, prevention, health risk factors, health care resources, personal health care expenditures, health insurance, and trend tables may provide the health/medical statistician, data analyst, biostatistician with additional information to complete experimental studies or provide necessary research for pharmaceutical companies to gain data for modeling and sampling. Undergraduate students engaged in applied mathematics or statistical compilations to graduate students completing biostatistics degree programs to include statistical inference principles, probability, sampling methods and data analysis as well as specialized medical statistics courses relating to epidemiology and other health topics may be interested in this volume. Related products: Your Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home or Other Long-Term Services & Supports available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/your-guide-choosing-nursing-home-or-other-long-term-services-supports Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, 2014 available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/health-insurance-coverage-united-states-2014 "Some System of the Nature Here Proposed": Joseph Lovell's Remarks on the Sick Report, Northern Department, U.S. Army, 1817, and the Rise of the Modern US Army Medical Department can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/some-system-nature-here-proposed-joseph-lovells-remarks-sick-report-northern-department-us Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2014: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (ePub) -Free digital eBook download available at the US Government Online Bookstore here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/guide-clinical-preventive-services-2014-recommendations-us-preventive-services-task-force --Also available for FREE digital eBook download from Apple iBookstore, BarnesandNoble.com (Nook Bookstore), Google Play eBookstore, and Overdrive -Please use ISBN: 9780160926426 to search these commercial platforms.
