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  • (Re)designing the Continuum of Care for Older Adults

    The Future of Long-Term Care Settings

    This bookbroadens the visioning on new care environments that are designed to be inclusive, progressive, and convergent with the needs of an aging population. The contents cover a range of long-term care (LTC) settings in a single collection to address the needs of a wide audience.Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, rethinking the spatial design of care facilities in order to prepare for future ... Read more

    $80.99 USD $62.99 USD

  • 100 Plus

    How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and

    by Sonia Arrison ...
    Humanity is on the cusp of an exciting longevity revolution. The first person to live to 150 years has probably already been born.What will your life look like when you live to be over 100? Will you be healthy? Will your marriage need a sunset clause? How long will you have to work? Will you finish one career at sixty-five only to go back to school to learn a new one? And then, will you be happily ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • 101 Ways to Stay Sexually Active after 60 Years

    This is a fun book to help seniors reignite their sexual activity or add to what is happening now. There are suggestions for implementing many new types of activities, reimagining forplay and overcoming feelings of body dissatisfaction. No matter how long it has been since you have had a satisfying sex life, you can regain and expand your joy in being intimate. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • 23 Stundenkonzepte für Menschen mit Demenz

    Werteorientierte Gruppenarbeit - Validierende Aktivierung©

    Beschäftigungsangebote, abgestimmt auf die Bedürfnisse Demenzerkrankter, in Einrichtungen zu organisieren und regelmäßig anzubieten, kostet nicht nur Ressourcen, sondern auch Ideen. Das Anleitungsbuch für Gruppenleiter in der Demenzbetreuung bietet 23 komplett vorbereitete Stundenkonzepte zu unterschiedlichen Themen, wie z.B. Freude, Familie, Tod, Kindheit, Essen, Arbeit. Durch die detaillierte ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • A Clinical Approach to Geriatric Rehabilitation

    Fourth Edition

    The field of geriatric rehabilitation is constantly changing due to the discovery of new evidence-based evaluation and treatment strategies, as well as the continual support or refutation of older theories and practices. Now in its Fourth Edition, A Clinical Approach to Geriatric Rehabilitation has been updated to provide physical therapists an evidence-based guide to the clinical aspects of ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • A Comprehensive Guide to Geriatric Rehabilitation E-Book

    A Comprehensive Guide to Geriatric Rehabilitation E-Book

    Now in its third edition, this trusted clinical guide enables both the busy practitioner and student to review or to learn about a range of pathologies, conditions, examinations, diagnostic procedures, and interventions that can be effectively used in the physical rehabilitation of older people. It presents a broad overview of age-related physiological changes as well as specific professional ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • A Guide to Aging and Well-Being for Healthcare Professionals

    Psychological Perspectives

    This book provides practical evidence-based strategies that will help clinicians across a broad range of disciplines to address and discuss the main issues an aging person is likely to face and overcome if they are to maintain a sense of well-being as they age.Based on an extensive body of research, the relevant up-to-date knowledge for each topic is concisely presented, followed by practical, ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • A Guide to Psychosocial and Spiritual Care at the End of Life

    Psychological, social, and spiritual care is as important as physical care at the end of life. Yet caregivers often feel ill-equipped to give that nonphysical care. This book shows how to do it. The book addresses all caregivers who attend dying patients: doctors, nurses, chaplains, clergy in the pastorate, social workers, clinical psychologists, family caregivers, and others. It covers such ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life

    Series series Classics in Longevity and Aging
    Dr. Grumanís book examines the quest for longevity and immortality up to the year 1800. He presents multicultural perspectives and attitudes as depicted in Islamic and Chinese societies as well as in Western Civilization. This scholarly work contributes to our understanding of the origins of medicine, personal hygiene and public health as well as the underlying psychological and social ... Read more

    $85.99 USD

  • A Loving Approach to Dementia Care

    Making Meaningful Connections while Caregiving

    by Laura Wayman ...
    Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
    An encouraging and compassionate guide for dementia caregivers.Caring for someone with dementia means devotedly and patiently doing a hundred little things each day. But few care providers are trained to meet the challenges of dementia—despite the fact that millions of people will struggle with it as they grow older. In A Loving Approach to Dementia Care, Laura Wayman, who is known professionally ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging

    Stay Smart, Strong, and Active

    Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
    Explores all aspects of health as men reach middle age and beyond.As they reach middle age, most men begin looking forward to "what's next." They gear up to experience renewed productivity and purpose and are more conscious of their health. A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging is an authoritative resource for them, and for older men, as well. In collaboration with a variety of medical experts, the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • A Practical Guide to Geriatric Neuropsychology

    Series series AACN Workshop Series
    A Practical Guide to Geriatric Neuropsychology focuses on the skills required in testing and treating the older adult population. Topics discussed include normal aging, determining competency, important factors to consider in conducting clinical interviews, the importance of evaluating for depression and substance abuse, screening tools for use in practice, cognitive training and intervention and ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • A Simple Guide to Sarcopenia, (Updated 2023) Diagnosis, Treatment and Related Conditions

    by Kenneth Kee ...
    Sarcopenia is a medical disorder known as age-related sarcopenia or sarcopenia with aging which starts in the 30s when a person starts to lose muscle mass and function.Sarcopenia (from Greek sarx,"flesh" and penia,"poverty") is the degenerative loss of the skeletal muscle mass (0.5–1% decrease per year after the age of 50), quality, and strength linked with aging.Sarcopenia is a part of the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Tattoo on my Brain

    A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease

    Dr Daniel Gibbs is one of 50 million people worldwide with an Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Unlike most patients with Alzheimer's, however, Dr Gibbs worked as a neurologist for twenty-five years, caring for patients with the very disease now affecting him. Also unusual is that Dr Gibbs had begun to suspect he had Alzheimer's several years before any official diagnosis could be made. Forewarned by ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Traveler's Guide to Geriatrica

    by Marilyn Heins ...
    Newspaper columnist and beloved pediatrician, Marilyn Heins, MD, has fashioned a pathway through the transformative senior years of life after having entered the octogenarian years, herself. Gleaned from her experiences as she navigates the changes that come with aging, A Traveler's Guide to Geriatrica is augmented with insightful yet playful illustrations by renowned political cartoonist, David ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • ABC of Geriatric Medicine

    Series series ABC Series
    Demographic trends confirm what clinicians already know - they are spending increasing amounts of time dealing with older people. This new ABC provides an introduction to the new and increasing challenges of treating older patients in a variety of settings.ABC of Geriatric Medicine provides an overview of geriatric medicine in practice. Chapters are written by experts, and are based on the ... Read more

    $46.00 USD

  • Absolute Geriatric Psychiatry Review

    Essential Questions and Answers

    This book provides a comprehensive yet concise review of geriatric psychiatry in preparation for the board exam, or for reference during practice. Written by experts in the field, this text thoroughly reviews over 500 developmental, biological, diagnostic, and treatment questions for board certification. Unlike any other text on the market, this book takes a broader approach to the subject, making ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly in India

    This book highlights different aspects of the problem of elder abuse and neglect in India, and discusses its forms as well as means of prevention, intervention and management. It presents a framework for understanding the occurrence of elder abuse and neglect in India, placing the discussion within the global context. Elder abuse and neglect is a growing concern in South Asia, and this is the ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Acetabular Fractures in Older Patients

    Assessment and Management

    Edited by Theodore T. Manson ...
    Acetabular fractures in older adults are increasing in frequency and present unique challenges to the surgeons charged with their treatment. This text provides the clinician tools for deciding who is an operative candidate and reviews in detail the various surgical treatments available for management. Opening chapters discuss the scope of the problem, the functional status of older patients and ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Achieving the Human Right to a Caring Society in an Aging America

    Caregiving includes activities undertaken by others to ensure that those with a significant ongoing loss of physical or mental capacity can maintain a level of ability to be and to do what they have reason to value and involves a variety of services provided in a number of places and by different groups of caregivers ranging from care in the home from unpaid family members and friends (mostly ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Active Ageing, Active Learning

    Issues and Challenges

    Series Book 15 - Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
    This book is concerned with the general issues of ageing, learning and education for the elderly and then with the more specific issues of why, how and what elders want to learn. This monograph consists of 10 chapters written by various internationally renowned researchers and scholar-practitioners in the field. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Active Surveillance for Localized Prostate Cancer

    A New Paradigm for Clinical Management

    Edited by Laurence Klotz ...
    Series series Current Clinical Urology
    Active Surveillance for Localized Prostate Cancer: A New Paradigm for Clinical Management will serve as a useful resource for physicians dealing with, and interested in, this complex and evolving branch of prostate cancer management. The book will also be of interest to scientifically literate patients and their families. The volume provides an introduction to the concept of active surveillance in ... Read more

    $215.99 USD

  • Active Surveillance for Localized Prostate Cancer

    A New Paradigm for Clinical Management

    Edited by Laurence Klotz ...
    Series series Current Clinical Urology
    This fully updated and revised new edition provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in prostate cancer. The book reviews new data about molecular characteristics of the disease, profiles the new grading system for prostate cancer introduced in 2015, and provides new perspectives ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Acute Care for Elders

    A Model for Interdisciplinary Care

    Series series Aging Medicine
    Acute Care for Elders (ACE) is a model of care designed to improve functional outcomes and to improve the processes for the care of older patients. This model includes: an environment of care designed to promote improved function for older patients; an interdisciplinary team that works together to identify/address the vulnerabilities of the older patients; nursing care plans for prevention of ... Read more

    $80.99 USD