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Title

Aging in good health : a quality lifestyle for the later years / edited by Florence Lieberman and Morris F. Collen.

Publication

New York : Insight Books, ©1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lieberman, Florence.
• Collen, Morris F. (Morris Frank), 1913-2014.

Description

xvi, 337 pages; 22 cm

Summary

According to a 1990 report issued by the Census Bureau, 31 million people in the United States are over the age of sixty-five. Inevitably the overall welfare of this population will gradually become vulnerable to a variety of disabilities that may require exhaustive and expensive diagnostic or therapeutic attention. Aging in Good Health is the result of important forums devoted to the complex state of geriatric health care and education, sponsored by the National Academies of Practice, an organization of distinguished practitioners devoted to optimum patient care through interdisciplinary communication. Drs. Lieberman and Collen, esteemed professionals in social work and internal medicine respectively, offer a unique opportunity to share in their experiences, and those of fellow experts from the nine health professions (dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, osteopathic medicine, podiatric medicine, psychology, social work, veterinary medicine), with the challenging physiological, psychological, ethical, social, and financial situations facing the elderly and their families. Emphasizing improvement in the overall attention given to the relationship between wellness and the aging process, the contributors present crucial insights on a plethora of concerns, in particular: the myriad foot and ambulatory ailments diminishing independent mobility; the "aging eye" and its optical, physiological, and pathological changes in visual function; the dangerous effects of chemical dependency on prescribed medications; the devastating problem of dementia and its related neurological disorders; the frequent bouts of depression, loneliness, and other forms of emotional distress; and the significantly therapeutic benefits of relating to animals or the environment. In addition, there is vital information on how to take specific precautions against the onset of certain general afflictions, along with important details for locating appropriate medical or social work services when a sudden or severe deterioration in health manifests itself. Aging in Good Health is an invaluable, provocative guidebook for the lay reader, as well as for gerontologists, social workers, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, the medical and dental communities, and public health personnel.

Subject

• Older people > Medical care
• Older people
• Lifestyles
• Quality of life
• Aged
• Health Services for the Aged
• Life Style
• Quality of Life
• Aged, 80 and over
• elderly
• quality of life
• Quality of life
• Older people
• Lifestyles
• Older people > Medical care
• Services de gériatrie > Congrès comme sujet
• Style de vie > Sujet âgé > Congrès comme sujet
• Qualité vie > Sujet âgé > Congrès comme sujet

Genre/Form

• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Better Health Care for the Elderly: Introduction to an Interdisciplinary Approach / Morris F. Collen -- 1. Cost-Effective Health Care of the Elderly: An Internist's Perspective / William R. Felts -- 2. The Physician's Role in the Rehabilitation of the Elderly / William Spencer -- 3. "The Chaise Breaks Down, but Doesn't Wear Out": The Goals of Geriatric Dentistry / Saul Kamen -- 4. Feet and the Aging Process -- A. Podiatric Medicine and Aging / Arthur E. Helfand -- B. The Foot Heart, the Foot, and the Joys of Walking / Charles R. Brantingham -- 5. A Review of Nonpathological and Pathological Changes in the Aging Eye / William M. Ludlam and Allan N. Freid -- 6. Chemical Dependency among Older Americans / Nicholas A. Cummings -- 7. The Role of Nursing in Care of the Elderly / Linda R. Phillips -- 8. Changing Health Needs and Medical Education for the Future / Thomas Langfitt -- 9. Families of the Aged: An Overview of Family Caregiving / Barbara Silverstone -- 10. Health Benefits of Human-Animal Interaction / Leo K. Bustad -- 11. Psychology and the Mental Health Needs of the Elderly / Gary R. VandenBos -- 12. Psychiatric Health Care for the Elderly / Arnold M. Ludwig -- 13. The Benefits of Psychotherapy for the Elderly / Arnold M. Levin -- 14. Neurology of Aging: The Problem of Dementia in the Year 2000 / Richard Mayeux -- 15. Health Care of the Elderly: A Nurse's Perspective / Thelma J. Wells -- 16. Geriatrics: Recommended Approaches to Averting a Crisis in Care / Sandra MacKay -- 17. Social Work Services for Older People in Acute or Long-Term Care / Barbara Berkman and Rosalie A. Kane -- 18. Practitioners as Consumers of Services for the Aged / Florence Lieberman.

ISBN

• 0306445026
• 9780306445026

LCCN

93028126

OCLC

• ocm28422838
• 28422838
• SCSB-1995774

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library