Care of the Elderly

Highly Commended in Medicine in the 2018 BMA Medical Book AwardsPeople with dementia increasingly find themselves staying in hospitals for extended...

Health and social care practitioners are increasingly called upon to provide care to elderly people from a number of different faiths and cultures....

No field of study more completely integrates the mature person over the life course than does gerontology. Understanding senior citizens-who repres...

Smart homes, home automation and ambient-assisted living are terms used to describe technological systems that enrich our living environment and pr...

Practice guidelines for management of conditions prevalent in long-term geriatric care are based, by and large, on expert consensus and rarely on c...

This book examines the policies, challenges, and quality of life issues in palliative care and nursing home care facilities. Some topics discussed ...

Antipsychotic drugs are frequently prescribed to older adults with dementia. Dementia affects millions of older adults, causing behavioral symptoms...

Alzheimer''''s disease is an illness of the brain. It causes large numbers of nerve cells in the brain to die. This affects a person''''s ability t...

Even as life expectancy in many countries has continued to increase, social security and similar government programs can provide strong incentives ...

The Sandwich Years is the heartfelt, inspirational story of the bond between mothers and daughters, and how one woman - through caring for the pers...

Alice was always beautifulArmenian immigrant beautiful, with thick, curly black hair, olive skin, and big dark eyes, writes Dana Walrath. Alice als...

The politics of old age in the twenty first century is contentious, encompassing ideological debates about the rights and welfare entitlements of i...

Winner of the Outstanding Publication Award, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological AssociationSenior citizens from all walks...

Within two decades-if not sooner-at least one in three prisoners in the US will be a senior citizen. Our prisons, however, were designed for a mu...

Social Security (comprising Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI)) is the largest single program in the federal gove...

According to the US Census Bureau, about 40 million Americans will be age 65 or older in 2010. By the year 2040, the population of older adults in ...

Long-term services and supports (LTSS) refer to a broad range of health and health-related services and supports that are needed by individuals ove...

Five federal agencies within four departments fund home and community-based services and supports that older adults often require to continue livin...

For millions of Americans, the heartbreak of watching a loved one struggle with Alzheimer''''s disease is a pain they know all too well. Alzheimer'...

Clear, step-by-step guidance on how to attain the Health and Social Care Level 2 Dementia Care Award and Certificate with an assessment-focussed ap...

Clear, step-by-step guidance on how to attain the Health and Social Care Level 3 Dementia Care Award and Certificate with an assessment-focussed ap...