Geriatric Medicine

Durch die gute klinische Versorgung ist ein Leben nach einem Unfall mit schwerer Hirnschädigung heute für viele Patienten lange möglich. Menschen m...

Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream Ameri...

The central nervous system controls vital functions by ef?ciently coordinating peripheral and central cascades of signals and networks in an orches...

Existing systems are not prepared to provide the mental health care services needed by the growing population of older adults. The National Academi...

This text focuses on the under-recognized and undertreated problem of addiction in later life. The widespread lack of clinical knowledge about this...

Palliative care has evolved rapidly in recent years. Not only is the field dealing with an increasingly elderly and multi-morbid population, it is ...

When youth shake off their rural roots and middle-aged people migrate for economic opportunities, what happens to the grandparents left at home? Li...

Winner of the 2022 Memoir Prize for Books - Caregiving categoryESS Public Sociology AwardRecommended Book in Domestic Violence by DomesticShelters....

In Through Japanese Eyes, based on her thirty-year research at a senior center in upstate New York, anthropologist Yohko Tsuji describes old age in...

Part of the What Do I Do Now? Psychiatry series, Geriatric Psychiatry offers comprehensive expertise for clinicians seeking answers for how to mana...

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The Owner's Manual for Your Eyes: The most comprehensive guide to taking care of vision.Winner of the National Health Information Award (Consumer D...

Menopause Matters is a complete guide for improving a woman's physical and mental health from age 35 and on. Gynecologist and menopause specialist ...

America has an aging challenge. As baby boomers enter advanced age, the shortfalls of our current systems are increasingly clearer, and if nothing ...

Studies show that residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities are at a substantial risk of having psychiatric disorders. This practic...

The graying of the U.S. population draws increasing focus to historically unattended segments of society, including sexual and gender minorities. I...

A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient pioneers a radical change in how we interact with older loved ones, especially those experiencing dementia, as s...

Psychiatric and cognitive changes are common in patients with Parkinson's disease and have key clinical consequences but, despite this, these sympt...

Increasing evidence identifies the possibility of restoring function to the damaged brain via exogenous therapies. One major target for these advan...

L'opera descrive in maniera semplice e chiara l'occhio, il suo sviluppo, i suoi difetti e le sue malattie. Presenta l'igiene oculare, la protezione...

This book describes the changes in the brain and in cognitive functions that occur with aging in the absence of a neurological, psychiatric, or med...

Psychotherapy in Later Life is a practical how-to-guide for psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health workers on choosing and delivering evide...

Auf die Bedürfnisse der täglichen Praxis abgestimmtStrukturierte, klar definierte Vorgehensweisen für Diagnostik, Therapiekonzepte und personalisie...

This acclaimed text promotes healthy aging by demonstrating how health practitioners, program developers, and policymakers can prevent or manage di...

Slowakisch/Deutsch, Deutsch/Slowakisch - Wörterbuch für slowakische Pflegende, Senioren und Angehörige:Eine große Herausforderung für viele slowaki...

Aged? But he does not appear aged, just look, his hair has remained young! Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (191327) The appearance of hair pl...

Das Alter bietet Chancen und Entwicklungspotenziale, wie zum Beispiel die späte Freiheit, die Perspektiven eröffnet und ein erfülltes Leben ermögli...

Keine Krankheit und keine Behandlung ist ohne RisikoPraktisches Risiko- und Fehlermanagement in der Medizin·         Vorsorgende Fehlervermeidung d...

The incidence of skin cancer has risen rapidly in recent decades, and patients often present initially to practitioners in many different specialti...

 Perspektiven für Gestalter!Wenn wir davon ausgehen müssen, dass die wachsenden Anforderungen an Leitende Ärzte und die Arbeitsverdichtung erst den...