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Author : National Institute on Aging. National Research on Aging Planning Panel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Age factors in disease
ISBN : UIUC:30112079532518
Author : Steven Petrow
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780806541020
For fans of David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, here is a humorous, irreverent, and poignant look at the gifts, stereotypes, and inevitable challenges of aging, based on the wildly popular New York Times essay from award-winning journalist Steven Petrow. Soon after his 50th birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list of “things I won’t do when I get old”—mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something year old parents were doing wrong. That list, which included “You won’t have to shout at me that I’m deaf,” and “I won’t blame the family dog for my incontinence,” became the basis of this rousing collection of do’s and don’ts, wills and won’ts that is equal parts hilarious, honest, and practical. The fact is, we don’t want to age the way previous generations did. “Old people” hoard. They bore relatives—and strangers—with tales of their aches and pains. They insist on driving long after they’ve become a danger to others (and themselves). They eat dinner at 4pm. They swear they don’t need a cane or walker (and guess what happens next). They never, ever apologize. But there is another way . . . In Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old, Petrow candidly addresses the fears, frustrations, and stereotypes that accompany aging. He offers a blueprint for the new old age, and an understanding that aging and illness are not the same. As he writes, “I meant the list to serve as a pointed reminder—to me—to make different choices when I eventually cross the threshold to ‘old.’” Getting older is a privilege. This essential guide reveals how to do it with grace, wisdom, humor, and hope. And without hoarding.
Author : National Institute on Aging. National Research on Aging Planning Panel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Age factors in disease
ISBN : MINN:319510001670665
Author : Xiangnan Chai,Wei Guo,Zhenmei Zhang
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782832549469
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Government publications
ISBN : OSU:32435055812549
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1092 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112063912288
Author : Anja K. Leist,Jenni Kulmala,Fredrica Nyqvist
Publisher : Springer
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9783319066509
In recent years, the aim of research on aging has shifted from prolonging life to fostering healthy and cognitively robust old age. In order to improve the quality of life of older people, we need to better understand cognitive aging as well as bodily aging. Health and Cognition in Old Age assembles the cream of research across varied medical, mental health, and social disciplines, and demonstrates how this knowledge can lead to improved outcomes for older people. The first half of this expert volume discusses biomedical and life course factors in aging, particularly as they affect cognition and well-being in later life. From there, effective solutions are the focus: interventions and care programs to improve mental functioning and general quality of life, and current policy and practice ideas in promoting healthy, active, and cognitively robust aging. Together, these diverse chapters offer a multi-faceted approach to understanding and modifying what was formerly the inevitable course of growing old. A sampling of the coverage: How the aging process affects the immune system. Occupational gerontology – work-related determinants of old age health and functioning. Social, behavioral, and contextual influences on cognitive function and decline. Lifestyle factors in the prevention of dementia. Understanding long-term care outcomes: conventional and behavioral economics. Social capital, mental well-being, and loneliness in older people. For gerontologists, sociologists, social workers, health psychologists, and others working to improve older people’s lives, Health and Cognition in Old Age brings expertise, versatility, and confidence to the table.
Author : Marianne J. Legato,John P. Bilezikian
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0124409075
Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine examines how normal human biology differs between men and women and how the diagnosis and treatment of disease differs as a function of gender. This revealing research covers various conditions that predominantly occur in men, and as well conditions that predominantly occur in women. Among the subjects covered are cardiovascular disease, mood disorders, the immune system, lung cancer as a consequence of smoking, osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, and infectious diseases. * Gathers important information in the field of gender-based biology and clinical medicine, proving that a patient's sex is increasingly important in preventing illness, making an accurate diagnosis, and choosing safe and effective treatment of disease * Addresses gender-specific areas ranging from organ transplantation, gall bladder and biliary diseases, to the epidemiology of osteoporosis and fractures in men and women * Many chapters present questions about future directions of investigations
Author : United States. President's Task Force on the Aging
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Aged
ISBN : UIUC:30112104132011
Author : Stephen Ray Flora
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791459152
Makes the controversial argument that reinforcement is a real and valuable force in human behavior.
Author : Alice H. Phillips,Caryl K. Roman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0914718924
Author : Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Food Forum
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309158831
Does a longer life mean a healthier life? The number of adults over 65 in the United States is growing, but many may not be aware that they are at greater risk from foodborne diseases and their nutritional needs change as they age. The IOM's Food Forum held a workshop October 29-30, 2009, to discuss food safety and nutrition concerns for older adults.
Author : Margret M. Baltes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996-07-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 052149804X
Margret Baltes provides insights into the social foundation of dependency with a blend of theoretical and empirical argument.
Author : United States. National Voluntary Services and Service Organizations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Aged
ISBN : MINN:31951D02987466R
Author : Scott Bass,Masato Oka,Jill Norton,Robert Morris *Deceased*
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317948896
Thirty years ago, when compared to the U.S., England, France, and Sweden, Japan had the lowest life expectancy for males and females. Today, Japan has the highest life expectancy and is the world’s most rapidly aging society. Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan captures the vitality of Japanese policymakers and the challenges they face in shaping a modern society responding to its changing needs. The rapid transition to an aging society poses a set of complex policy and resource dilemmas; the responses taken in Japan are of great value to policymakers, professionals, and students in the fields of gerontology, Asian and Japanese studies, sociology, public policy, administration and management, and anthropology in other industrial aging societies. Readers of Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan will discover the array of social and economic implications that comes with an increasingly aged society. Such a change in demographics affects pension expenditures and pension contributions, capital formation and savings rates, health costs, service systems, tax bases, labor pools, career counseling, training, advertising, and marketing. This book does not stop with these topics, however. Readers also learn about: how older Japanese workers are staying employed and employable policies in Japan for a smooth transition from work to retirement Japan’s Silver Human Resource Centers the new direction of health services in Japan the Japanese financing system for elderly health care the expansion of formalized in-home services for Japan’s aged Japanese housing policy and the concept of universal design the Gold Plan, a comprehensive ten-year plan to promote health care and welfare for the aged the concept of ikigai--promoting feelings of purpose and self-worth in the aged Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan is one of only a handful of books prepared in English by American and Japanese authors for an international audience about aging and social policy in Japan. The book’s recent collection of articles by leading scholars on the subject makes it a unique and timely source of information. Above all, Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan makes it clear that the rest of the world has many valuable lessons to learn by studying Japan’s approach to its rapidly aging society.
