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Handbook of Aging and Mental Health : An Integrative Approach
Jacob Lomranz
Hardcover - $273.95
This comprehensive resource responds to a growing need for theory and multidisciplinary integrative research in adult and gerontological health. Handbook of Aging and Mental Healthbrings together, for the first time, diverse strategies and methodolog ...
Teaching Dementia Care : Skill and Understanding
Nancy L. Mace
Hardcover - $129.95
Dementia afflicts millions of Americans and deeply affects the lives of their loved ones. Good care has been proven to have a significant effect on the quality of life of a person with dementia. To ensure "good" care, staff members of nursing homes, ...
Older People, Nursing & Mental Health
James Marr
Paperback - $103.95
A much needed practical nursing text addressing the complex problems posed by the growing number of elderly people with mental health problems. The book can be used as an everyday companion for qualified nurses or for teaching health care assistants ...
Caloric Restriction : A Key to Understanding and Modulating Aging
E. J. Masoro
Hardcover - $271.95
For many years, it has been known that when rats and mice are given a reduced amount of food, their life span is increased and they remain healthy and vigorous at advanced ages.
What is the reason for this change in the usual pattern of aging? The ...
Telomerase, Aging and Disease
Mark P. Mattson
Hardcover - $288.95
This volume of Advances in Cell Aging and Gerontology critically reviews the rapidly advancing area of telomerase research with a focus at the molecular and cellular levels. The clearly established function of telomerase is to maintain chromosome end ...
Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Stephen Meldon
Paperback - $138.95
The ONLY urgent care text to consider the unique, clinically important differences of older patients.
Endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians, this quick-reference provides up-to-date, comprehensive, and easy-to-find diagnosis and ...
Baby Boomers : Can My Eighties Be Like My Fifties?
M. Joanna Mellor
Paperback - $80.95
Based on a conference funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this book brings together baby boomers and health care professionals to explore baby boomers? perceptions of their future social-health care expectations and needs.