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Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Geriatric medicine
Worldwide, human life is headed for longevity. On the other hand,
humans have a desire to stay healthy and live longer. However,
synthetic drugs are immediately effective, but some drugs can cause
serious side effects. From about 100 to 150 years ago, humans have
used all diseases for treatment and prevention, using natural
resources such as plants, animals and minerals. These natural
ingredients can minimise side effects etc. even after long-term
administration. In addition, these natural ingredients can also
control chronic toxicity etc. in a concentration-dependent manner.
Based on these ideas, this book will focus on plant ingredients and
plants that can be expected to maintain health until this
longevity.
Urs Kalbermatten und Ladislav Valach ubertragen Handlungstheorie
erfolgreich auf angewandte Forschung und verschiedene Praxisfelder
in Gerontologie, Paarbeziehungen im Alter, Lebensubergange,
Beratung, Psychotherapie, Pravention und Rehabilitation. Sie
belegen mit ihrer vierzigjahrigen Weiterentwicklung
handlungstheoretischerKonzepte und Modelle, wie diese eine bessere
Konzeptualisierung von Praxisfeldern, eine wirkungsvolle praktische
Tatigkeit und auch eine evidenzbasierte, theoriegestutzte
Intervention ermoeglicht.
Altenpflege ist Beziehungs- und Gefuhlsarbeit. Sie erfordert Mut
und Kompetenz, mit der Vergangenheit alter Menschen umzugehen, mit
erlebtem Lebensgluck ebenso wie mit Trauer und Verzweiflung. Bei
vielen Pflegenden gibt es eine Sehnsucht nach Begegnungen mit alten
Menschen. Trotzdem bleiben viele Kontakte, aus Unsicherheit oder
Angst, an der Oberflache. Eine wesentliche empathische Erfahrung
geht damit verloren. Denn es koennen besondere Begegnungen
entstehen, wenn Pflegepersonen es wagen, sich wirklich auf alte
Menschen einzulassen. Genau diese magischen Momente sind es, die
Altenpflege fur viele Pflegende so spannend machen. Sie starken die
Berufszufriedenheit, geben Kraft fur schwierige berufliche Zeiten
und sind ein, bis dato voellig unterschatzter Grund, warum
Pflegende im Beruf bleiben. Sonja Schiff erzahlt ihre eigenen
Schlusselerlebnisse mit alten Menschen und lasst auch andere
Personen - unterschiedliche Professionisten aus der Altenpflege-
und Altenbetreuung - in Form von strukturierten Interviews zu Wort
kommen. Es entstanden Geschichten, die die Leserin/den Leser tief
beruhren und Kraft geben. Gepaart mit einem leidenschaftlichen
Pladoyer fur eine dringende Weiterentwicklung der Altenpflege und
Kritik am bestehenden System, geht sie auch der Frage nach, welchen
Anteil Pflegepersonen selbst an der Erreichung eines magischen
Moments haben und wie sie diese umsetzen koennen. Jedes Kapitel
wird eingeleitet und mit Aufgaben beendet, die zum Ausprobieren
motivieren. Ein "Mutmach-Buch" fur alle Pflege- und
Betreuungskrafte der Altenpflege. Es richtet sich aber auch an
Fuhrungskrafte von Altenpflegeeinrichtungen, Angehoerige und
sozialpolitisch tatige Personen.
Social Theories of Aging: A Brief Synopsis introduces students to a
broad spectrum of social theories on aging. Each theory is
categorized as first, second, or third generation according to
three theoretical levels: micro-level (individual aging theories),
macro-level (societal aging theories), and micro-macro-level
(emerging theories). The book provides students not only with a
synopsis of key theories but with the agency to create their own
knowledge and search for answers within the gerontology discipline.
Over the course of six chapters, students explore a variety of
generational theories. Each overview presents a theory's level,
intellectual origins, and basic tenets. The theories span many
fields and subfields of gerontology including social gerontology,
sociology, anthropology, public administration, psychology, social
work, and geriatrics. Activity Theory, Disengagement Theory,
Modernization Theory, Continuity Theory, Exchange Theory, Age
Stratification, Social Constructionist, and Transformative Learning
Theory are just a few of the theories addressed in the text. Highly
accessible and concise in nature, Social Theories of Aging is an
ideal textbook for introductory gerontology courses. It can also be
used in graduate level courses to remind students of the
theoretical underpinnings of gerontology.
A concise and up-to-date text on the mental health of older people,
this second edition is fully updated to reflect changes in
technology, competency-based training, guidelines, law and
treatments. Each chapter sits alone as an informative, readable and
helpful resource for a range of health care professionals. Together
the chapters form an essential text that contributes to the rising
standards in old age psychiatry. With practical guidelines on
clinical management, this edition also includes new sections on
topics such as palliative care and migrant health, all written by a
global authorship, considering international perspectives. Targeted
at qualified and trainee consultant psychiatrists, this text is
also useful to other doctors, medical students and healthcare
professionals who work with older people.
Maintaining good metabolic profile plays a significant role in
improving the quality of life at aging. Widely recommended physical
and psychological strategies include exercise, calorie restriction
(such as healthy diet), anti-aging neuroprotective and
anti-inflammation therapy. Most occurring risks at middle age range
(45-65 years old) are obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation,
alteration in the hypothalamus-hypophysis suprarenal axis activity,
stress and hypertension that could increase the prevalence of
metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome increases with age,
particularly for women. Significant associations were seen between
imaging measures and cardiovascular risk factors at both baseline
and 18-month follow-ups. Both baseline and longitudinal imaging
analysis and correlations with neurocogntive tests as well as
cardiovascular risk factors could provide distinct and confirmative
perspectives relating to the pathophysiology of aging-related
diseases such as dementia and diabetes. Significant baseline and
longitudinal effects of age, smoking and neuropathological burdens
such as amyloid, tau and glucose metabolism provide a complete
imaging, neurocognitive and cardiovascular profile for better
staging and differentiating different diseases. Together with
accurate imaging guidance, early detection and treatment could be
achieved with the ultimate goal of improving quality of life at
middle age and extending longevity. The aim of this book is
intended to provide both beginners and experts in biomedical
imaging and health care a broad picture as well as new development
in brain function and metabolism of aging using innovative
neuroimaging techniques and advanced longitudinal /correlational
analyses. Methods and data presented in this book with novel
experimental designs and protocols, especially longitudinal
investigation of multiple imaging metrics from microvascular,
micro-structural to systematic functional, metabolic and
neuropathological perspectives will help improving diagnosis and
early prevention of common diseases at middle age such as metabolic
syndrome and early dementia. Some promising prevention strategies
such as arts therapy, aerobic exercise and calorie restriction will
be introduced additionally with imaging evidence. Results presented
will help improving diagnosis accuracy, staging, and determining
phases and trajectories of disease progression with age,
endothelial dysfunction and deficits in metabolic syndrome. This
book will provide the current state-of-the-art and new frontiers of
brain function and metabolic changes at age using multi-parametric
functional, structural and molecular imaging techniques in
detection, diagnosis and treatment. We will present some forefront
and interesting multi-dimensional baseline and longitudinal imaging
techniques to serve as a reference and resource book in
neuroimaging application and research field. Several distinct
detection and application perspectives, including cutting-edge
imaging methods from baseline evaluations to longitudinal
applications as well as multi-modal and multi-parametric
quantifications will be described. The relatively new and advanced
data and results together with interesting examples and application
demonstrations could help facilitate the generalization,
interpretation and applications of these techniques to improve
disease diagnosis, quality of life and treatment for metabolic
syndrome and brain dysfunction.
Through a uniquely multidisciplinary lens, Ethics and Vulnerable
Elders: The Quest for Individuals Rights and a Just Society employs
a highly principled approach to ethics and addresses current issues
affecting vulnerable older adults. The book illuminates the current
and future challenges facing older adult populations and provides
effective frameworks for their resolution. The text features 19
chapters written by experts, which are then divided into four
sections. The opening chapter introduces the framework for the book
and addresses key concepts in ethics. Each of the four sections
that follow addresses a particular category of vulnerability,
namely compromised health, effective status, care arrangement, and
abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Specific topics include cognitive
impairment, physical disability, gender, sexual orientation,
residential long-term care, self-neglect, correctional settings,
victimization, and more. Each chapter includes a summary; case
study; discussion of applicable principles of ethics, including
autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice; resources for
follow-up; and questions for further consideration. Ethics and
Vulnerable Elders is an ideal resource for law school and graduate
school programs with focus on gerontology, disability, social work,
public health, elder and family law, and health care management.
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