Wenn alte Menschen uber ihre Erinnerungen sprechen, kann das dem Verlust von Identitat und Selbstwissen entgegenwirken. Der praxiserprobte Leitfaden zur biographieorientierten Aktivierung stellt neben einem kurzen allgemeinen Teil insgesamt 28 Therapieeinheiten vor. Ablaufplane und Arbeitsmaterialien fur die Gruppenarbeit erleichtern die Umsetzung. Die mitgelieferte CD-ROM enthalt Kopiervorlagen. Der Band richtet sich an alle Personen, die beruflich oder ehrenamtlich im Bereich der Alltagshilfe tatig sind."

With the ever-increasing rise in life expectancy, there is an urgent need to improve our understanding of the relationship between ageing and the pathogenesis of age-related diseases in order to identify more effective means of prevention, amelioration and management of such diseases. In addition, there is a need to reduce the social and economic impact of the ageing population. Age-related morbidity and mortality vary dramatically among individuals; this book focusses on individual differences in susceptibility to age-related disorders.

It contains contributions from leading experts in the field on topics such as:
age-related pathology in the brain, age-related processes in stem cells, and age-related effects on the immune system and in bone, muscle and cardiovascular tissue. For all those with an interest in the biology of ageing, this is compulsory reading.

Mit Gedachtnistraining konnen Bewohner von Altenpflegeeinrichtungen ihre kognitiven Leistungen erhalten und fordern. Dieser praxiserprobte Leitfaden fur Ubungen zur kognitiven Aktivierung stellt neben einem kurzen einfuhrenden Teil insgesamt 24 Stundeneinheiten vor. Konkrete Ablaufplane und Arbeitsmaterialien fur die Gruppenarbeit erleichtern die Umsetzung. Der Leitfaden richtet sich an alle, die beruflich oder ehrenamtlich im Bereich der Alltagshilfe tatig sind. Die mitgelieferte CD-ROM enthalt Kopiervorlagen."

Das Krankheitsbild Demenz ist nicht neu. Aufgrund der kontinuierlich ansteigenden Lebenserwartung betrifft es jedoch nicht mehr nur die anderen. Demenz passt exakt in die Definition der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) von 2002 uber Krankheiten, die Palliativpflege bedurftig sind: chronisch, fortschreitend, unheilbar, den Tod beschleunigend. Die Angst selbst befallen zu werden, lost massive Abwehrreaktionen aus und ethische Distanz. Wir wissen im Grunde nur sehr wenig uber die subjektive Lebensqualitat, das facettenreiche Gefuhlsleben, die hohe Sensibilitat der Person mit Demenz. Viele Missverstandnisse und gegenseitige Verletzungen sind oft die Folgen. Fachwissen soll die Betreuenden in die Lage versetzen Schmerzen, Wunsche, Bedurfnisse und Ressourcen zu erkennen und Nahe zu schenken. Fachwissen allein wird vergeblich sein, wenn Betreuende nicht eine behutsame, respektvolle, aufrichtige und einfuhlsame Beziehungsbrucke zur Person mit Demenz schlagen konnen. Beide Aspekte werden eng miteinander in diesem Buch verknupft."

The Handbook of Mental Health and Aging, Third Edition provides a foundational background for practitioners and researchers to understand mental health care in older adults as presented by leading experts in the field. Wherever possible, chapters integrate research into clinical practice. The book opens with conceptual factors, such as the epidemiology of mental health disorders in aging and cultural factors that impact mental health. The book transitions into neurobiological-based topics such as biomarkers, age-related structural changes in the brain, and current models of accelerated aging in mental health. Clinical topics include dementia, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, mood disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia, sleep disorders, and substance abuse. The book closes with current and future trends in geriatric mental health, including the brain functional connectome, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), technology-based interventions, and treatment innovations.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the field of developmental programming of ageing phenotypes. Although gerontological research has traditionally focused on later stages of the life cycle, growing evidence indicates that both the rate of ageing-associated functional declines, and the risks of later-life chronic pathological conditions, can be traced to origins early in life. While other books in the field concentrate on the developmental origin of particular disorders, this volume offers a detailed guide to all important aspects of the role of early-life conditions in programming both chronic pathological conditions and the ageing process. Interest in the study of ageing and longevity had its beginnings in research on the fetal origins of adult disease. This has evolved into a hypothesis on the Developmental Origins of Adult Health and Disease (DOHaD), which postulates that adverse environmental exposures during critical in-utero and early postnatal stages of development may permanently change physiological responses and cause functional impairments and disorders in adult life. In this book, the contributing authors and leading experts from around the world, describe research on mechanisms underlying the developmental programming phenomenon, as well as interventional strategies aimed at restoring developmentally disrupted epigenetic patterns. Early Life Origins of Ageing and Longevity benefits a wide audience of working scientists, clinicians, and advanced students, and will also interest scientifically curious general readers who wish to know more about current research in this rapidly evolving field.

This book highlights international efforts to better understand the role of individual differences in healthy aging by exploring new directions, methods, and questions within the field. The book considers how to measure personality and personality change during adulthood, the associations between personality and healthy aging outcomes over time, and the role of personality in building interventions to promote healthy aging. The first section considers the value of personality constructs for healthy aging outcomes beyond the broad Big Five personality dimensions. It discusses the role of attachment, purpose, and affect, and also touches on the issue of psychopathology. The second section presents innovative assessment methods, research designs beyond classical longitudinal approaches, as well as sophisticated and integrative techniques for analyzing personality change processes. The third section raises new important questions, such as how interventionists from non-personality domains can incorporate personality processes in their intervention programs. It also discusses how different domains of individual functioning may interact in concert to predict healthy aging outcomes, as well as how more integrative lifespan models of healthy aging may advance research on personality and healthy aging. Overall, this book will spark interest and chart new directions for researchers, practitioners and interventionists in healthy aging, gerontology and applied fields.

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 dalle radiazioni tossiche e spiega come usare le lenti a contatto e gli occhiali da sole. Il volume offre anche un panorama degli interventi laser e chirurgici di maggior diffusione, che consentira al paziente che si deve fare operare di capire meglio l'atto operatorio e il decorso postoperatorio.