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Molecular Bases of Endometriosis - The Integration Between Research and Clinical Practice (Hardcover): Giovana Aparecida... Molecular Bases of Endometriosis - The Integration Between Research and Clinical Practice (Hardcover)
Giovana Aparecida Goncalves
R3,010 R2,773 Discovery Miles 27 730 Save R237 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cambridge Handbook of Successful Aging (Paperback): Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros, Athanase Benetos, Jean-Marie Robine The Cambridge Handbook of Successful Aging (Paperback)
Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros, Athanase Benetos, Jean-Marie Robine
R1,772 Discovery Miles 17 720 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Recent studies show that more people than ever before are reaching old age in better health and enjoying that health for a longer time. This Handbook outlines the latest discoveries in the study of aging from bio-medicine, psychology, and socio-demography. It treats the study of aging as a multidisciplinary scientific subject, since it requires the interplay of broad disciplines, while offering high motivation, positive attitudes, and behaviors for aging well, and lifestyle changes that will help people to stay healthier across life span and in old age. Written by leading scholars from various academic disciplines, the chapters delve into the most topical aspects of aging today - including biological mechanisms of aging, aging with health, active and productive aging, aging with satisfaction, aging with respect, and aging with dignity. Aimed at health professionals as well as general readers, this Cambridge Handbook offers a new, positive approach to later life.

Social Theories of Aging - A Brief Synopsis (Paperback): Kelly Niles-Yokum, Pamela Pitman Brown, Hallie Baker Social Theories of Aging - A Brief Synopsis (Paperback)
Kelly Niles-Yokum, Pamela Pitman Brown, Hallie Baker
R2,136 Discovery Miles 21 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

The Complete Arthritis Diet Cookbook - Natural healing plan for Arthritis with Anti-Inflammatory Meal Recipes (Paperback): Amos... The Complete Arthritis Diet Cookbook - Natural healing plan for Arthritis with Anti-Inflammatory Meal Recipes (Paperback)
Amos Jacobs
R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Urban Chinese Daughters - Navigating New Roles, Status and Filial Obligation in a Transitioning Culture (Hardcover, 1st ed.... Urban Chinese Daughters - Navigating New Roles, Status and Filial Obligation in a Transitioning Culture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Patricia O'Neill
R4,628 Discovery Miles 46 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The lives of urban Chinese daughters have changed. Education and employment have propelled them from dependency to self-sufficiency, resulting in new attitudes and lifestyles. However, traditional filial obligation has remained. This book asks why it continues and how it is currently discharged, focusing on the emotion work daughters do to sustain the parent relationship, deal with conflict and maintain their self-esteem. Based on interviews with women living in Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China, the book further explores whether the structural or relational motivations underpinning support and care may be less important than the standards daughters impose on themselves; why care may be discontinued or not undertaken in the first place; why care provided to parents may be different from in-laws, and the importance of domestic helpers to the modern caregiving paradigm. To undertake this exploration, a typology of support and care was created, allowing for the first time to distinguish between what daughters do for healthy parents and in-laws versus parents who require temporary or full time care, specifically addressing how providing support and care affects the daughters' well-being.

The Melba Notebooks - Second Edition: Family and Community Help an Elderly Couple Live Together In Their Home Into Their 10th... The Melba Notebooks - Second Edition: Family and Community Help an Elderly Couple Live Together In Their Home Into Their 10th Decade of Life (Paperback)
John. Loofbourow
R602 R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Save R75 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Personality and Healthy Aging in Adulthood - New Directions and Techniques (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Patrick L Hill, Mathias... Personality and Healthy Aging in Adulthood - New Directions and Techniques (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Patrick L Hill, Mathias Allemand
R4,635 Discovery Miles 46 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

The Aging Networks - A Guide to Policy, Programs, and Services (Paperback, 9th Revised edition): Kelly Niles-Yokum, Donna L.... The Aging Networks - A Guide to Policy, Programs, and Services (Paperback, 9th Revised edition)
Kelly Niles-Yokum, Donna L. Wagner
R2,141 Discovery Miles 21 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This classic text-more relevant than ever as our population rapidly ages-delivers comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge about aging services in the U.S. Written for both students and practitioners of gerontology, along with all professionals involved in the well-being of older adults, this highly accessible book provides a current and detailed description and analysis of local to global services for older people with or without cognitive, physical, or social needs. The Ninth Edition is updated to reflect critical changes to legislation, health care, and recent trends. It focuses on the strengths and diversity of older adults and the role our multilayered aging networks play in advocacy, community independence, and engagement. Commentary and critical thinking challenges from policymakers, program directors, and educators facilitate high-level reasoning and independent analysis of aging networks past, present, and future. The ninth edition also offers enhanced resources including a Test Bank, Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint slides, and links to video. Additionally, the print version of the book includes free, searchable, digital access to the entire contents. New to the Ninth Edition: Fully updated to reflect historical context, recent trends and challenges, and future considerations Addresses the effects of our current political and ideological landscape on aging networks including a Call to Action Examines the current status of Medicare and Medicaid, Meals-on-Wheels, and the impact of the ACA Discusses long-term services and supports, disaster preparedness and climate change, caregiving as a human right, and LBGTQ services and support Presents new case studies providing evidence-based best-practice initiatives and new innovations Delivers enhanced instructor resources including Test Bank, Instructor's Manual, Power Point slides, and video links Includes eBook format Key Features: Focuses on the strengths of older adults and the role our multilayered aging networks play in advocacy, community independence, and engagement Provides commentary and critical thinking challenges from policy-makers, program directors, and educators to facilitate high-level analysis Addresses changing demographics and future challenges Offers "Voices from the Field" boxes and "Critical Thinking" topics and questions to encourage reflection and discussion

Life After Stroke - One Man's Journey Through Recovery (Paperback): George Tsatsu Tamakloe Life After Stroke - One Man's Journey Through Recovery (Paperback)
George Tsatsu Tamakloe
R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Geriatrics: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment (Hardcover): Benjamin Thornberg Geriatrics: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment (Hardcover)
Benjamin Thornberg
R3,522 R3,049 Discovery Miles 30 490 Save R473 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Living End - The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2008):... The Living End - The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2008)
G. Brown
R774 Discovery Miles 7 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The decline of infections, starvation, warfare, heart attack and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age but ushered in disability, dementia and degenerative disease, with profound consequences for the self and society. Dr Guy Brown explores these vital issues at various levels, from the cell, to the whole body, to society.

Perioperative Care of the Elderly - Clinical and Organizational Aspects (Hardcover): Gabriella Bettelli Perioperative Care of the Elderly - Clinical and Organizational Aspects (Hardcover)
Gabriella Bettelli
R2,500 Discovery Miles 25 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This innovative, comprehensive book covers the key elements of perioperative management of older patients. The book's chapter structure coincides with the clinical path patients tread during their treatment, from preoperative evaluation to post-hospital care. Epidemiological aspects and aging processes are illustrated, providing keys to understanding the quick expansion of geriatric surgery and defining the clinical profile of older surgical patients in a cybernetic perspective. Preoperative evaluation and preparation for surgery, including medication reconciliation and pre-habilitation, are developed in the light of supporting decision-making about surgery in an evidence-based and patient-focused way. Intra- and postoperative management are discussed, aiming to tailor anesthetic, surgical and nursing approaches to specific patients' needs, in order to prevent both general and age-related complications. This volume also addresses issues relevant to geriatric surgery, from different organizational models to clinical risk management and systems engineering applied to hospital organization.

Alzheimer's and Dementia - How to Reduce the Risks of Alzheimer's and Ways to Improve the Quality of Life: Why Some... Alzheimer's and Dementia - How to Reduce the Risks of Alzheimer's and Ways to Improve the Quality of Life: Why Some People Live a Long Healthy Life and Others Get Alzheimer's (Paperback)
S Elia
R181 Discovery Miles 1 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Exploring the Role of ICTs in Healthy Aging (Hardcover): David Mendes, Cesar Fonseca, Manuel Jose Lopes, Jose Garcia-Alonso,... Exploring the Role of ICTs in Healthy Aging (Hardcover)
David Mendes, Cesar Fonseca, Manuel Jose Lopes, Jose Garcia-Alonso, Juan Manuel Murillo
R8,484 Discovery Miles 84 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Technological innovation continues to be present in all areas of our lives, offering seemingly endless possibilities. As technology is increasingly implemented in healthcare applications, it is necessary to understand whether users respond to a predefined organizational strategy of model of care or whether they will become wholly dependent on the healthcare technology. This understanding is especially crucial when dealing with the possibility of generating inequities, especially with individuals that are elderly. Exploring the Role of ICTs in Healthy Aging is a collection of innovative research that proposes the detailed study of a strategic framework for the development of technological innovation in healthcare and for its adoption by health organizations. While highlighting topics including emotional health, quality of life, and telemedicine, this book is ideally designed for physicians, nurses, hospital staff, medical professionals, home care providers, hospital administrators, academicians, students, and researchers. Moreover, the book will provide insights and support executives concerned with the management of expertise, knowledge, information, and organizational development in different types of healthcare units at various levels.

Seniors Choosing to Prolong Living - Technologies and Ethics for Life Extension (Paperback): Mark Roberts-Seymour Peng Seniors Choosing to Prolong Living - Technologies and Ethics for Life Extension (Paperback)
Mark Roberts-Seymour Peng
R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Even More Babies Galore - A Picture Book for Seniors With Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia or for Adults With Trouble Reading... Even More Babies Galore - A Picture Book for Seniors With Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia or for Adults With Trouble Reading (Hardcover)
Lasting Happiness
R611 Discovery Miles 6 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
It Never Goes Away - Gender Transition at a Mature Age (Hardcover): Anne Lauren Koch It Never Goes Away - Gender Transition at a Mature Age (Hardcover)
Anne Lauren Koch
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

If you are transgendered, the feeling of wanting your body to match the sex you feel you are never goes away. For some, though, especially those who grew up before trans people were widely out and advocating for equality, these feelings were often compartmentalized and rarely acted upon. Now that gender reassignment has become much more commonplace, many of these people may feel increasing pressure to finally undergo the procedures they have always secretly wanted. Ken Koch was one of those people. Married twice, a veteran, and a world traveler, a health scare when he was sixty-three prompted him to acknowledge the feelings that had plagued him since he was a small child. By undergoing a host of procedures, he radically changed his appearance and became Anne Koch. In the process though, Anne lost everything that Ken had accomplished. She had to remake herself from the ground up. Hoping to help other people in her age bracket who may be considering transitioning, Anne describes the step by step procedures that she underwent, and shares the cost to her personal life, in order to show seniors that although it is never too late to become the person you always knew you were, it is better to go into that new life prepared for some serious challenges. Both a fascinating memoir of a well-educated man growing up trans yet repressed in the mid-twentieth century, and a guidebook to navigating the tricky waters of gender reassignment as a senior, It Never Goes Away shows how what we see in the television world of Transparent translates in real life.

The Care of the Older Person (Paperback, 3rd ed.): Jose Morais, Ronald Caplan, Olivier Beauchet The Care of the Older Person (Paperback, 3rd ed.)
Jose Morais, Ronald Caplan, Olivier Beauchet
R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Frailty and Cardiovascular Diseases - Research into an Elderly Population (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Nicola Veronese Frailty and Cardiovascular Diseases - Research into an Elderly Population (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Nicola Veronese
R3,652 Discovery Miles 36 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book aims to clarify the potential association between frailty and cardiovascular disease in older people. Covering the biological as well as the clinical point of view, it allows researchers and clinicians to discover the significance of this topic. The contributions cover the most important aspects in the potential relationship between frailty and cardiovascular disease. In particular, authoritative authors in this field have clarified the definition and the epidemiology of frailty and cardiovascular disease in older people. A large part of the volume is dedicated to the biological mechanisms of frailty and cardiovascular disease, trying to find those in common between these two conditions. Since this book is dedicated to both researchers and clinicians, we have proposed some chapters to the importance of comprehensive geriatric assessment in the evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and frailty. In this regard, the importance of geriatric evaluation in cardiac surgery for older people is well covered. Finally, the importance of cardiac rehabilitation and physical exercise is summarized, being, actually, the most important treatments for both frailty and cardiovascular disease. Written by many well-known and widely published experts in their respective fields, this book will appeal to a wide readership such as researchers in the field and clinicians, especially suited in geriatric medicine and cardiology who, every day, face frail older patients.

Babies Galore - A Picture Book for Seniors With Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia or for Adults With Trouble Reading... Babies Galore - A Picture Book for Seniors With Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia or for Adults With Trouble Reading (Hardcover)
Lasting Happiness
R611 Discovery Miles 6 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dementia with Lewy Bodies - Guide for Doctors, Nurses, Patients, Families, & Caregivers (Paperback): Beller Health, Brain... Dementia with Lewy Bodies - Guide for Doctors, Nurses, Patients, Families, & Caregivers (Paperback)
Beller Health, Brain Research; Edited by John Briggs
R606 Discovery Miles 6 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Stroke (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Richard I. Lindley Stroke (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Richard I. Lindley
R631 Discovery Miles 6 310 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Stroke care has been revolutionised by better prevention, treatment, and more widely available rehabilitation. Nonetheless, stroke remains the second most common cause of death worldwide. This fully-updated new edition provides clear facts and practical advice as to why strokes occur and how they can be prevented in the future. Concise in style but comprehensive in approach, Stroke: The Facts describes the myriad of symptoms, varied presentations, and longer-term consequences of this disabling condition. The journey from treatment through to rehabilitation and preventing a further stroke is made easy by the author, a stroke doctor and researcher involved in many of the studies that have advanced care. Supplemented with case studies, this guide concentrates on developments in treatment, providing an important update on the first edition. It is essential reading for those who have had a stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack and their families, and will also be of interest to medical professionals working within stroke care.

Stop The Clock - Can We Live Longer by Reversing Aging Process? (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Rachita Kumar Stop The Clock - Can We Live Longer by Reversing Aging Process? (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Rachita Kumar
R341 R276 Discovery Miles 2 760 Save R65 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Caring for Latinxs with Dementia in a Globalized World - Behavioral and Psychosocial Treatments (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020):... Caring for Latinxs with Dementia in a Globalized World - Behavioral and Psychosocial Treatments (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Hector Y. Adames, Yvette N. Tazeau
R4,252 Discovery Miles 42 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume provides a broad and critical presentation of the behavioral and psychosocial treatments of Latinxs with dementia in the United States (U.S.) and across a representative sample of Spanish-speaking countries in the world. The compendium of chapters, written by researchers, practitioners, and policy analysts from multiple disciplines provides a deep exploration of the current state of dementia care for Latinxs in the U.S. and around the globe. The volume is designed to increase and strengthen the collective scientific and sociocultural understanding of the epidemiological and biopsychosocial factors, as well as the overlapping systemic challenges that impact diagnosis and symptom management of Latinxs with dementia. The authors introduce policy options to reduce risk factors for dementia and present culturally-responsive interventions that meet the needs of Latinx patients and their caregivers. Highlighted topics featured in the book include: Contextual, cultural, and socio-political issues of Latinxs with dementia. New meta-analysis of dementia rates in the Americas and Caribbean. Dementia-related behavioral issues and placement considerations. Educational, diagnostic, and supportive psychosocial interventions. Pharmacological, non-pharmacological, and ethnocultural healthcare interventions. Intersectionality as a practice of dementia care for sexual and gender minoritized Latinxs. Prescriptions for policy and programs to empower older Latinxs and their families. Caring for Latinxs with Dementia in a Globalized World: Behavioral and Psychosocial Treatments is a resource that accentuates and contextualizes the heterogeneity in nationality, immigration, race, sexual orientation, gender, and political realities. It is a key reference for a wide range of fields inclusive of demography, geriatrics, gerontology, medicine, mental health, neurology, neuropsychology, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacology, psychiatry, psychology, rehabilitation, social work, sociology, and statistics all of which, collectively, bear on the problem and the solutions for better care for Latinxs affected by dementia.

Biographieorientierte Aktivierung mit SimA-P - Selbstandig im Alter (German, Mixed media product, 2009 ed.): Wolf D Oswald Biographieorientierte Aktivierung mit SimA-P - Selbstandig im Alter (German, Mixed media product, 2009 ed.)
Wolf D Oswald; Contributions by C. Fricke; Andreas Ackermann; Contributions by A Gaffron, T Gunzelmann, …
R1,629 Discovery Miles 16 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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."

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