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Despite the increased demand for traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine (TCIM) therapies by patients around the world, current guidelines, regulations, and research for TCIM therapies ……続きを見る

Heart failure is an important and ever-expanding sub-speciality of cardiology. Many professional bodies working in healthcare are now developing specialist expertise in heart failure. With advances ……続きを見る

Cases of elder abuse and neglect are challenging, complex and dangerous. Health care practitioners are regularly faced with these cases but are often unable and untrained to adequately respond. Prac……続きを見る

This guidebook was written under the direction of Prof. Dr. Reto W. Kressig – Medical Director of the Felix Platter University Centre for Geriatric Medicine, Basel – in collaboration with specialist……続きを見る

The book provides current principles and practices for integrating geriatric management with surgical and perioperative care. The book discusses the science of aging and how this impacts surgery and……続きを見る

Health care systems today face an impending crisis. An increasingly aging population with high-risk patients and rising costs challenges most teams in providing meaningful, lasting patient outcomes.……続きを見る

Geriatric medicine is challenging – people present with multiple problems at the same time, and case studies provide a good way to discuss this complexity. This book describes 30 cases of older peop……続きを見る

Are you experiencing the nagging pain and discomfort of sciatica and other body pains and have just discovered that exercising is one of the most effective ways to alleviate different kinds of pains……続きを見る

¿Te han dicho que ya no hay nada más que hacer? ¿Que el cáncer gástrico ha avanzado más allá de las posibilidades de la medicina convencional? ¿Que solo queda esperar mientras los tratamientos están……続きを見る

This accessible guide provides evidence-based approaches to support those with Parkinson's. It offers a roadmap to not only managing the symptoms but also thriving with the condition, allowing indiv……続きを見る

With the number of elderly persons needing long-term care expected to double to 14 million over the next two decades, assisted living has become the popular choice for housing or care. Assisted livi……続きを見る

In this new edition of the acclaimed Dementia: Presentations, Differential Diagnosis, and Nosology, V. Olga B. Emery, Ph.D., and Thomas E. Oxman, M.D., bring together a distinguished group of medica……続きを見る

The delivery of good medical care often involves professionals from various disciplines working together. Interdisciplinary health care teams can be especially valuable in managing patients with com……続きを見る

Telling the Stories of Life through Guided Autobiography Groups, based on James Birren's 25 years of conducting autobiography groups, discusses all the topics an organizer faces while developing a p……続きを見る

Winner, 2009 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award. Gerontological Society of America A spiritual life, one focused on personal growth and deep human experience, is a major focus and motivator……続きを見る

This thought-provoking work grapples with the vast range of issues associated with the aging population and challenges people of all ages to think more boldly and more creatively about the relations……続きを見る

"Will 69 million baby boomers suddenly drop out of the workforce when they turn 65? It is difficult to imagine this generation, with its talent, education, and experience, idling away the last thirt……続きを見る

Research has shown that stimulating early memories can have positive effects for persons with dementia or related disorders and can energize the relationships between such persons and their families……続きを見る

Social scientists use the term social integration to refer to individuals' connections with others in their environments. The concept and its consequences have been the subject of considerable study……続きを見る

Historian Jesse F. Ballenger traces the emergence of senility as a cultural category from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s, a period in which Alzheimer's disease became increasingly associat……続きを見る

Dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing seniors and their caregivers around the globe. Developed by experts in both research and practice, this guide for mental health clinicians explores ……続きを見る

Frustrated with doctors' visits that last less than fifteen minutes? Unclear about how to best choose a physician? Confused by our complicated health care system? Experienced geriatricians John R. B……続きを見る

"I'm flat on my back on a couch that's too short in a windowless room in the bureau. I can't even sit at a computer, much less make a keyboard work. My arms and legs are shaking uncontrollably. Alth……続きを見る

Winner of the 2007 Polsky Prize given by the ASID Foundation As the U.S. population ages, adult day services have become an integral component in the continuum of care for elderly people. Providing ……続きを見る

Almost a decade ago, Peter S. Silin wrote Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey to provide family members with practical advice and emotional support. This successor volume incorporates the new and so……続きを見る

Eighty percent of persons with dementia live at home, and the family members caring for them are often overwhelmed by the enormous responsibility and the complexities of care. This book is designed ……続きを見る

Pain management specialist Dr. Anthony H. Guarino has created an accessible and up-to-date guide to the range of available treatments to relieve back pain. Informed by the wealth of information in t……続きを見る

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 ……続きを見る

A stroke can alter two people's lives in an instant. For the person who has had a stroke, simple tasks suddenly become difficult or impossible. For that person's partner, life seems to revolve mostl……続きを見る

In her widely acclaimed Doing Things, Jitka M. Zgola offered practical and much-needed advice for those caring for persons with Alzheimer disease. Now, in Care That Works, Zgola shows how caregivers……続きを見る