Medical adherence and aging : social and cognitive perspectives / edited by Denise C. Park, Linda L. Liu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Park, Denise C.

Liu, Linda L.

American Psychological Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Health and hygiene.

Older people.

Patient compliance.

Medicine and psychology.

Patient Compliance.

Aged.

Cognition.

Patient Compliance--psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Patient Compliance.

Aged.

Cognition.

Patient Compliance--psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2007]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"As the baby boom generation moves toward retirement and health care costs escalate, older adults will be expected to play a more active role in managing their own preventive care and in treatment of existing conditions. In this age group, negative health events often occur not because cures for diseases are not available or because proper treatment was not applied, but because patients fail to follow the medical instructions or regimens that maintain their health. Medical complications frequently arise because patients have difficulty understanding and following their providers' directions or are unwilling to follow them. In Medical Adherence and Aging: Social and Cognitive Perspectives, prominent psychologists and geriatricians examine the research on nonadherence using a cognitive, social, and developmental framework. Although they focus particularly on the problems of older adults, the findings are highly relevant to other groups of patients who have cognitive compromise, such as those who have psychiatric or neurological disorders, some patients with HIV, and patients who are in pain. The context in which medical instructions are presented and comprehended is addressed as well as the role of motivational and judgmental factors in keeping to a treatment regimen. The contributors also discuss the relationship between technology-based delivery of medical services and adherence. This volume will interest psychologists in a variety of subfields including health, rehabilitative, social, and experimental psychology, as well as geriatric nurses, social workers, and researchers in medical schools"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)

Contents:

A broad view of medical adherence: integrating cognitive, social, and contextual factors / Denise C. Park and Michelle L. Meade

The role of goal setting and goal striving in medical adherence / Peter M. Gollwitzer and Gabriele Oettingen

Prospective memory components most at risk for older adults and implications for medication adherence / Mark A. McDaniel and Gilles O. Einstein

Patient-doctor interactions in an aging society: the opportunities for behavioral research / Elaine A. Leventhal and Howard Leventhal

How older patients learn medical information / Scott C. Brown

Representations of self and illness in the patient-physician relationship / Manfred Diehl, Angelenia Semegon, Lise M. Youngblade

Trusting medical authorities: effects of cognitive aging and social vigilance / Emily Chan ... [and others]

Motivational models and volitional processes in the promotion of health behaviors / Sheina Orbell

Judgment and decision processes in older adults' compliance with medical regimens / Linda L. Liu and Richard Gonzalez

Customized communication in patient education / Matthew W. Kreuter, Ricardo Wray, and Charlene Caburnay

Helping patients follow their doctor's instructions: matching instructional media to task demands / Anne Collins McLaughlin, Wendy A. Rogers, and Arthur D. Fisk

Using telecommunication technologies to deliver home-based care to seniors / Pamela Whitten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2005 dcunns.

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

159147731X

9781591477310

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.