Annual review of gerontology & geriatrics. Volume 18, Focus on interventions research with older adults / Richard Schulz, George Maddox, M. Powell Lawton, volume editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schulz, Richard.

Maddox, George L.

Lawton, M. Powell (Mortimer Powell), 1923-2001.

Series:

Annual review of gerontology & geriatrics ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geriatrics.

Gerontology.

Aging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focuses on behavioral and pharmacologic interventions for depression, treatments of late-life insomnia, behavior interventions in nursing homes, interventions for incontinence, and home modification interventions. For clinicians and researchers.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1. Intervention Research with Older Adults: Introduction, Overview, and Future Directions; 2. Experimental Design and Methodology in Between-Group Intervention Outcome Research; 3. Behavioral and Pharmacologic Interventions for Depression in Later Life; 4. Psychological Treatment of Late-Life Insomnia; 5. Physical Activity Interventions in the Elderly: Influence on Physical Health and Psychological Function; 6. Memory Interventions for Normal and Pathological Older Adults

7. Testing Home Modification Interventions: Issues of Theory, Measurement, Design, and Implementation8. Conservative Interventions for Incontinence; 9. Behavioral Interventions and Motivational Systems in the Nursing Home; 10. Societal Interventions Affecting Elderly Citizens: A Comparative Approach; Forthcoming Contents, Volume 19; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-00056-X

1-282-89954-6

9786612899546

9786612000560

0-8261-0562-9

OCLC:

437124987