Health aspects of aging : the experience of growing old / by Gari Lesnoff-Caravaglia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lesnoff-Caravaglia, Gari, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging.

Older people--Health and hygiene.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Ltd., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This second edition of Health Aspects of Aging serves to broaden the perspectives of societal change due to increases in life expectancy, as well as the effects of age-related changes as they impinge upon the provision of health care for older persons. The growing presence of a large number of persons aged 65 and older worldwide has propelled a re-evaluation of the nature of life that is protracted to 100 years and beyond. The emphasis in this second edition is to replace the prevailing problem approach to aging by a problem-solving approach. The problem-solving approach of this volume has all

Contents:

HEALTH ASPECTS OF AGING; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 HEALTH ASPECTS OF AGING; Chapter 2 THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; Chapter 3 THE SKELETAL AND MUSCULAR SYSTEMS; Chapter 4 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; Chapter 5 THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM; Chapter 6 THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; Chapter 7 THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; Chapter 8 THE URINARY SYSTEM; Chapter 9 THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM; Chapter 10 THE ENDOCRINE AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS; Chapter 11 THE SPECIAL SENSES; Chapter 12 AGING AND TECHNOLOGY: THE NEW CONTINUUM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-398-08529-3

OCLC:

689996258