This text emphasises an interdisciplinary approach to the assessment and treatment of older adults. It highlights a ""whole person"" model of care rather than assessing and treating symptoms or syndromes in isolation. The emphasis is both research-based and clinically-practical, emphasising five core factors of psychosocial impairment in older ......
This text provides up-to-date, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive information about aging among diverse racial and ethnic populations in the US. It is the only book to focus on paramount public health issues as they relate to older minority Americans, and addresses social, behavioural, and biological concerns for this population.
The environments in which people live out their later lives have a strong impact on their identity and opportunities for nourishing social interactions. This volume synthesizes contemporary research on residential environments and public spaces that enhance well being, and provides practical recommendations for the design of such beneficial ......
In this new release by geropsychology scholars Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah, researchers and clinicians come together in each chapter to discuss the prevalent psychological disorders that afflict this growing population.
The handbook is an impressive collection of research studies and theories provided by knowledgeable contributors on life-span development from conception to old age.--Anthropology and Aging Quarterly The doubling of our average life span since the turn of the 20th century is considered by many scholars to be one of the most important changes in ......
Ethics, Aging and Society...is the first major work in ten years to critically address issues and methodologies in aging and ethics...This well-organized volume begins theoretically and offers new ways of thinking about ethics that can handle the complexities and realities of aging in particular social contexts.--Choice This new research-based ......
Applies the brain imaging techniques of neuroscience to the geriatric population. This book examines our understanding of the aging brain. It focuses on specific populations and clinical syndromes.
Takes an interdisciplinary look at cognitive aging - how it happens and how to study it. This book explores methods for measuring cognitive change, including how to study cohort effects. It also explores the social and psychological factors associated with cognitive aging.
Follow-up Studies of the Scottish Mental Surveys of 1932 and 1947
Captures a lifetime of intelligence, from childhood to about age 80, and also explores general matters of intelligence. This book offers information related to IQ and its effects on cognitive aging and physical longevity.