Healthy aging : challenges and solutions /
Biology of aging
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Gaithersburg, Md. :
Aspen Publishers,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : healthy aging or Tithonius/ revenge
- Revolution in longevity
- Successful aging
- The care for healthy aging and the compression of morbidity
- Do physical activity and physical fitness avert premature mortality
- The case for preventing decline in the aging brain
- Biotechnology : molecular engineering for healthy aging
- The future of geriatrics : a call to action
- The past, present and future of gerontologic nursing
- The geriatric evaluation and treatment unit : a model site for acute care of frail elderly patients, education and research
- Creativity and health aging
- New models of health care for elders at risk
- Geriatric assessment and managed care
- Older, sicker, smarter, and redefining quality : the older consumer's quest for service
- The political economy of health care in the elderly population
- Healthy aging in the national interest : the politics of research
- The insurer's role in shaping a new health care agenda
- The growing pains of aging : disability, aging and baby boomers
- Long-term care choice : a simple, cost-free solution to the financing puzzle
- The media's role : beyond the medical model of journalism on aging
- The past, present and future of self-care
- Lifestyle and longevity : mind over matter - Exercise, nutrition and healthy aging : establishing community-based exercise programs
- Reversing disease through diet and exercise : the Pritikin approach
- Toward appropriate use of medical care among the aged
- Community-wide prevention programs - they work