Public health and aging
Subtitle: maximizing function and well-being
By: Steven M. Albert and Vicki A. Freedman.
Contributors: Freedman, Vicki A.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Springer Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9780826121516
Subjects: Community health services for older people; Preventive health services for older people; Older people -- Medical care; Public health; Health Services for the Aged; Aging -- psychology; Public Health
Description: "This book promotes the development and maintenance of optimal physical, mental, and social functioning, irrespective of acquired disease and with due recognition of the senescent changes that accompany late life. Updated, revised, and significantly expanded, this second edition contains new chapters that examine chronic disease, long-term care, and ethical issues in public health and aging. The book also serves as an excellent textbook for both graduate and undergraduate curriculums." "This book serves as an invaluable resource to both health professionals and students, delineating what measures health care professionals can take to help elderly populations not only maintain but optimize their health."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing public health and aging; title: Population aging : demographic and epidemiologic perspectives; title: The aging and public health systems : building a healthy aging network; title: Chronic disease in older adults; title: Physical function : disability; title: Cognitive function : dementia; title: Affective and social function : suffering, neglect, isolation; title: Aging, public health, and application of the quality of life paradigm; title: Aging, public health, and long-term care; title: Mortality and end of life care.