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Author : Steve Moss
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Page : pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309671035
Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of community-dwelling Americans aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated, and a significant proportion of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. People who are 50 years of age or older are more likely to experience many of the risk factors that can cause or exacerbate social isolation or loneliness, such as living alone, the loss of family or friends, chronic illness, and sensory impairments. Over a life course, social isolation and loneliness may be episodic or chronic, depending upon an individual's circumstances and perceptions. A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that social isolation presents a major risk for premature mortality, comparable to other risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, or obesity. As older adults are particularly high-volume and high-frequency users of the health care system, there is an opportunity for health care professionals to identify, prevent, and mitigate the adverse health impacts of social isolation and loneliness in older adults. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults summarizes the evidence base and explores how social isolation and loneliness affect health and quality of life in adults aged 50 and older, particularly among low income, underserved, and vulnerable populations. This report makes recommendations specifically for clinical settings of health care to identify those who suffer the resultant negative health impacts of social isolation and loneliness and target interventions to improve their social conditions. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults considers clinical tools and methodologies, better education and training for the health care workforce, and dissemination and implementation that will be important for translating research into practice, especially as the evidence base for effective interventions continues to flourish.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 2008-08-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309131952
As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs. Retooling for an Aging America calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The book also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides. Educators and health professional groups can use Retooling for an Aging America to institute or increase formal education and training in geriatrics. Consumer groups can use the book to advocate for improving the care for older adults. Health care professional and occupational groups can use it to improve the quality of health care jobs.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 34,88 MB
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309448093
Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Author : H. Häfner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3642709583
H. Hafner, G. Moschel, N. Sartorius The size of the world's population aged over 65 was estimated at about 250 million in 1980; by the year 2025 it is expected to grow to about 760 million (see Hauser, this volume). This sharp increase in life expectancy at birth, in some countries amounting to almost 100% in only a hundred years, has resulted from better nutrition and improved living conditions, hygiene and medical care. Not only life expectancy at birth, but also further life expectancy in advanced age has shown a clear, though more moderate increase. This increased life expectancy, together with a simultaneous fall in birth rates, has caused the mean age of the world population and, especially, the average age of the population of industrial nations to climb substantially in recent times, a development which will reach its peak only some decades from now. For these demographic reasons alone, health care authorities will have to devote more attention to the health problems of the elderly. The main task of medical research is to develop improved methods of disease prevention and treatment. Yet, because the full benefits of such research are only realized after many years of work, researchers have already begun to respond to demographic pressures by focussing part of their efforts on the study of illnesses characteristic of old age.
Author : Jim P. Heckles
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,84 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Aging
ISBN : 9781613245798
In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the mental aspects, social welfare and health of the ageing population. Topics discussed include assessing the quality of life of the elderly population; age-related ophthalmic disease; assessment of the at-risk older driver; social services for the elderly in Hong Kong; increased lifespan for people with intellectual disabilities and locomotor disability in the aged.
Author : Philip Davidson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 36,33 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1405172800
This book is the third in a series with the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (Series Editor: Matthew P. Janicki). These publications are designed to address the issues of health, adult development and aging among persons with intellectual disabilities. For many years it has been recognized that some adults with intellectual disabilities are at elevated risk for mental and behavioral health problems. Often the aging process can complicate the identification, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of this type of dual diagnosis and present complex challenges to clinicians and carers. This book is designed as a practical resource for those involved with the support, care and treatment of persons with intellectual disabilities, and should prove particularly useful as this community achieves increased longevity. The book is divided into three parts: Prevalence and Characteristics; Diagnosis and Treatment; and Service System Issues.
Author : Marsha Mailick Seltzer
Publisher : American Association
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 12,93 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
This volume takes current stock of our current state of knowledge about aging & mental retardation. Its contributors articulate the implications of our knowledge for service delivery issues & policy development & chart directions for future research. Leading researchers present the results of their work, many of whom participated in the Boston Roundtable on Research & Applications in Aging & Developmental Disabilities, held in Boston in November 1990. The impetus for this publication is linked to the effectiveness of the Roundtable meeting held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, in exposing the dynamic range of research currently being conducted & reported. This volume is composed of four sections. The first section addresses the family context of care for adults & elders with mental retardation. The second section examines individual development of people with mental retardation during adulthood & old age. The third section focuses on the provision of services to older people with mental retardation & their families. The final section addresses methodological challenges facing researchers who study aging in people with mental retardation & their families, & can daunt or inspire researchers who seek to unravel the mysteries of human development in the later decades of life.
Author : Joy Hammel
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Adulthood
ISBN : 9780789010407
First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Panel on Statistics for an Aging Population
Publisher :
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release : 1988-01-15
Category : Medical
ISBN :
2) The panel identified the essential components of a comprehensive program of statistics on the elderly that can be implemented within a decentralized statistical system and that would provide adequate data on aging for all functional areas and recommended changes and procedures that would facilitate integrating data from the various components. 3) The panel determined whether changes or refinements are needed in the statistical methodology used in health policy analysis or in the planning and administration of programs for the elderly and recommended actions or further research. The panel's 3 charges are addressed in separate chapters of the report.