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Frailty in older adults with cancer
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ISBN: 9783030891626 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,

Empowering frail elderly people : opportunities and impediments in housing, health, and support service delivery
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ISBN: 9780275966515 0313002568 9780313002564 0275966518 0275966518 9798400645389 Year: 2001 Publisher: Westport, Conn. : London : Praeger, Bloomsbury Publishing,

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An analysis of provider-, environment-, client- and societal-based obstacles to the empowerment of frail elderly persons in a philosophical framework of social values. It features international case studies which provide examples of the feasibility of achieving real empowerment.

Longevity and Frailty
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ISBN: 1280411805 9786610411801 3540273883 3540251537 3642064299 Year: 2005 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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Understanding the relationship between frailty and longevity becomes increasingly important as the world continues to age and life expectancy in most countries continues to increase. The articles contained in this book are the outcome of a colloquium sponsored by Fondation IPSEN in which interdisciplinary perspectives were brought to bear on conceptual, empirical and clinical aspects of this relationship. The result is a unique, innovative and timely blend of papers on topics ranging from frailty concepts in animal models and early Homo sapiens, to documentation of progress in morbidity compression, on the relationships between frailty and impairments and inflammation, and perspectives on long-term health care needs in an aging world.

Restraint-free care : individualized approaches for frail elders
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ISBN: 1281806048 9786611806040 0826196977 9780826196972 0826112153 9780826112156 0862114970 9780862114978 Year: 1998 Publisher: New York : Springer Pub. Co.,

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This book is designed to help clinicians, administrators, students, and families attain the goal of restraint-free care of the elderly. Written by leading experts in the field, the book contains specific strategies for understanding behavior, making constructive changes in the individual's environment, and managing the risk of falls and interference with necessary treatments. It is organized in outline form to highlight critical material and to be readily adaptable as a quick reference. The authors use individualized care as the book's underlying philosophy. The goals of individualized care in


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Elder care journey : a view from the front row
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ISBN: 9781438460758 1438460759 9781438460734 1438460732 Year: 2016 Publisher: Albany, New York : State University of New York Press,

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Combining expert knowledge and first-hand experience, a noted elder care researcher confronts the long-distance care of her own mother.


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With Shaking Hands : Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland
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ISBN: 128209422X 9786612094224 0813547121 9780813547121 9781282094222 9780813545431 0813545439 9780813545448 0813545447 Year: 2009 Publisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press,

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Far from celebrity media spotlight, ordinary individuals, many older and less advantaged, suffer the disabling pain of Parkinson's disease (PD), an illness whose progressive symptoms often mimic old age and cause mobility impairment, communication barriers, and social isolation. At the heart of With Shaking Hands is the account of elder Americans in rural Iowa who have been diagnosed with PD. With a focus on the impact of chronic illness on an aging population, Samantha Solimeo combines clear and accessible prose with qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate how PD accelerates, mediates, and obscures patterns of aging. She explores how ideas of what to expect in older age influence and direct interpretations of one's body. This sensitive and groundbreaking work unites theories of disease with modern conceptions of the body in biological and social terms. PD, like other chronic disorders, presents a special case of embodiment which challenge our thinking about how such diseases should be researched and how they are experienced.

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