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Geriatrics --- Geriatrics. --- Geriatria. --- Medicina. --- Gériatrie --- Geriatrie. --- Geriatric Medicine. --- Gerontology --- Medicine --- Older people --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- geriatrics --- medicine --- elderly

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This open access book applies insights from the network perspective in health research to explain the reproduction of health inequalities. It discusses the extant literature in this field that strongly correlates differences in social status with health behaviours and outcomes, and add to this literature by providing a coherent theoretical explanation for the causes of these health inequalities. It also shows that much research is needed on the precise factors and the social and socio-psychological mechanisms that are at play in creating and cementing social inequalities in health behaviours. While social support and social relations have received considerable attention within social and behavioural science research on health inequalities, this book considers the whole network of interpersonal relations, structures and influence mechanisms. This is the perspective of the social network analytical approach which has recently gained much attention in health research. The chapters of this book cover state-of-the-art research, open research questions, and perspectives for future research. The book provides network analyses on health inequalities from the perspective of sociology, psychology, and public health and is of interest to a wide range of scholars, students and practitioners trying to understand how health inequalities are reproduced across generations.

Sociology --- Society & social sciences --- Medical sociology --- Geriatric medicine --- Social work --- Social Networks --- Health Inequalities --- Social Inequalities in Health --- Social Determinants of Health --- Social Network Analysis --- Social Capital --- Social Support --- Health Sociology --- Health Psychology --- Social Status

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This open access book takes a multidisciplinary approach to provide a holistic understanding of late old age, and situates the aged person within the context of family, caregivers, clinical and other institutions. All through the book, the author discusses preparedness for an aging individual as well as the society in the Indian context. The book highlights inevitable but mostly neglected health issues like depression, dementia, fall, and frailty and provides detailed analyses of solutions that are practicable in low resource settings. It also brings up intergenerational differences and harmony in the context of holistic care of older Indians. Alongside clinical perspectives, the book uses narratives of elderly patients to dwell on the myriad of problems and issues that constitute old age healthcare. Demonstrating cases that range from the most influential to the most underprivileged elderly in India, the book enlightens multiple caregivers—doctors, nurses, and professional caregivers, but also family members—about the dynamic approach required in dealing with complex issues related to late old age. The narratives make the book relatable and interesting to non-academic readers, with important lessons for gerontological and geriatric caregiving. It is also of use to older adults in preparing for active aging. .

Age groups: the elderly --- Health psychology --- Geriatric medicine --- Geriatrics. --- Aging. --- Health psychology. --- Geriatrics/Gerontology. --- Health Psychology. --- Health psychology, Clinical --- Psychology, Clinical health --- Psychology, Health --- Salutogenesis --- Clinical psychology --- Medicine and psychology --- Age --- Ageing --- Senescence --- Developmental biology --- Gerontology --- Longevity --- Age factors in disease --- Medicine --- Older people --- Physiological effect --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Geriatrics --- Aging

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This new open access edition supported by the Fragility Fracture Network aims at giving the widest possible dissemination on fragility fracture (especially hip fracture) management and notably in countries where this expertise is sorely needed. It has been extensively revised and updated by the experts of this network to provide a unique and reliable content in one single volume. Throughout the book, attention is given to the difficult question of how to provide best practice in countries where the discipline of geriatric medicine is not well established and resources for secondary prevention are scarce. The revised and updated chapters on the epidemiology of hip fractures, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, surgery, anaesthesia, medical management of frailty, peri-operative complications, rehabilitation and nursing are supplemented by six new chapters. These include an overview of the multidisciplinary approach to fragility fractures and new contributions on pre-hospital care, treatment in the emergency room, falls prevention, nutrition and systems for audit. The reader will have an exhaustive overview and will gain essential, practical knowledge on how best to manage fractures in elderly patients and how to develop clinical systems that do so reliably.

Geriatrics. --- Orthopedics. --- Anesthesiology. --- Emergency medicine. --- Nursing. --- Geriatrics/Gerontology. --- Emergency Medicine. --- Clinical nursing --- Nurses and nursing --- Nursing process --- Care of the sick --- Medicine --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Anaesthesiology --- Surgery --- Orthopaedics --- Orthopedia --- Gerontology --- Older people --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Geriatrics/Gerontology --- Orthopedics --- Anesthesiology --- Emergency Medicine --- Nursing --- Geriatrics --- Hip Fracture --- Osteoporosis --- Fragility fracture --- Elderly --- Rehabilitation --- Peri-operative complications --- Comorbidities --- Frailty --- Falls --- Open Access --- Multidisciplinary approach --- Geriatric medicine --- Surgical orthopaedics & fractures --- Anaesthetics --- Accident & emergency medicine