Robert E Hess

Aging and Prevention

New Approaches for Preventing Health and Mental Health Problems in Older Adults

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Renowned specialists on aging explore the meaning of prevention and provide practical information about programs and services for the elderly. Interesting chapters focus on the prevention of long term care institutionalization, alternative health delivery systems, informal support networks, and the prevention of domestic neglect and abuse of elderly adults.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1983
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780866561884
• ISBN-10: 0866561889
• Artikelnr.: 37184911

Autorenporträt

Sharon Simson, Laura B. Wilson, Jared Hermalin, Robert Hess

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
* Introduction
* Social Policies and Programs for the Elderly as Mechanisms of
Prevention
* The Status of Preventive Care for the Aged: A Meta-Analysis
* Healthy Aging Through Knowledge and Self-Care
* Targeting Community Services to High-Risk Elders: Toward Preventing
Long-Term Care Institutionalization
* Prevention of Unnecessary Geriatric Deaths: Differential Rate of
Morbidity/Mortality on Admission to Long Term Care Facilities
* An Alternative Health Delivery System for the Chronically Ill Elderly
* Health, Prevention, and Television: Images of the Elderly and
Perceptions of Social Reality
* Older Women and Informal Supports: Impact on Prevention
* Opportunities for Prevention of Domestic Neglect and Abuse of the
Elderly