The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease

Stephen G Post

• Paperback | Engels | Gerontology
• Society today, writes Stephen Post, is "hypercognitive" it places inordinate emphasis on people's powers of rational thinking and memory. Thus, Alzhei... Lees meer

Public Health and Aging

• Paperback | Engels | Gerontology
• The role of public health in the planning, coordination, and delivery of health promotion and disease prevention services to older people living outsi... Lees meer

Challenges of an Aging Society

• Hardcover | Engels | Gerontology
• In this important and timely collection, some of the best minds in gerontology and bioethics--including Nancy Dubler, Rick Moody, Andrew Achenbaum, Ro... Lees meer

Concepts of Alzheimer Disease

• Hardcover | Engels | Gerontology
• As the essays in this volume show, conceptualizing dementia has always been a complex process. With contributions from noted professionals in psychiat... Lees meer

Concepts of Alzheimer Disease

• Paperback | Engels | Gerontology
• As the essays in this volume show, conceptualizing dementia has always been a complex process. With contributions from noted professionals in psychiat... Lees meer

Communities of Care

Mary M Ball, Molly M Perkins, Frank J Whittington, Carole Hollingsworth, Sharon V King, Bess L Combs

• Hardcover | Engels | Gerontology
• Very little is known about why and when African American elders seek formal long-term care, or about the characteristics of assisted living environmen... Lees meer

Productive Aging

• Hardcover | Engels | Gerontology
• "Will 69 million baby boomers suddenly drop out of the workforce when they turn 65? It is difficult to imagine this generation, with its talent, educa... Lees meer