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

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

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