Suchergebnisse

Introduction, an historical perspective / Prisca von Dorotka Bagnell -- The use of gerontological resources, a five year analysis of information dissemination / Willie M. Edwards -- Integrating information technology in gerontology, the Andrus Gerontological Information Center / Margaret Kronauer Longo, Stewart R. Greathouse, Jean E. Mueller -- The National Gerontology Resource Center / Paula M. Lovas -- Information transfer in gerontology and health, a centralized and decentralized model / Marta L. Dosa -- The National Archive of Computer-Readable Data on Aging / Susan B. Haberkorn, Michael W. Traugott -- Information documentation on aging in an international context, an analysis by an information user / George Thomas Beall -- Selections of multidisciplinary information sources / Janet R. Bailin, Sherry Morgan -- Canadian information resources and services in gerontology and geriatrics / Elaine Duwors, Joanne Gard Marshall, Gale Moore -- Collecting books on old age / Joseph T. Freeman

The second volume in this long-running series presents the usual critical and intensive review chapters divided into five sections but also addresses particular topics of special interest, including drugs and their use, and misuse, among the aged; the nonmedication orientation to treatment of various disorders; the immune system; and clinical procedures in the management of urinary incontinence. As with all the volumes, the contributors represent an international array of leading experts

This volume evaluates a range of assessment measures with regard to older adults. The expert contributors address topics such as assessment of health, functional disability (ADLs), mental agility, aging and personality, depression, and pain. While the instruments themselves are readily available from other sources, this book discusses the suitability, strengths, and weaknesses of various measures and offers current information on the rapidly changing, state-of-the-art assessment technology

This volume of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics helps readers see the local problem and concern of aging as a global epidemic affecting all areas of the health care workplace. It is written for expert administrative leaders and policymakers who can help make a difference at both local and regional levels

This volume examines the importance of time and place, as applied to aging families. In the first section, chapters focus on the temporal dimension of intergenerational relations using frameworks from human development, sociology, social history, and social psychology. The second section focuses on the social ecology of intergenerational relations in terms of the national contexts within which families are embedded. The contributors demonstrate how the social, cultural, historical, and institutional forces that orient older and younger family members toward each other in both structured and ad

This volume of the ARGG is devoted to the behavioral sciences, with particular attention given to topics in experimental and applied psychology. With the rapid rate of research in this field of aging, the contributors address a number of important basic and applied topics that are underrepresented in other literature