"[This book] has been honed into an elegant compendium. This outstanding work should be widely read - it is perhaps the best example of an integrative approach to gerontology". Score: 94, 4 stars -Doody's This book serves as an authoritative textbook and guide to the physical changes and common pathologies associated with the aging process, with special emphasis on the psychological and social implications of these changes in the lives of older adults. This fifth edition presents the newly available research findings that differentiate "normal" aging from actual pathology. The authors provide a thoroughly updated and expanded review of important topics in aging, including death and grieving, complementary and alternative therapies, nutrition, exercise, and much more. The book also demonstrates how the elderly population can gain greater personal control over aging through lifestyle modifications and preventive health strategies. Key topics introduced and discussed: Psychosocial theories of aging Changes and disorders in the skeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems Dementia, delirium, and mild cognitive impairment Aging in persons with lifelong disabilities This volume serves as a comprehensive textbook for students studying to become health care professionals, and is also a fundamental resource for gerontologists, nurses, social workers, psychologists, rehabilitation specialists, clergy, and counselors.

Physical Change and Aging: A Guide for the Helping Professions, Fifth Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Saxon, Phd Sue V.

Social Sciences

Springer Publishing Company

Physical change and aging: A guide for the helping professions

Physical Change and Aging: A guide for the helping Professions

Springer Publishing Co Inc

The physical changes and the common pathologies associated with aging are discussed, along with the psychological and social implications of such changes. The guide is for nurses, gerontologists, social workers, psychologists, rehabilitation specialists and others in the helping professions. Originally published by The Tiresias Press, Inc.

Physical Change And Aging: A Guide For The Helping Professions, 4th Edition

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Etten EdD GNP CMP FT, Mary Jean

Psychology & Counseling

Product Description 
Praise for the new edition:\nIn this 7th edition of Physical Change and Aging: A Guide for the Helping Professions the authors, Drs. Saxon, Etten and Perkins, bring to all health care professionals and those interacting with older adults a multidisciplinary foundational reference with state of the art and science approaches to caring for aging persons in our society. This comprehensive book provides geriatric care principles for the expert care provider as well as the novice learner in one book through a compelling reading style that transforms complex principles into simple to comprehend and apply principles.\n--- Marion Newton, PhD, RN, BSN, MN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, ANEF \nThe seventh edition of this classic multidisciplinary text for students of gerontology continues to offer practical, user-friendly, and comprehensive information about the physical changes and common pathologies associated with the aging process. Fully updated with current information regarding diagnosis, risk factors, prevention recommendations, treatment approaches, and medications along with new statistics on prevalence and evidence-based clinical guidelines, this textbook focuses on physical changes and common pathologies of aging, while also considering the psychological and social implications with which they are inextricably linked.\nThrough a systems-based approach, positive aspects of aging are emphasized, showing the reader how older adults can gain greater personal control through lifestyle changes and preventive health strategies. Included is important content related to teaching, health, and well-being, such as nutrition, medications, aging with lifelong disabilities, complementary and alternative therapies, and death and dying.\nThe seventh edition features a new chapter on gerontechnology, with new content on the influence of pandemics, including COVID-19, on death, dying, grieving, and funeral rituals. This multifaceted text also delivers new and updated information on diagnosis and treatment, along with stressed behaviors and interventions to promote more personal control over the individual aging process. Helpful appendices include practical suggestions for improving safety for older adults and websites of relevant organizations, along with a glossary of medical terms used in the text. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers. 
New to the Seventh Edition:\nA brand-new chapter on gerontechnology 
Updated information on diagnosis and treatment, risk factors, and prevention recommendations 
New statistics for prevalence and clinical guidelines/recommendations 
Focus on behaviors and interventions providing personal control over aging process 
Practical suggestions for improving older adult safety 
Influence of COVID-19 on death, dying, grieving, and funeral rituals 
Test bank and PowerPoint slides\nKey Features:\nA unique systems-based approach covering the anatomy and physiology of each organ system 
Focuses on common health problems within each body system 
Addresses psychological and social implications of aging 
Provides evidence-based treatment strategies 
Describes practical applications of aging data - how to use the data to so adults can gain greater personal freedom 
Useful as textbook, practitioner's guide and family caregiver resource\nReview 
In this 7th edition of Physical Change and Aging: A Guide for the Helping Professions the authors, Drs. Saxon, Etten and Perkins, bring to all health care professionals and those interacting with older adults a multidisciplinary foundational reference with state of the art and science approaches to caring for aging persons in our society. This comprehensive book provides geriatric care principles for the expert care provider as well as the novice learner in one book through a compelling reading style that transforms complex principles into simple to comprehend and apply principles. 
- Marion Newton, PHD, RN, BSN, MN, PMHCNS-BC ,

Physical Change and Aging, Seventh Edition: A Guide for Helping Professions

Perkins PhD RNLD FAAIDD FGSA, Elizabeth A.

Parenting & Relationships

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