Published December, 2008
By Sherry M. Cummings and Nancy P. Kropf
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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This book provides a synthesis of evidence based psychosocial interventions for older adults and their family members in three domains - health, mental health and social functioning. The nature and consequences of each issue is discussed and intervention approaches are highlighted.

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Published December, 2008
By Sherry M. Cummings and Nancy P. Kropf
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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This book provides a synthesis of evidence based psychosocial interventions for older adults and their family members in three domains - health, mental health and social functioning. The nature and consequences of each issue is discussed and intervention approaches are highlighted.

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Published December, 2008
By Merla Arnold, Erlene Rosowsky, Joseph M. Casciano and Joseph M. Casciani
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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It is with great pride that the Psychologists in Long Term Care (PLTC) have sponsored The Professional Educational Long-Term Care Training Manual, and now its second iteration, Geropsychology and Long Term Care: A Practitioner's Guide.

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Published October, 2008
By Joung H. Lee
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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The overall incidence of meningiomas, particularly in the developed countries, is rising due to a growing size of the aging population, with people living longer and enjoying healthier lives than ever before.

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Published October, 2008
By Ronald R. Watson, Ronald Ross Watson and Alyssa Wittore
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Presents a review of nutritional therapies used to combat elderly health issues. This work addresses requirements for optimum health of aging physiological systems. It includes information on: arthritis; cognition; nutrition and the geriatric surgery patient; nutrition supplementation in fracture care; coffee and hypertension; and, Asian medicine.

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Published October, 2008
By Jonathan Waite, Rowan Harwood, Ian Morton, David Connelly and Rowan Harold Harwood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Care Manuals
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This care manual covers a wide range of information in a short, easily accessible handbook format. It follows the pathway of dementia, from first presentation through to final stages of the illness, and is aimed at the multipdisciplinary care team.

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Published October, 2008
By Springer and Monique Weissenberger-Leduc
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
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Der Fokus des Buchs ist die Linderung der Beschwerden von Schwerkranken und Sterbenden unter physischen, psychischen sowie sozialen Aspekten. Auflage wurde uberarbeitet und aktualisiert, sie enthalt neue Kapitel zur Physio- und Musiktherapie sowie zu den grundlegenden Zielen der Palliativpflege.

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Published October, 2008
By Margaret Calkins
Publisher: Eurospan (Health Professions Press,U.S.)
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Viewers will learn the ways in which personal needs are fulfilled within homelike settings and how a facility can improve resident functioning by making simple adaptations to the physical and caregiving environments. This video illustrates facility staff using a step-by-step process to identify problem areas, recognise underlying needs, to then create supportive, homelike solutions.

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Published September, 2008
By Alon Y. Avidan and Cathy Alessi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
Series: Sleep Disorders
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Geared toward sleep specialists, neurologists, geriatricians, and psychiatrists, Geriatric Sleep Medicine presents the most current medical research for the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders in the older patient.

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Published August, 2008
By Lodovico Balducci, William B. Ershler and John M. Bennett
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Anemia in the elderly has been properly defined as the silent epidemic, representing 3 million people in the United States aged 65 years and older. Anemia is associated with reduced survival, increased risk of functional dependence and hospitalization, increased risk of congestive heart failure and stage renal disease and cognitive disorders.

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