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The 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.Through 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.The 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.
Perspectives on Aging
Theories of Aging
The Skin, Hair, and Nails
The Musculoskeletal System
The Nervous System
Dementia and Delirium
The Sensory Systems
The Cardiovascular System
The Respiratory System
The Gastrointestinal System
The Urinary System
The Reproductive System
The Endocrine System
The Immune System
Aging With Lifelong Disabilities
Special Topics (Alcoholism, Falls, Foot Care, Pain, Abuse and Neglect)
Health Promotion and Exercise
Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine
Nutrition
Medications
Teaching Older Adults
Gerontechnology
Caregiving
Death and Grief in the Later Years