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Advanced Age Geriatric Care: A Comprehensive Guide
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Nagaratnam, Nages; Nagaratnam, Kujan; Cheuk, Gary
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature
- ISBN:
- 978-3-31-996997-8
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 99
- Doody Core Title Score:
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This book creates a greater awareness of these challenges and offers practical guidelines for working within the infrastructures vital to this demographic.
As the Baby Boomers age, concerns over healthcare systems' abilities to accommodate geriatric patients grow increasingly challenging.
This is especially true with the population deemed to be “the oldest of the old,” specifically those over the age of 85. Unlike any other time in history, this demographic is the fastest growing segment of most developed countries. In the United States the oldest old is projected to double from 4.3 million to 9.6 million by 2030.
The increased life expectancy of the population since the early 1900s has been built on the improvement of living conditions, diet, public health and advancement in medical care. With this we have seen a steady decline in the age-specific prevalence of vascular and heart diseases, stroke and even dementia. Older persons are healthier today than their counterparts decades ago. More importantly than in any other age group, the care of the oldest old must be individualized; management decisions should be m
As the Baby Boomers age, concerns over healthcare systems' abilities to accommodate geriatric patients grow increasingly challenging.
This is especially true with the population deemed to be “the oldest of the old,” specifically those over the age of 85. Unlike any other time in history, this demographic is the fastest growing segment of most developed countries. In the United States the oldest old is projected to double from 4.3 million to 9.6 million by 2030.
The increased life expectancy of the population since the early 1900s has been built on the improvement of living conditions, diet, public health and advancement in medical care. With this we have seen a steady decline in the age-specific prevalence of vascular and heart diseases, stroke and even dementia. Older persons are healthier today than their counterparts decades ago. More importantly than in any other age group, the care of the oldest old must be individualized; management decisions should be m
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Nagaratnam, Nages; Nagaratnam, Kujan; Cheuk, Gary
- ISBN:
- 978-3-31-996997-8
- Specialty:
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- Internal Medicine
- Geriatrics & Gerontology
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 324
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 99
- Doody Core Title Score:
-
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